XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: jedi@nomad.mishnet
On 2011-06-06, flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:04:43 -0400, k-nuttle wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> So use the 1980 version.
> You Linux loons probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway.
>
> Jeb won't.
Well then educate us.
What is the difference? Try to be precise and avoid any vague rhetoric.
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