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From: buchanan@grads.cs.ubc.ca (John Buchanan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PD Word Processors
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Date: 11 Oct 89 15:19:11 GMT
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In article <4077@ucselx.sdsu.edu> coffey@ucselx.sdsu,edu (pat coffey) writes:
>In article <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca> bill@biomel.UUCP writes:
>>In article <3968@blake.acs.washington.edu> themod@blake.acs.washington.edu (Chris Hinton) writes:
>>>
>>>  Hello you netters, I need some help.  I need a good PD Word Processor.  I 
>>>have (gak!) 1st Word, but I hate it with a passion.  I also think spending 
>>>$100+ for any program is just plain stupid.  Any suggestions?
>>
>>Why stupid?  Good software takes time to write, and a decent commercial
>>product can easily be worth more than $100.

I am sorry.  This reply is just to mild.  Could the first poster please
do a little arithmetic.  I assume that you think that your time is worth
some money.  (Lets give you some credit) What about $1 an hour.  Ok so this 
gives you  2 1/2 weeks to write a good word processor in.  Ok, Ok, I can hear
the flames now.

1)	These people market in bulk and should be able to sell for cheaper.
		True, but with people with your attitude they are not able
		to sell many.
2)	Some of these programs were written for other machines using
	common knowledge or public domain algorithms. (Yes I've heard this
	one to justify the stealing of Word Perfect (TM))
		True, but they have taken the time to polish these algorithms
		and provide you the user with support.
3)	I bought my Atari so that I could get cheap software.
		Ok, remember cheap software more often than not = poor soft-
		ware.



Paying $100 dollars for software is not just plain stupid.

There that should generate some heat.
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John Buchanan					buchanan@cs.ubc.ca
Department of Computer Science
University of British Columbia
British Columbia
Canada