Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:52:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> To: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824104644.7459A-100000@vnode> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980824070205.wwoods@cybcon.com>
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> > I installed it only to 'see' it and know if and how it works. > > I don't see it as a 'killer-app', nor would I use/welcome the > > MS-Office-Suite, if there was a port to Linux/FreeBSD. > > Well, I would both use and welcome a MS Office like program, for a couple > reasons. Unlike a lot of people, I use FreeBSD not as a hobby system, but a > work system. I need Word Processing, spread sheets, database and would greeatly > welcome a program like Power Point. > > Personally, if they were integrated and worked together, great. IMHO, lack of > everyday apps like these are holding FreeBSD back. StarOffice and Word Perfect, > (I use both) are a welcome addition to the Unix world and fill a very big hole > in needed apps. I agree here completely. How else are we going to take machines back from Microsoft if we can't compete in the desktop arena? If Freebsd ran MS office, I wouldn't have to keep installing Win95/98 on all the desktop computers around here. -Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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