Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Not really.

Office suites were a mistake. Return to text editor.




Imagine a world with something markdown-like instead of Word...


I do not have to imagine such a world since LaTeX exists already in exactly the space you're describing.


I said a world, not a small subset of the world.


Less bullshit on formatting, far better content.


Everything trivially version-controlled.


That's quite the non sequitur.


Except for one: Ashton-Tate Framework. "Emacs for business" gets you within a stone's throw of how flexible and powerful Framework was back in the day. Of course its UI wouldn't fly in today's world, but back then (early 80s) it was a revelation.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: