From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 26 2003 - 16:37:17 EST
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Dom
--- Mark Richardson <mrichard_at_usc.edu> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, Alan Horkan wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > If you were impressed by Abiword on a Zip disk you
> might be even more
> > impressed by abiword on a floppy disk.
>
> > I'd suggest making sure not to offer files in
> Microsoft
> > Word format (unless you absolutely must) and offer
> the files in reasonably
> > open standardised formats such as PDF, HTML and
> provide Abiword (or even
> > StarOffice/OpenOffice) format for those who wan to
> have more easily
> > editable versions of your files.
>
> > As you teach university level writing I have no
> qualms whatsoever about
> > instructing you in the etiquette details of
> writing email.
>
> > If you are familiar with Unix the command line
> utitlies style and diction
> > might be of interest to help you to analyse
> peoples writing
>
> Thank you very much for the leads and even more for
> the (gentle) correction.
> I'll follow up on all.
>
> One more question: Abiword, right now, meets most
> all my needs with
> remarkable stability, and I recommend it freely in
> my *personal*
> interactions with students. But would the developers
> consider the current
> version ripe for "recommendation" in some formal way
> (on course syllabi or
> on lists of, say, "recommended writing software")?
> Or should qualifiers be
> added to such recommendations? Or is there a future
> milestone that we ought
> to wait for?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mark Richardson
>
>
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