Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:04:21 -0800 (PST) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: hardware |
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 linker@nightshade.ml.org wrote:
> > What JERKS! Do they think that MS is all there is????? > I bet they think their crap doesn't stink! > > Here's why I'm flaming mad: > > These download files are in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. After > unzipping, these files can be viewed in any text editor, including > all versions of Microsoft Word, WordPad, and Microsoft Word Viewer. > (http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pc99.htm) > > Since when can vi, joe, pico, emacs, jed, zed, MS notepad, ed, MS edlin, > or MS dos edit read MSword files???????? > > Or is MS now redefineing 'text editor' as something that can edit MS > propritary format files?
This is an extention of their plan to replace adobie as the leader for multi platform documents, they do provide a free word 6.0 reader but only for win 3.1, and even then it's not guaranteed to work.
Could somone unlucky enough to be running Windoze read it, save it in a more appropriate format and stick it on a web page somewhere? I'd like to see it but I bannished MS from my system last summer in favor of a cool operating system I read about in "the computer paper" back in 1995 ;)
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack gmack@imag.net innerfire@starchat.net
As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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