Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:14:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: MIME applications for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199702131444.BAA19701@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <l03020903af28aac879f3@[194.32.164.2]> from Bob Bishop at "Feb 13, 97 11:32:49 am"
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Bob Bishop stands accused of saying: > > They certainly don't seem to. Maybe reverse engineering is unnecessary: > WordPad groks Word 6 format, and the source is in among the samples on the > MSVC4.2 CD. Hmm! Not that I'm too enamoured of WordPad, but is this source in anything like a distributable form? If someone with a Willows Twin/XPDK license were to cut a set of binaries, could they distributethem? > Also 3rd-party converters between Word6 and <what you like> are available > (and referenced in MS developer materials). Maybe the developers had to pay > a fat licence fee. Applixware claims to support MSWord format, and appears to be on a runout special for US$189 (US$69 student price). http://www.linuxmall.com > Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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