From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 6 13:11:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA28525 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:11:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA28515 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:11:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00863; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:11:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:11:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Keith Leonard cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Commercial Applications?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Keith Leonard wrote: > Just a quick one - I've noticed a lot of commercial apps appearing for > Linux (eg. WordPerfect, Applixware, StarOffice). Are these available, > runnable, or in the works for FreeBSD? I don't have any personal experience or documented proof, but I guess some people have been able to bludgeon WP into working. It would be wise to search the mail archives at www.freebsd.org to be sure. There has been some speculation on Applixware that it may, but again I have no proof. StarOffice I know from OS/2, no clue for unices. Someone will have to buy it and see if the linuxulator can handle it. > BTW - drop the 'Berkley alternative to Linux' sounds like you are trying > to catch up or are afraid of Linux - and you shouldn't be, you've got them > beat hands down on almost every front. You're referring to the note on the spine of the 'Complete FreeBSD' book. I have to agree. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major