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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!207.65.96.4!news.planetc.com!mamia!max From: max@mamia.opsys.com (Max) Subject: Re: A suggestion to Linux/Bsd Developers Message-ID: <E5CF0z.Jv6@mamia.opsys.com> Organization: Tecumseh Educational Foundation Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 15:58:10 GMT References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dh0o6$ji9$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <32FCE83E.3CB5A317@getthe.net> <32FD0E0D.8D7@uiuc.edu> <slrn5fqhjs.22m.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> Lines: 22 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157216 comp.os.linux.networking:67826 comp.os.linux.setup:96316 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5957 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2418 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52347 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266776 ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar (Roberto Alsina) writes: >In article <32FD0E0D.8D7@uiuc.edu>, Charlie Brown wrote: >>Schick wrote: >>> >>> V.S. Senthilkumar wrote: >>> > >>> > From the previous thread in this newsgroup it is getting clear that, >>> > unix is lacking a "cheap real word processor". (like MS Word) >>> >>> MS Word is not cheap. >> >>$60 at Circuit City for the upgrade, student pricing even lower for a >>large university, and the full version is about $200. Compare that to >>WordPerfect for Linux. >Wordperfect for linux (full version, Includes Motif): $250 The Application Bundle from Caldera, sometimes available even cheaper than that ($199), not only has Wordperfect but a 123-compatible spreadsheet and other applications too.