[plug] Word97 vs Openoffice

[Shayne O'Neill]

Maybe I've done far too many tenders.

But 250 page tender responses are pretty standard fare in my old job.

*hint
1) govt tenders
2) boilerplates.

Yeah. 25k jobs, unless the other bugger writes a better tender response.

For what its worth however, a friend of mine has done most of his PHD on a
palm pilot with a little keyboard.

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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Bernd Felsche wrote:

> On Saturday 28 August 2004 16:01, Brad Campbell wrote:
> > Chris Caston wrote:
>
> > > Perhaps that would explain it. That is one of the other excuses I give
> > > for avoiding laptops in favour of a decent desktop + well synced PALM
> > > pda: the speed of the HD.
>
> > Perhaps, but you can't spend 12 hours on an aircraft editing a 250 page
> > proposal or writing code on a PDA, nor can you use it to carry around all
> > your remote recovery/rescue software/systems.
>
> You're *sick*.  A 250-page proposal?  I spend upwards of an hour per
> page drafting proposals.  Writing a proposal that'd be worth upwards
> of $25,000 is just stupid.
>
> The job would have to be worth at least a million bucks.
>
> One can of course write programs on a PDA. One can write 250-page
> documents on a PDA. One can store gigabytes of recovery software on
> compact-flash (or microdrive) that plugs into a PDA.
>
> > I need a laptop to do what I need to do, and I need a laptop that
> > will support 12 hours on the go so it can't be a power hungry
> > desktop replacement that would make OOo acceptably fast.
>
> Wait for the Athlon-64 mobile laptops... they can sleep between
> keystrokes.
>
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