From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) Subject: Re: Word Processors and Linux Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 21:58:33 GMT
In article <1.10149.2381.0N279081@satalink.com> john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
>B >IF YOU DO LIKE WORD PROCESSORS: then stop whining and WRITE ONE. There's been
>B >more than enough whining about it and not one message to the effect that
>B >anyone has bitten the bullet.
>
>And your contribution is?
I love the way whiners always shoot off the stock whining-is-better-than-
nothing response when challenged.... (And no, I wasn't the original poster.
I bit my tongue back then, but *this* kind of nonsense sets me off.)
Since I don't even have enough time for my existing projects at present, I'm
not currently involved with active development --- but I did offer suggestions
and discuss various alternatives during the design phase --- and if I should
find myself with enough time to help out (e.g. JNOS/Linux not still a month
behind schedule) I will do so.
Where, you ask? Where the *serious*, non-whining discussion is taking place.
After having read this drivel/thread, I'm not sure I want to go into any more
detail than that --- the last thing the hard-working folks of the project need
is to have to weed the noise (e.g. this thread!) out of the important
discussion. Suffice it to say that there is a Linux word processor project, a
UI prototype has already been produced, and a basic implementation strategy
has been mapped out. Details of implementation are the current order of
business.
++Brandon
-- Brandon S. Allbery kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org