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Article #1074Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
From: Steve Alesch
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1986 04:19
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1986 04:19
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In article <344@fai.UUCP>, stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman) writes: ... > I agree with Paul in every respect, except for buying a PC for everyone. > It's tough if not impossible to teach many people who want to only edit > documents how to use an editor, a text formatter, and all the system commands. > However, this is no reason to run the extra expense of buying all those PCs > -- there are some excellent "word-processing" packages such as LEX-11 > available under both UNIX and VMS for machines such as VAXEN. If you put your > word-processing software on the VAX (or similiar machine) you can teach casua > users of this software how to access it with mimimal interaction with other > commands and the operating system and yet allow them access to the additional > power of the larger machine when and if they so desire to learn and use it.-- > --- Come on, get serious!!! Your suggesting a 3 secretary law office needs a $300,000 system!!! -- Steve Alesch AT&T (312)510-7881, ...!ihnp4!ih1ap!sja
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!ih1ap!sja From: sja@ih1ap.UUCP (Steve Alesch) Newsgroups: net.text,net.unix Subject: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing Message-ID: <575@ih1ap.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 00:19:25 EDT Article-I.D.: ih1ap.575 Posted: Fri Sep 12 00:19:25 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Sep-86 04:24:14 EDT References: <1246@kitty.UUCP> <709@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <344@fai.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 20 Keywords: ``vi'' word-processing non-programmers Summary: a $300,000 system for a 3 secretary law office????