From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 4 22:47:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA16270 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 22:47:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA16265 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 22:47:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA14291; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:16:22 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id PAA22340; Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:16:20 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980905151620.L606@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:16:20 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Steve Friedrich , Jeff Gray Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Completing the transistion away from MS..... References: <199809050239.WAA28334@laker.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809050239.WAA28334@laker.net>; from Steve Friedrich on Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 10:39:50PM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 4 September 1998 at 22:39:50 -0400, Steve Friedrich wrote: > 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. What's the problem running the Linux port? I don't think we need to look on this as "backstabbing". Jordan Hubbard himself supports Linux ports before FreeBSD ports. > I do not know if the filter support in ver 5 will convert Excel, Word, > and Powerpoint files. I think you'll find that Microsoft's formats are copyrighted, and StarDivision won't be allowed to supply converters. I'd like to be proven wrong. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message