anti-word

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, it probably is time to drop the thread. But I can't let you suggest 
that an inability to produce a file to Microsoft's unpublished file format 
specifications demonstrates any kind of inferiority on the part of linux, 
because it doesn't.



 On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Kirk Wood wrote:

> I find it interesting that there has been so much focus on the inferiority
> of linux. The whole thread started because a list member needed access to
> word files. (Oh damn, there is that need to deal with the reality that
> many entities rely on the software.) Then there was a desire to make
> changes and convert back. Two individuals seem to think there is never a
> reason to go back to word. That is fine. But then the poor people who are
> stuck with the need are just that stuck. 
> 
> Now perhaps the thread can die. Obviously some will never accept that not
> everyone can just dismiss word as a format they may need. That is fine.
> 
> =======
> Kirk Wood
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> 
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>         He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
>         the next freeway exit.
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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