a word-processor for UNIX

[David C Lawrence]

In <1552 at garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> mcclaren at herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren):
TM> But then why is it that more and more I pick up a book, flip
TM> through a couple of pages, and lo & behold, there it is right
TM> alongside the copyright and Lib. of Congress info -- "This book
TM> written and typeset with a Macintosh II and Microsoft Word" or
TM> some such?  I dunno...maybe I read too much popular lit./media,
TM> but I've not seen a whole lot of "This book written under vi, and
TM> typeset with LaTeX/*roff on Bob & Jim's UNIX(c) box."

Because UNIX people are too cool; much more so than the average PC
luser.  What really makes the difference to the people getting the
book is the results, not what hardware and software got it there.  If
I need a book I don't care if some old geezer in a grimy print shop
made it or if some yuppie in a blue suit at a MacIntoaster wisked it
off in time for his game of racquetball.  It's just that the yuppie
dweebs care more about that kind of baloney.

Dave
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