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From: lar@inuxc.UUCP (L Reid)
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Subject: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
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Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 09:48:38 EDT
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> .... so, tell me, what are the ADVANTAGES of word-processing
> software (like Lyric, Wordstar, etc.) over the standard UNIX editing/formatting

For non-technical people, word-processing packages are easier to learn
and use.  I, like yourself, prefer vi and nroff/troff because I find it

more flexible.
Our secretarito "true" word processing packages, they much prefer it.
Some managers do to.  

Face it - techies are weird.

Laura Reid
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