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From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To: "Jeff Gray" <jwg@cm110119.cableco-op.com>
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 22:39:50 -0400
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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:48:40 -0700 (PDT), Jeff Gray wrote:

>Having set up FreeBSD in my home office, and installing
>StarOffice3.1 I am almost there. To fully manage a SOHO business
>I must have the ability to read Excel, Word and Powerpoint files.
>StarOffice does not fully meet this need.

Star Division is in the process of releasing ver 5 and also
establishing a US office in CA.  I sent email to the FreeBSD guy that's
responsible for the StarOffice port and also to their US division, but
haven't gotten a reply back yet.  Thanks to the backstabbing Caldera
people, there may only be a Linux port.  I'd like to see if we can
mount a campaign.

I do not know if the filter support in ver 5 will convert Excel, Word,
and Powerpoint files.

You might like to go to http://www.stardivision.com and see what you
think.


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