The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
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David M Williams
Monday, 16 August 2010 11:56
Sometimes you just need to write text! You don't need rich formatting and you most definitely don't want Microsoft Word HTML markup. The text console open source WordGrinder app makes word processing as straightforward as you can get.
”Wait a minute,” I hear you say. “A text console app? Isn’t that backwards?”
Thanks for asking, but no. There are many good reasons why a text console program without the flashy plethora of fonts and formatting tools is valuable.
For one, it offers a clean and tight interface with absolutely no distractions. When you work in WordGrinder you write text. You don’t worry about what else is happening around you on your machine and you don’t worry about whether your document is as pretty as can be.
For those who plan to use their text on a web site you don’t have to worry about bringing across crazy formatting tags when all you want is plain text.
Now, Linux users well know that there is no shortage of text editors already available, with vi and emacs being perennial favourites (as well as the cause of many a religious war or two!)
WordGrinder doesn’t seek to replace either product – just like it won’t replace OpenOffice Writer – but it does fill its own niche. It’s not a general text editor but is for all intents and purposes a true word processor, just not WYSIWYG.
This means WordGrinder offers spell checking, for one thing, plus word and paragraph counts at a glance. Additionally, it does offer formatting options (eg double spacing) but not enough that you waste time setting them up.
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