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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 16:42:43
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- In article <316b1787.9158521@news.onramp.net> dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com (David Corn) writes:
- > On 9 Apr 1996 09:07:10 +0200, haroldk@stack.urc.tue.nl (Harold Klink)
- > wrote:
- >
- > >>They do? Tell me why I can directly load Word 7.0 files in Word 6.0,
- > >>then? Ditto with Excel 5 and 7. And of course, going down versions
- > >>(loading lower versions) isn't a problem. Word's file import features
- > >>are better than anything available on the Amiga.
- > >
- > >Fortunately they are not, but let's not tell David. He would be so unhappy.
- > >Maybe he would kill himself. Now, we don't want THAT to happen, now do we
- > >guys?! ;-)
- >
- > Tell me how you'd load a Word 6.0 or Word 2.0 file, then?
- > I suspect that is the most common file format at my office, and
- > thousands of other offices. What would you do? With graphics and
- > such intact, please.
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- Personally, I think I'd write a datatype. One that doesn't rely on three-letter
- filename extensions to recognize the format.
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- # Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
- #jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl \ "That bad, huh?" / Got a problem with that? #
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