XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 6/6/2011 10:32 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > k-nuttle wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
   >   
   >> On 6/6/2011 8:58 AM, chrisv wrote:   
   >>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Flounder's stock-in-trade is trolling bullshit.  He's a pathological liar.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> OpenOffice is very good with MS Office formats through 2003.  It is only   
   >>>> about 1/2-way there with MS's *.???x formats.   
   >>>   
   >>> The monopolists moving the target, to make it difficult for customers   
   >>> to leave them, is a "good reason" to attack Free software, you know.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's "good" that some company seeks to lock *your* data into *their*   
   >>> formats, so that you do *not* have the freedom to leave them for   
   >>> another vendor who might be a better value for you.   
   >>>   
   >> Rather than chasing Microsoft, try Wordperfect X5 which will open all of   
   >> the latest MSWord fromats,OpenOffice, and more than other 60 File Formats   
   >   
   > Does it run on Linux?  (WINE or otherwise)   
   >   
   While in 1980 when the first version was released it would run on linix   
   and other systems, I do not believe the current version will only run on   
   Windows.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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