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Article #73861Re: GNU Applications
From: David J. Camp
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1991 18:38
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- # david@wubios.wustl.edu ^ David J. Camp # # david%wubios@wugate.wustl.edu < * > +1 314 382 0584 # # ...!uunet!wugate!wubios!david v "God Loves Material Things." # # abs (investment#1 - investment#2) << abs (anyinvestment - anydebt) #
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,deb8597d97cb3d91 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-17 22:09:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!wubios.wustl.edu!david From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GNU Applications Message-ID: <9107171838.AA13473@wubios> Date: 17 Jul 91 18:38:12 GMT References: <wcU86ZG00awRI_Qplc@andrew.cmu.edu> Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews ) Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 29 Originator: daemon@mail.cis.ohio-state.edu