[sword-devel] Access violations

Darin Duphorne sword-devel@crosswire.org
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:57:28 -0500


I am a Mac OS X user, and yes Word is available on Mac, but I don't 
have it, and can't justify the $$$$.  I am interested in how you are 
reading .doc files on Mac OS X if you can't afford MS Office.

On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 06:23 PM, Christian Renz wrote:

>> Which I can't as I have no use for windows here.
>
> Not to be a nitpicker, but doc file format != Windows. I can read .doc
> files just fine on Mac OS X here, although I currently don't use
> Windows and I can't afford MS Office.
>
> Apart from the technical issues, it is also a matter of attitude. I
> agree that for the developer list, it might have been better to put
> the screenshots on a web page and link them. However, not everybody
> has the resources to do that. And in this case, where we're talking
> about aa support case, we should be more forthcoming and accept bug
> reports even if they are not submitted in our preferred format.
>
> Paul would probably say he doesn't mind whether the gospel is preached
> on Windows, BSD, Linux or Mac OS, as long as it's preached. Let's
> leave our personal preferences personal and try to preach the gospel
> on every platform.
>
> Greetings,
>    Christian
>
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> C.S. Lewis
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