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From: fang@sun2.bnl.gov (-min fang)
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
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 6 Feb 1997 19:55:27 GMT
Organization: Brookhaven National Labs
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References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dbapu$t1f$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de>
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In article <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de>,
Robert Kaiser <rob@charlie.sysbe.sysgo.de> wrote:
>In article <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com>,
>	Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> writes:
>>vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) writes:
>>
>>> Tell me a cheap and good word processing application for unix?
>>
>>1) emacs + groff (preview with the -X option if using X).
>>2) emacs + [La]TeX
>>
>Oh, come on! This just doesn't compare to WinWord. I was about to mention

Of course, it doesn't compare to WinWord. Unless you point a gun to
my head, I would rather use emacs+Latex than WinWord.

>Rob
>