Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:16:20 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, Jeff Gray <jwg@cm110119.cableco-op.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Completing the transistion away from MS..... Message-ID: <19980905151620.L606@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199809050239.WAA28334@laker.net>; from Steve Friedrich on Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 10:39:50PM -0400 References: <199809050239.WAA28334@laker.net>
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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
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