Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:27:58 -0700 (PDT) From: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> To: Martin Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect Message-ID: <XFMail.980824102758.wwoods@cybcon.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980824123249.0090b3b0@honk.org>
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> > > Since you use both, how would you rate them? (eg. compared to each other, > and to M$) Well, If you are into the Free Word Processors, then, in my opinion you cant beat StarOffice. For my daily work though (I have need to translate several different wp's files) WP 7 was the choice. The $$ part for WP was not a big deal, as the company I work for bought it for wiork. >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. > > > I do notice that Corel has put out a *nix port of Wordperfect. How come M$ > hasn't > followed suit? Are they a little afraid of this "other" operating system I thionk I can answer this....why would MS put out a Suite that doesnt run on their OS...it defeats their pourpose....while Corel has no OS and therefore can support many platforms. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message --------------------- William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Date: 24-Aug-98 / Time: 10:21:58 goto to: http//www.freebsd.org. --> FreeBSD 3.0 CURRENT <-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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