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GUI based apps do not have to be bloated. No reason to throw the baby out
with the bathwater. The problems in complexity for MS Office are not because it is a GUI. Heck, the last text based versions of WordPerfect were also very bloated.

So, the problem is the continual, never ending growth of MS Office and other office suites. We need light weight word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation tools.
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 02/28/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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I'll never support it on my infrastructure  jfp | 02/27/07
offline use  tpettyrox | 02/27/07
We knew there was something up  xuniL_z | 02/27/07
Probably won't happen.  xuniL_z | 02/27/07
Good point  John Zern | 02/27/07
CIOs want to see more of Google Apps  Loverock Davidson | 02/27/07
many other alternatives  A.Typical Zork | 02/27/07
I agree, but WordPerfect and OpenOffice are also bloated.  DonnieBoy | 02/27/07
Or they could  xuniL_z | 02/28/07
Perfect storm of MSFT stupidity  Chad_z | 02/27/07
Sure Chad. Hey, why not go and  John Zern | 02/27/07
I only disagree with one thing  xuniL_z | 02/28/07
Maybe some CIOs don't like it because they want to justify their existence.  DonnieBoy | 02/27/07
The Spin starts here  John Zern | 02/27/07
Man, go straight to the bank and withdraw you money, NOW. You can not  DonnieBoy | 02/28/07
Another thing - we need a fork of OpenOffice to create a light-weight  DonnieBoy | 02/27/07
Hey you are right  xuniL_z | 02/28/07
GUI based apps do not have to be bloated. No reason to throw the baby out  DonnieBoy | 02/28/07

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