Amazingly dumb remark about Linux

[Alex Snow]

Is Staroffice for winblows any accessable? last time I tried it, it wasn't.
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From: "Thomas Ward" <slingshooter at valkyrie.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:40 AM
Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux


> I think the best approach to tell them was did they know you can import
Word
> and Excel 2000 documents in Star Office 6.0 with Star Writer and Starcalc?
> Oh, and then of course resave them in Microtrash format when done editing
> it. Shows stupidity. However, they do have a point there.
> Every college I've went into as a class requirement you must use MS Word,
MS
> Excel, MS access or they flunk you. sounds like descrimination to me. Why
> not Wordperfect, Quatro pro, Star Writer, etc?
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