From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Aug 24 07:54:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05577 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 07:54:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05503 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 07:54:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chrisc@vmunix.com) Received: from localhost (chrisc@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA07486; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:53:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chrisc@vmunix.com) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:52:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Coleman X-Sender: chrisc@vnode To: William Woods cc: Rainer M Duffner , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, ML Duke Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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