Post by thread:[PICLIST] [OT] Re: You Can Make it if You Try, Rom

On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 04:18:27PM +1000, David Duffy wrote: > Mike wrote: > > Besides, investing your time this way, you get a solid platform for the > >future. I don't know whether you want to distribute .exe. Why not to > >distribute > >.doc, .xls, ... Who has not MS Office installed on his computer now. > > Quite a lot of people don't have/want MS Office actually... > Especially now, when the OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) becomes a really reasonable alternative. I use it always when I'me forced to use M$ Office compatible formats instead of LaTeX/PDF. -- Wojciech M. Zabolotny http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab <--> spam_OUTwzabTakeThisOuTise.pw.edu.pl http://www.debian.org Use Linux - an OS without "trojan horses" inside -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > >.doc, .xls, ... Who has not MS Office installed on his computer now. > > > > Quite a lot of people don't have/want MS Office actually... > > > > Especially now, when the OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) becomes > a really reasonable alternative. I use it always when I'me forced to use > M$ Office compatible formats instead of LaTeX/PDF. And now when PC User June edition has the full lotus smartsuite on the cover for free, thanks to some deal with Lotus aust, about $450 AUD worth they say. It is a dream to use compared to M$ office, everything you click on comes up straight away, no crunch and grind. It's testimony to the stupidity of the user that M$ ever sold a word processor. :o) -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body