Re: newbie

From: Martin Sevior <msevior_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Feb 09 2009 - 01:39:02 CET

Hi James,
               Thank you for your interest in AbiWord. Actually at no
stage was AbiWord in the slightest danger of being abandoned. It's
just that we were implementing some very tricky features so new
releases were put on hold for a while.

Cheers

Martin

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:14 AM, James Freer <jessejazza@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Just thought i should introduce myself - joined today.
>
> I've been an abiword user on and off for a few years. I always liked a
> lot of things about Abiword but it didn't quite replace Lotus
> smartsuite wordPro for my teaching preparation. WordPro even though
> outdated still does tables better than other WPs. Openoffice is good
> but a bit heavy for me... i like a app that is just sufficient for my
> needs without having so much sophistication for things i never use.
>
> Two years ago i became a Linux Ubuntu user and now only use windows to
> drive a scanner and one app that can't be run on ubuntu. I'm now
> totally converted to all things linux and so have also become
> completely dependent on abiword for WP [pleased that the project
> didn't close which i gathered was likely about a couple of years ago
> or so]. Joined the group to learn from discussions and contribute when
> i can.
>
> james
> Suffolk, UK
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