Re: why does everybody hate microsoft?

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From: Larry Desoto
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:31

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ROYBAL@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:

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>Hmm... My wife uses WordPerfect, and prefers it to / was unimpressed by
>MicroLimp Werd 4 Windoze. I use the MS product, 'cause it's free; my group
>leader bought it, along with Excel and Windows, under the assumption that
>"they were all written by the same company, so they should all work fine
>together, right?" -- but that's another tale of sorrow and shame...

Yeah, charts made by excel and imported into Word are 1) not the same
size if printed directly, 2) not in the same place if printed directly.
Yuck, hiss...

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From: larryd@milton.u.washington.edu (Larry Desoto)
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