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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:26:39 +1200
From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To: Martin Rubenstein <e-o-n@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Office 2000 Pro
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 12:48:10PM -0600, Martin Rubenstein wrote:
> My question for you is simply;  Will FreeBSD support windows Office 2000 
> Pro?    My wife _must_ use MS Office for work at home in order to be 
> compatible with her work in the office.  Powerpoint, Word, Access, Excel 
> & Outlook.

FreeBSD won't run Office 2000. However, the OpenOffice package in
FreeBSD *may* be able to handle the documents from Office 2000,
depending on complexity. It handles manages to handle *all* of the
Office-stuff I get.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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