Date: 17 Feb 2002 20:04:29 -0600 From: dmmcf@uiuc.edu (D. Michael McFarland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Advice sought re MS Office compatibility Message-ID: <86eljjlf4i.fsf@ness.aae.uiuc.edu>
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Hello All,
I find it's becoming increasingly important for me to collaborate, at
a .doc- and .ppt-file level, with colleagues who use MS Word and
PowerPoint on Macs and PCs. Yes, I've tried to enlighten them about
the alternatives; I've enlightened them about all they're going to
stand, and it's necessary that I do something towards meeting them
half-way. So, I'm here to ask your advice about compatible
applications.
I ran a couple different versions of Applixware under under Red Hat
Linux a few years ago, and generally have a good opinion of it, but
have never installed it under FreeBSD. I have used StarOffice a
little under both Linux and FreeBSD, but recent versions (as of a few
months ago) don't play well with XFree86 v. 4 on my laptop (an IBM
T-22 running STABLE). I know about VMware and am anxiously awaiting
the port of v. 3, but even were it available now, Office is Office and
I'd rather use something else.
So what's my question? Given that I'm willing to put a little money
and more than a little effort into getting it going, what have people
found is the most MS-compatible, robust application of this sort?
Lest anyone think I'm a pointing, clicking ex-Windows jock, I hasten
to add that I write everything I can in TeX. I run Matlab's Simulink
from an Emacs buffer. Why, I even...well, you get the idea. But I
need to Office to keep the peace, and I'd appreciate any
recommendations.
Best regards,
Michael
--
D. Michael McFarland
Visiting Senior Research Scientist & Visiting Lecturer
Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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