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Article #5107Re: PD Word Processors
From: Howard Chu
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 22:16
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 22:16
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In article <5229@ubc-cs.UUCP> buchanan@grads.cs.ubc.ca (John Buchanan) writes: >>>In article <3968@blake.acs.washington.edu> themod@blake.acs.washington.edu (Chris Hinton) writes: >>>> >>>> Hello you netters, I need some help. I need a good PD Word Processor. I >>>>have (gak!) 1st Word, but I hate it with a passion. I also think spending >>>>$100+ for any program is just plain stupid. Any suggestions? >3) I bought my Atari so that I could get cheap software. > Ok, remember cheap software more often than not = poor soft- > ware. Hm... WordUp is available for about $50. This is a pretty darn good word processor. I suppose "more often than not" is the key phrase here. While there certainly may be a lot of freeware/shareware/cheapware that's garbage, there's also a lot that's real good. (There has to be, or else people would stop using it, right?) > >Paying $100 dollars for software is not just plain stupid. Depends on the software package, I guess. I'd saying *paying* *any* money for a terminal emulator is stupid, with Uniterm around. Of course, a shareware donation wouldn't be out of the question... }-) On the other hand, paying $100 for a decent CAD program would probably be a bargain... It all depends... -- -=- PrayerMail: Send 100Mbits to holyghost@father.son[127.0.0.1] and You Too can have a Personal Electronic Relationship with God!
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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: PD Word Processors
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Date: 11 Oct 89 22:16:26 GMT
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