From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 30 16:09:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA22940 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 16:09:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from localhost.kiev.ua (c121.dialup.ISF.Kiev.UA [194.44.162.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA22911 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 16:08:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kushn@olinet.isf.kiev.ua) Received: from localhost (volodya@localhost) by localhost.kiev.ua (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA13799; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 01:40:29 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 01:40:29 +0200 (EET) From: Vladimir Kushnir X-Sender: volodya@kushnir.kiev.ua To: Doug White cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: ApplixWare vs. StarOffice In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote: > We're drifting a bit here but what the heck ;-) > > Anyone out there tried ApplixWare and StarOffice and have any opinions? > I'm in desperate need of a word processor and don't want to clog my laptop > with MicroSlop Word while I'm trying to sell it. > > My previous experience with the StarOffice betas was not enjoyable. The > installation was confusing and some features were broken for the English > case, such as the SmartQuotes. (There are no separate `` and '' > characters in the X font set, but it does have the German << and >>.) I > also had trouble with it crashing intermittiently and with graphics > artifacts and a generally unstable interface. > > ApplixWare is cheap for students ($80!) and apparently has a nice word > processor and spreadsheet modules. > > Presentation graphics is nice but not necessary. The word processor is > the priority. > > Thanks for any insight or recommendations to forward to -chat. :-) > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > Yes, I did try both of them. Just one private opinin: Applix is definitely faster and less hungry for a memory, but (as far as I'm concerned) StarOffice word processor has certanly more conventional (for anyone used to M$) interface. For a laptop Applix is better, I suppose. Regards Vladimir