From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Aug 24 12:36:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA24714 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:36:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gandhi.roma ([128.58.111.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA24704 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:36:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smendoza@juriscompint.com) Received: from juriscompint.com ([128.58.111.30]) by gandhi.roma (Netscape Messaging Server 3.5) with ESMTP id 487; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:50:09 -0400 Message-ID: <35E1C0B6.EDAEBFB0@juriscompint.com> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:36:22 -0400 From: "Simon Mendoza" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect References: <3.0.3.32.19980824123249.0090b3b0@honk.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------D72F53026E51BBCF6743ED8B" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --------------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. > > > 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). > > > 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   
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.


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  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-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message