RE: {SPAM?} Re: [SLUG] {SPAM?} How read MS Works .wps files

From: Steven Buehler (swbuehler@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:06:18 EST


> We've had a lot of clients send us a lot of word processing files over
> the years, and Works is the bane of our existence. I don't know why
> Microsoft came out with this package. It was primarily sold on low-end
> units where they didn't want to ship a full version of office. Seems
> like it would have been better to simply turn off features from Office
> and call it "Office Lite" instead of coming up with a crappy multi-use
> office package that was incompatible with nearly everything else.

I remember using Microsoft Works 2.0 for DOS on my Tandy notebook PC for
notetaking in college in the early 90's. It was cheap, and it ran off a
single floppy (which, considering my notebook had no hard disk, was a good
thing).

And now I sit here and look at the ThinkPad sitting on my desk next to me
and the iBook that's on its way; my, how the times have changed. :-)

SWB

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