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From: Nathan Hand <nathan.hand@anu.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Can I replace CorelDraw??
Date: 19 Jul 1997 22:29:08 +1000
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Marko Schuetz <marko@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> writes:

> I have a friend who is a CorelDraw poweruser. He is currently running
> OS/2 on his machine and CorelDraw v 4 in the WinOS
> emulation. Unfortunately he is thinking about using the Win95 version
> of CorelDraw v 7. What should I recommend? The software I know that is
> closest to his needs is xfig (I am not into graphics). 

Buy Coreldraw for UNIX. Currently version 3.5 (which is the same
as version 7.0 in the Windows 95 market, I think).

   http://www.caldera.com/solutionsCD/Products/Corel/Info/draw35.htm

-- 
The idea that an arbitrary naive human should be able to properly use
a given tool without training or understanding is even more wrong for
computing than it is for other tools (eg automobiles, airplanes, guns
or power saws).