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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: 29 Dec 2024 06:38:29 GMT
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On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:26:49 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

> The only thing I've ever used Office for is essays and the occasional
> presentation. I've said it before: even AbiWord is more than enough for
> me. If I recall correctly, AbiWord had every feature I needed to write
> university essays and I actually became quite loyal to the program
> because it bailed me out when I had no other program to write with. It's
> pretty useless for the advanced Office files we all receive from others,
> but it's spectacular with any new document you might want to produce.
> The bonus is that it's fast as heck in 2024. Hell, it was fast and light
> as heck even in 2002 or whatever year it was.

Essays in my school days generally involve a pen and 'blue book' for exams 
or a cheap manual typewriter in some cases. The first word processor I was 
exposed to was WordStar that was bundled on a CP/M system, over ten years 
later. It was serviceable as a programming editor. Vim was in the future 
and vi, prior to improvement, was primitive.

In later years any documentation I did was with Vim. The process was we 
would try to dig up a past document that was sort of like the new 
interface. I'd make notes on it, the tech writer would make it pretty, I 
would review it, rinse and repeat. Over time I became convinced the 
clients seldom read the final product anyway.