Date: 16 Jun 2002 00:45:23 +0100 From: Stacey Roberts <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, mbr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is anyone actually running Openoffice-1.0.0 successfully on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1024184724.47848.18.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> In-Reply-To: <3D0BD0FF.8050003@potentialtech.com> References: <1024182992.47848.9.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> <3D0BD0FF.8050003@potentialtech.com>
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--=-14Rw/FWNlgJPe2zEoiP0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the candid reply, Bill. We've got openoffice-1.0 running (fairly) stably on Linux (RH 7.3) on a couple of test machines, but they're displaying intermittent lock-ups depending on the MS doc that's being worked on - still better than the frequency previously displayed with Staroffice though. However there's the issue document re-formatting that occurs between the groups of user camps MS Windows vs others. Based on the claims on the tin, the demands of our Windows users are still shaping our continued support for MS products here. Its just a matter of us looking for something that at least facilitates inter-changibility (is that a word?) between the two - MS Office vs contenders without the hassle of one or both groups of users complaining when one of the other group uses a document. Thanks for the reply. Stacey On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 00:42, Bill Moran wrote: > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm hoping to introduce openoffice as a (long awaited) replacement fo= r > > Star Office here. > >=20 > > I checked the mailing lists (ports and questions), but could only find > > comments on various problems others have been having without any of the > > replies that indicates that anyone's actually got this installed and > > working (as it says on the tin). > >=20 > > If anyone does indeed have openoffice-1.0.0 successfully running, pleas= e > > get let the rest of us know of your experiences with it, okay? > > Thanks. >=20 > I don't know if it counts, but we've been experimenting with the Windows > build and have been pretty happy with it so far. Unfortunately, the last > time I looked at installing the FreeBSD version, it required something > like 4G and my test machine isn't that spaceous. Before we can switch, > we need something that runs on both our FreeBSD and Windows workstations, > so we haven't really used it too extensively yet. >=20 > --=20 > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com >=20 --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer --=-14Rw/FWNlgJPe2zEoiP0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the candid reply, Bill. We've got openoffice-1.0 running (fairly) stably on Linux (RH 7.3) on a couple of test machines, but they're displaying intermittent lock-ups depending on the MS doc that's being worked on - still better than the frequency previously displayed with Staroffice though. However there's the issue document re-formatting that occurs between the groups of user camps MS Windows vs others. Based on the claims on the tin, the demands of our Windows users are still shaping our continued support for MS products here. Its just a matter of us looking for something that at least facilitates inter-changibility (is that a word?) between the two - MS Office vs contenders without the hassle of one or both groups of users complaining when one of the other group uses a document. Thanks for the reply. Stacey On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 00:42, Bill Moran wrote: > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm hoping to introduce openoffice as a (long awaited) replacement fo= r > > Star Office here. > >=20 > > I checked the mailing lists (ports and questions), but could only find > > comments on various problems others have been having without any of the > > replies that indicates that anyone's actually got this installed and > > working (as it says on the tin). > >=20 > > If anyone does indeed have openoffice-1.0.0 successfully running, pleas= e > > get let the rest of us know of your experiences with it, okay? > > Thanks. >=20 > I don't know if it counts, but we've been experimenting with the Windows > build and have been pretty happy with it so far. Unfortunately, the last > time I looked at installing the FreeBSD version, it required something > like 4G and my test machine isn't that spaceous. Before we can switch, > we need something that runs on both our FreeBSD and Windows workstations, > so we haven't really used it too extensively yet. >=20 > --=20 > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com >=20 - --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPQvRj/dn4A8qiCO5EQKnlACfUePtkg9A/HsCJiM+Sn/k1bV9CfIAn34W okrPHRmWbMr8nAJGW/NFgstx =aOUz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-14Rw/FWNlgJPe2zEoiP0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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