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Suggestions please - Office for Linux

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From: Tony Langdon
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 00:00
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It's 18 Aug 97  11:20,
We'll return to mulder78@ix.netcom.com and All's
discussion of Suggestions please - Office for Linux

 mu> I hate it when people say this. :( Why can't Linux be an OS that
 mu> competes with Windows, providing users with a choice? For that it must
 mu> be more user friendly. :-)

Well, if someone wants to write the wizards, it could be (though there's
already some X tools to simplify administration.  My experience with
GUIs is that the commandline and script is still more precise for
anything more than a "basic" configuration (I wish NT had better support
for commandline/script configuration).

 mu> ps how cold is it in Austrailia when you're reading this? It's 82 F
 mu> (about 20 centigrade/celsius) here in California. I hear that in
 mu> Austailia it's winter.

Oh, in the mid teens (C) this way. :-)

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From: tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au (Tony Langdon)
Subject: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
Date: 1997/08/19
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