Re: Doc update, 0x020 update summary

[EAMorical@aol.com]

Pete,
Just a quick post, before I get to expanding the software items. Auto
correct is equivalent to your Quick Correct. Esther is using it exactly
like your example for exactly the same reason, reducing the number
of keystrokes. She has the same customers saying the same thing
over and over. Each customer is set up with 200-300 mappings from
several characters to strings of up to several sentences.The reason
for needing multiple Quick Correct databases or whatever they are
called (Word calls them dots) is twofold. The total number is very large
and thus unwieldy. Also different customers may say the same thing
using different words. With multiple dots the code can be the same
with the output matched to the customer. This leaves me feeling that
end users may have things set up in some specific way. For them to
migrate to Linux, not only must Linux software exist but there must be
some way to convert their existing files to Linux software equivalents.
In our case, not only Word files but dot files as well. In a multicomputer
environment, I'm not too concerned about Linux equivalents for every
program since one can always leave one computer running Windows
until equivalent software is found. Not only that but originally we had
written our own billing program. Another point the value of source code
access. With access the problems I've mentioned could be easily fixed.
While I'm at it, I can see another impediment. People have a big
investment in their current software. To switch means spending money
all over again. Emerging technologies that I've been pushing, if you
need them you find they only run on Windows. Anyway this leaves me
convinced GPL is the only way to go. Not only will the software items be
useful for the survey, but they will provide a layout for what needs to be
available in order for people to migrate to Linux. Now on to the software
items.

Bob