Word processor for 6.1

[Jerold McAllister]

Nikolas Britton writes: 

> 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:

I kind of wonder who missed whose point.
Anyway, it doesn't matter.   The poster asked for a Word Processor to
use on FreeBSD 6.1 and not for an opinionated lecture on which OS to use
for kids. 

> 
> http://acns.msu.edu/organization/academic/information_systems/ 
> 
> So close to the kids and yet completely out of touch with their needs.

You might be surprised. 

////jerry 

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