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Re: GNU Applications

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From: David J. Camp
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1991 18:38
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In Reply to this Note From: <Daniel Edward Lovinger>
>
>david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:
>> In Reply to this Note From: <Joe Buck>
>> >
>> >In article <9107132248.AA10375@wubios> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:
>> >>The two most important computer applications today are Word Processing
>> >>and Spreadsheets.  The GNU project is remiss in not making these
>> >>programs a top priority.  -David-
>> >
>> >There is a Gnu spreadsheet, Oleo.  And while there is no WYSIWYG
>> >word processing program, there is Emacs together with groff and
>> >Ghostscript, which allow for typesetting.
>> 
>> I have asked the FSF repeatedly to let me try a copy of OLEO, and the
>> only answer I have received is that the author has it in an unknown
>> state of development.
>
>	Somehow you have managed to miss the alpha release
>announcements for Oleo, which is currently avaliable on
>prep.ai.mit.edu. While it may not be a finished product, you cannot
>accuse the FSF of not allowing access to it.

My apologies.  I have not inquired about it in some time.  -David-

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