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"measekite" <inkystinky@oem.com> wrote in message
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> Taliesyn wrote:
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>> Burt wrote:
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>>> "Hecate" <hecate@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:17:02 -0400, Ed Ruf <egruf_usenet@cox.net>
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>>>>> I'll bet these are MS Office files which store the printer settings.
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>>>> I'm sure you're right. I had the same problem a while back when a
>>>> printer died. And it's not a driver clash because the new printer was
>>>> stalled over a freshly installed OS. There is nothing you can do
>>>> except rese6t the printer in every file thanks to Word etc storing the
>>>> printer info.
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>>> Another of the many reasons that I stayed with Wordperfect.
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>> And I prefer Lotus Word Pro over MS Word any day. Even Serif PagePlus
>> has a better word-processing program within. If I didn't need MS Word for
>> business (with others), I'd a trashed it long ago. I've never seen
>> a more illogical program in my life. To do the simplest things you have
>> to go to 3 or 4 sub menus. Incomprehensible. Leave it to MS to comp-
>> licate without improvement.
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>> -Taliesyn
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> You are proving you do not know what you are talking about and are out of
> step with the marketplace. But being wet behind the ears I can understand
> this.
Unfortunately, the marketplace does not always bring the best product to the
top of the sales charts. Microsoft has a lock on the OS and browser
marketplace as well as Word and the more expansive MS Office package. Other
browsers are safer and at least as functional. The planned obsolescence of
each iteration of Windows requires users to upgrade when the version they
are using still suits their needs. Anyone like me who started with the first
versions of window and has upgraded as each new version appeared can
remember, not so fondly, the constant crashes.
I use both Wordperfect and MS Word and each has its strengths and
weaknesses. In my estimation, Word's integration with the other programs in
MS Office has value for people who need it. I find certain of the
formatting functions cumbersome as compared to WP, and the previously
mentioned formatting code screen in WP as well as easier formatting for many
kinds of documents is invaluable.
I believe that MS Word increased its share in the marketplace because MS is
the giant corporation that it is and this product was carried along in the
marketplace with its major product, the windows OS. In addition, the
original developer and vendor of WP, which by the way had the absolute best
customer support of any software package, sold to Corel it lost momentum in
the marketplace.
Measekite is certainly "wet behind the ears" as he describes himself.
Wordstar predates DOS-based IBM PC's and was adapted to function under DOS.
It was extremely popular and had some adherents long past its prime due to
several valuable characteristics, two of which were extremely small program
files (unlike the current bloated programs) and keystroke combinations that
precluded the need for going to a menu for each function or taking your
hands from the keyboard to use a mouse. Keeping your hands on the keyboard
in typing position while accessing various special key combinations
permitted much greater input speed for a good typinst. It was ultimately no
match for WP or Word and died.
Measekite takes great pleasure in criticizing my posts but doesn't have the
history, knowledge, civility, or humility to acknowledge when someone knows
something he doesn't. Newer is not always better. More expensive is not
always better. Being at the top of the sales charts is not always a sign of
superiority of a product. And Invective never makes an argument stronger or
more believable. I would also acknowledge on my part that being older and
more experienced doesn't automatically confer wisdom.
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