From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout6-0.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.125]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 183EcE-0005oo-00 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:51:30 -0400 Received: from akp.selfhost.com (roc-66-24-104-177.rochester.rr.com [66.24.104.177]) by mailout6-0.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/RoadRunner 1.20) with SMTP id g9KBpSL26379 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:51:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 11566 invoked by uid 1000); 20 Oct 2002 11:54:23 -0000 From: Ann Parsons MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15794.39278.789562.561688@akp@eznet.net> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:54:22 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: word processor wanted In-Reply-To: References: <200210171420.g9HEKl916189@sunset.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.03 under Emacs 20.7.2 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi all, I wonder if a court would take extreme uselessness and inconvenience and poor work time as good reason for your secretaries actions in doing bodily harm to the nincompoop who suggested changing from Emacs to MSWord! I think that a judge might just do that! Ann P. Emacs user and proud of it! >>>>> "Jude" == Jude DaShiell writes: Jude> Unless you can run x, wordperfect on linux is useless. Jude> There's no text interface available for that, thank corel Jude> corporation for that wise decission. Secretaries where I Jude> worked had emacs running and used it as their only Jude> wordprocessor and when a very stupid employee suggested to Jude> them they upgrade to microsoft word, he got several serious Jude> offers for bodily injury in response. Needless to say, that Jude> employee didn't do that again. Jude> _______________________________________________ Speakup Jude> mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca Jude> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT