From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Oct 16 16:03:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07974 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:03:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07951 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:03:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-95.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.95]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA03839 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 18:02:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA16913 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 06:25:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199810161125.GAA16913@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: applixware discussion In-reply-to: Message from Gary Roberts of "Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:38:53 +1000." <199810160338.NAA01982@eros.che.curtin.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 06:25:16 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Anyway, I have the latest applixware release. It's 99 bucks. If you think > it will let you share M$ office files with other M$ office users, it won't. > The filters don't work. In particular, powerpoint and word graphics and > charts get damaged or deleted. So if you're planning on getting > applixware for M$ office interoperation, don't waste your money. Last time I looked there was a $99 version and a $250 version. The difference was the quality of support for translation to foreign formats (ie: Microsoft). I'm on the waiting list for the FreeBSD-native Applixware. Didn't notice any announcement as to the big version yet. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message