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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PD Word Processors
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Date: 11 Oct 89 22:16:26 GMT
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In article <5229@ubc-cs.UUCP> buchanan@grads.cs.ubc.ca (John Buchanan) 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?

>3)	I bought my Atari so that I could get cheap software.
>		Ok, remember cheap software more often than not = poor soft-
>		ware.

Hm... WordUp is available for about $50. This is a pretty darn good
word processor. I suppose "more often than not" is the key phrase here.
While there certainly may be a lot of freeware/shareware/cheapware that's
garbage, there's also a lot that's real good. (There has to be, or else
people would stop using it, right?)
>
>Paying $100 dollars for software is not just plain stupid.

Depends on the software package, I guess. I'd saying *paying* *any*
money for a terminal emulator is stupid, with Uniterm around. Of
course, a shareware donation wouldn't be out of the question...  }-)
On the other hand, paying $100 for a decent CAD program would probably
be a bargain... It all depends...
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