Word processor for 6.1

[Nikolas Britton]

On 9/5/06, Jerold McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:
> Nikolas Britton writes:
>
> > On 9/4/06, Perry Hutchison <perryh at pluto.rain.com> wrote:
> >> > > Anyone know where I can find a working word processor for 6.1?
> >> > > AbiWord and OpenOffice both require Gnome, which won't build.
> >> ...
> >> > KOffice 1.5 has OpenDocument support.
> >>
> >> Not that I'm any more eager to get into
> >> a KDE mess than a Gnome mess :)
> >>
> >> File format support is not important.
> >> I just need something for my 9th-grader
> >> to use for school papers.
> >>
> >
> > FreeBSD and Linux will not meet your teenagers needs, If you really
> > want to introduce your kid to UNIX then buy a Mac... trust me on
> > this... I interact with many high school and college kids on a daily
> > basis. Any used Mac capable of running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and
> > NeoOffice2 will suit your childs needs perfectly:
>
> Please be more careful about advice you give that is really opinion.
>

You completely missed the point, you of all people should know exactly
what I'm talking about:

http://acns.msu.edu/organization/academic/information_systems/

So close to the kids and yet completely out of touch with their needs.


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