FC6 - Teaching A New Dog Old Tricks

[Leon Goldstein]

Myles Green wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:38:15 -0500
>Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>As many old-time list members know, the only interest I have in a Linux 
>>is running Word Perfect 8. ;-)
>>So, an FC'ers have any idea what it takes to get WP8 to run on it?
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>Sheesh! Yes, I remember but.... what's the point at this late stage of the
>game? By that I mean, what is it that WP8.x can do that something more
>umm... modern can't do? Besides saving to the WP8 file format I can't see
>anything. I mean, the UI wasn't all *that* appealing was it? Or is it just
>the bragging rights?
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>Just curious...
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I think we have this discussion every few years.  The "dinosaurs" are 
kinda set in their ways and can bang out a document with WP8 with no 
system interface "overhead" getting in the way.  We jumped from DOS 
(WP6.x) to Linux without missing a beat.

I use OO/StarOffice and TextMaker when I have to deal with Word .doc 
files,  and applaud efforts like Abiword to help with wordprocessing 
chores on Linux.  But if I have to get something written and printed to 
meet a deadline, WP8 for me is still faster and more reliable than 
anything else.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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