[geeks] Desktops

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Fri, 10 May 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> > > What are folks using for free office suites. Star Office, Open Office
> > > or something else?
> >
> > I don't use an office suite.  I have no use for spreadsheets, and my word
> > processing is done in HTML in vi, rendered, and printed.  My database
> > needs are taken care of by DB2.
>
> Do you have a MVS copy of DB2?

I have DB2 for OS/2, AIX, WindowsNT, OS/400, Linux/390, and MVS.

> Anyway, word processing via HTML is ugly.  Why do it?  Convert to
> latex and be easier on your reader's eyes.  Plus then you can do
> helpful things like page numbers.

Why is it ugly?  I use the same PS fonts that my printer uses.  Page
numbering is a piece of cake.

Peace...  Sridhar

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