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Subject:Re: Lousy Word Procs (was: WordPerfect (Ugh!)) From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 6 Dec 1996 14:31:39 -0600
My vote for Most Wretched Excuse for a Word Processor: IBM's
DisplayWrite. It was a DOS program that had the most counter-intuitive
interface I've ever seen. Sort of like vi with a menu bar.
Does anyone still use it?
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