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From: robing@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Robin Gape)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PD Word Processors
Message-ID: <383@galadriel.bt.co.uk>
Date: 11 Oct 89 08:02:51 GMT
References: <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca>
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From article <1989Oct10.125136.19140@cs.dal.ca>, by silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) 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.
>
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Would you say that a car should cost no more than $100? or $1000? or
$10000? Or a computer for that matter? No more computing surfaces, no
more Bentley Mulsannes (have to save a lot of pennies just for the
insurance on that one!) yet they are no less _replicas_ than some piece
of software.

You should be grateful that there is not more copy-protected and dongled
software, and be grateful that somebody is prepared to earn their bread
by supporting a 68000 machine of the future (immediate past, then)
rather than an 8086 industrial relic!

On the original question, the plus version of first word is much better,
but still mildly eccentric, WordUp now allows intermediate font sizes
(using GEM fonts) but is still only one column, and systems such as
Wordperfect are much more sophisticated.


Good luck in the hunt, anyhow!

Robin Gape
robing@uk.co.bt.galadriel