Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:36:22 -0400 From: "Simon Mendoza" <smendoza@juriscompint.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect Message-ID: <35E1C0B6.EDAEBFB0@juriscompint.com> References: <XFMail.980824070205.wwoods@cybcon.com> <3.0.3.32.19980824123249.0090b3b0@honk.org>
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--------------D72F53026E51BBCF6743ED8B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > At 10:52 AM 8/24/98 -0400, Various People wrote: > > >> 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. > > > > Since you use both, how would you rate them? (eg. compared to each other, > and to M$) > > I am mostly interested in finding a good wysiwyg word processor, and I > really don't > want to shell out hundreds of dollars if there is a free option for me. > (hence my attempt to move away from the M$ world and into *FREE*BSD). > > The reason I am looking into StarOffice is because I have heard that it is > M$ W*rd > compatible (no sense using a word processor if nobody else can read the > documents > you produce) and it apparently has a good interface. > > >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. > > <soapbox> > Too bad people around the world (read: North America) got so quickly sucked > into the > Micr*S*ft scam. There used to be plenty of decent office suite solutions > out there > (lotus, wordperfect, etc.) but now it seems if you aren't using M$, you > aren't using > anything. > > I do notice that Corel has put out a *nix port of Wordperfect. How come M$ > hasn't > followed suit? Are they a little afraid of this "other" operating system > moving in on their Windows world? > Given the choice, I would rather pay money for a company that seems to care > about providing solutions to meet peoples' needs, rather than trying to > change peoples' needs to meet their solutions. Ultimately though, I would > rather get quality *FREE* software. > (without resorting to piracy). > </soapbox> > > M. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > I have been using StarOffice 3.1 for about 2 months now and as far as I am concerned I like it better than the MSOffice 97, though to tell you the truth it is a little bit slower, It doesn't support files from Word 95, only Word 6.0, the OLE implementation is a bit fuzzy and not as straight forward as the MS counterpart. On the other hand comes with the same "suite"(Word=StarWriter3, Power Point=StarDraw3, Excel= StarCalc3) and it comes with a nice gallery and some document templates. The best of all is that is free, and so easy to install you will not believe. Greetings Simon. --------------D72F53026E51BBCF6743ED8B Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> At 10:52 AM 8/24/98 -0400, Various People wrote: >> 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. > Since you use both, how would you rate them? (eg. compared to each other, and to M$) I am mostly interested in finding a good wysiwyg word processor, and I really don't want to shell out hundreds of dollars if there is a free option for me. (hence my attempt to move away from the M$ world and into *FREE*BSD). The reason I am looking into StarOffice is because I have heard that it is M$ W*rd compatible (no sense using a word processor if nobody else can read the documents you produce) and it apparently has a good interface. >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. <soapbox> Too bad people around the world (read: North America) got so quickly sucked into the Micr*S*ft scam. There used to be plenty of decent office suite solutions out there (lotus, wordperfect, etc.) but now it seems if you aren't using M$, you aren't using anything. I do notice that Corel has put out a *nix port of Wordperfect. How come M$ hasn't followed suit? Are they a little afraid of this "other" operating system moving in on their Windows world? Given the choice, I would rather pay money for a company that seems to care about providing solutions to meet peoples' needs, rather than trying to change peoples' needs to meet their solutions. Ultimately though, I would rather get quality *FREE* software. (without resorting to piracy). </soapbox> M. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I have been using StarOffice 3.1 for about 2 months now and as far as I am concerned I like it better than the MSOffice 97, though to tell you the truth it is a little bit slower, It doesn't support files from Word 95, only Word 6.0, the OLE implementation is a bit fuzzy and not as straight forward as the MS counterpart. On the other hand comes with the same "suite"(Word=StarWriter3, Power Point=StarDraw3, Excel= StarCalc3) and it comes with a nice gallery and some document templates. The best of all is that is free, and so easy to install you will not believe. <BR> <P>Greetings <P>Simon.</HTML> --------------D72F53026E51BBCF6743ED8B-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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