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GNU Emacs vs Microsoft Reader

A side-by-side look at GNU Emacs and Microsoft Reader. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs

Development

GNU Emacs is a popular, open source text editor and computing environment. It runs on most operating systems and provides extensibility through an Emacs Lisp interpreter.

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Microsoft Reader

Microsoft Reader

News & Books

Microsoft Reader is an e-book reader software developed by Microsoft. It allowed users to read e-books in .lit format which supported highlighting and taking notes. It was discontinued in 2012.

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