Abiword saves .doc too.
-Andrew
On Wednesday 04 September 2002 05:56 pm, David Meyer wrote:
> Actually,
>
> You can use Star Office to do this.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Jan
> Mason
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:27 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] New Linux Users Group Forming
>
>
> Ian, on this page on your web site:
>
> http://ian.blenke.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=
>v iewdownload&cid=1
>
> you have seven different copies of your resume saved in different
> formats. One is in html and the other six are all Microsoft formats.
> You are not even giving the open source formats a chance. Looks like
> your using Microsoft in your buisness just like David Meyer is doing.
> Nothing wrong with that. I use both too. I guess that makes you a
> Windows oriented user.
>
> "Honestly, I use Linux on the desktop exclusively."
>
> Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 14:29, David Meyer wrote:
> >>Russ, you seem to have an opinion about absolutely everything, and don't
> >>mind sharing it with the group. That's fine. It was you who called me a
> >>troll a few months back. It was you who called me a Windows oriented
>
> user.
>
> >>Guess what Russ, until Linux can do everything that Bill's OS can do, I
>
> have
>
> >>no choice to use BOTH systems...as do 95% of the world's largest
>
> companies.
>
> >>If that bothers you, fine. I can't make everyone happy, and I'm not
> >> going to break a sweat trying with you.
> >
> > Guess what, David, I rarely touch Microsoft products during the week -
> > and that only to support paying customers who demand on using it for
> > their business. If I had my druthers, all of our users would use
> > OpenSource tools on Linux boxen. But, nothing in life is ideal.
> >
> > I'm tired of hearing users bemoan how they can't get their work done in
> > a Linux environment. Honestly, I use Linux on the desktop exclusively.
> > Evolution is as close to Outlook as any user has a right need to be
> > (outside of calendaring), Mozilla is a kick-arse browser, and the rest
> > of my day is spent in ssh shells to numerous boxen fixing customer
> > problems - often with the help of VNC. I would rather not get into a
> > battle over such things, however - whatever works for my customers is
> > what I will support. Period.
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