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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Which wordprocessor?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.232208.2269@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 23:22:08 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.164320.12564@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1993Jan24.164320.12564@ousrvr.oulu.fi> ojtv@zombie.oulu.fi (Olli Vuolteenaho) writes:
- >I would like to hear opinnions about the word processor of choice for OS/2.
- >My problem is this: I've been using Word for Windows 2.0 and Word 5.5 for
- >DOS but, since Microsoft has (or has it?) decided that it won't support
- >OS/2, I have to switch to another program. I wouldn't like to get stuck in
- >a dead end (to paraphrase BG). I know a few other people who are in the
- >same position - even people who are not themselves using OS/2 seem to feel
- >that they would rather use an "universal" word processor instead of one
- >which is, by choice, not supporting one of the major platforms. This is
- >really sad because generally I have liked the WORDs.
- >At first glance WP 5.2 for windows didn't seem to be very hot for an OS/2
- >user. Describe might be a good one but their marketing strategy does
- >not appeal to me (they don't offer a competetive upgrade, but instead
- >graciously invite me to evaluate Describe 4.0 for $400 (!) (and this is
- >educational institute pricing). Ami pro might be good but I haven't got
- >any personal experience with it.
- >So netters, where to go word processor-wise? (for writing biomedical
- >scientific papers, correspondence etc.).
-
- Leaving aside your reasoning, I think AmiPro from Lotus, once
- available, is going to be worth considering.
-
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