Re: Grammar checking...

Robert Sievers (bob@abisource.com)
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:30:16 -0500

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At 06:19 PM 9/29/99 -0700, Colin Mattoon wrote:
>If the developers of abiword concentrate on the technical problems of
>cross platform compatibility, page formatting, WYSIWYG displays that
>don't match the printed page and a myriad of other details that must be
>dealt with to make abiword a reliable OS and format transparent word
>processor, it will have greater utility and value than if they are
>diverted into the back streets of grammar and/or style checking in a
>world with many languages and dialects.

I don't believe this could have been said any better.

Frankly, as Colin so astutely points out, the AbiWord development team has
other more fundamental issues to deal with. If anyone disagrees, you are
welcome to "show us the code".

Robert Sievers
Open Source Evangelist

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