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RE: What's the best software suite, and where to buy it?
Subject:RE: What's the best software suite, and where to buy it? From:"George Hinman" <techwriter -at- my-deja -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Oct 2000 05:19:08 -0700
If you want a cheap effective suite of programs comparable to say MS Office, why not go Linux? They have a suite of Office-like programs, word-processor, spreadsheet, presentation, etc. for FREE! You simply download and install (after installing Linux). Check out the Linux newsgroups for more info.
techwriter -at- my-deja -dot- com
>Date: 26 Oct 2000 05:03:22 -0700
>To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
>From: Irv Cantor <ibclc -at- altavista -dot- com>
>Subject: What's the best software suite, and where to buy it?
>Reply-To: Irv Cantor <ibclc -at- altavista -dot- com>
>
>For someone just starting out in some independent TW work,
>what do you recommend as a start-up software suite? From
>the postings it sounds like Framemaker and Acrobat? Is MS
>Office a necessary evil that I'll have to buy? What about
>web authoring?
>These add up to heavy start-up costs, so here's the second
>question....where's the best place to get decent discounts
>on these products? Are there software stores at STC or
>elsewhere that offer significant savings with membership?
>Are auction sites like ebay and ubid too risky to consider?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Irv Cantor
>ibclc -at- altavista -dot- com
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