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&lt;h2&gt;Word processors are overrated&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This is the transcript of &lt;a class="reference external" href="http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1238"&gt;my second submission for Hacker Public
Radio&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Word processors are overrated. Too often they are used instead of better
alternatives. For example: to write a report, to describe a workflow or
a vision, a lot of people just grab Microsoft Word. Which is a bad idea.
Should you use LibreOffice Writer then? OpenOffice? Maybe Google docs?
They are not much better.&lt;/p&gt;
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