From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17DXDD-00081V-00 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 17:11:59 -0400 Received: (qmail 9032 invoked by uid 0); 30 May 2002 21:11:28 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp016-rz3) with SMTP; 30 May 2002 21:11:28 -0000 Message-ID: <007f01c2081e$76de0ca0$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <001b01c207a4$ea6f7840$0100a8c0@stargate> Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:10:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Is Staroffice for winblows any accessable? last time I tried it, it wasn't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" To: Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:40 AM Subject: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux > I think the best approach to tell them was did they know you can import Word > and Excel 2000 documents in Star Office 6.0 with Star Writer and Starcalc? > Oh, and then of course resave them in Microtrash format when done editing > it. Shows stupidity. However, they do have a point there. > Every college I've went into as a class requirement you must use MS Word, MS > Excel, MS access or they flunk you. sounds like descrimination to me. Why > not Wordperfect, Quatro pro, Star Writer, etc? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >