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From: Marc van Kempen <wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: What a OS!!
To: lenzi@cwbtwo.bsi.com.br (Sergio Lenzi)
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 20:17:27 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960206134522.5332A-100000@cwbtwo> from "Sergio Lenzi" at Feb 6, 96 01:53:38 pm
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> 
> 
> Hi. Folks,
> 
> I have just received the 2.1 cd rom fro Walnut Creek,
> and find it wondefull. I have showed the system to some enterprises,
> all running several windows machines using pc/tcp or some sort of tcp
> stack runing in windows. They find the system very good, and plan to 
> migrate to FreeBSD All of those windows machines that are used to access
> RISC databases. They apreciate the X interface with Xdm and Xfm (the new 
> version) and the ease of use and instalation (compared with windows 95 or 
> 3.1). I installed in one machine on the network and the other machines I
> showed then how to install via FTP. 
> 
> Conclusion: GREAT sofware, ease of use, Good GUI interface, secure,Fast,
> and Reliable. Thanks a lot.
> 
> PS: Now my custumers is asking for word processor.... Is there any in sight?
> 
There are several really!

Look at lyx, this is a wysiawyg front-end to latex, 
ftp.via.ecp.fr/pub/lyx

Thot, this is a linuxbinary
http://hatutu.imag.fr/thot

cicero, (alpha state) http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/(tilde)weis


Regards,
Marc.