Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 11:33:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Craig Shaver" <craig@ProGroup.COM> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Applications for freeBSD Message-ID: <199612151933.LAA10292@seabass.progroup.com> In-Reply-To: <199612151550.HAA00278@papillon.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Dec 15, 96 07:49:59 am
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> > cruisey@b022.aone.net.au writes, with lines up to 321 characters long: > > (Please excuse me for making the text legible) > > > I am not sure that I should be asking you this question, but I've > > been looking for an hour and a half on the internet and even though > > I have traced several leads, I am no closer to resolving things. > > > > To me, nearly all basic computing in an office needs wordprocessing, > > spreadsheeting and database (with programming language) > > software. Since Windows based programs exist everywhere, it would be > > important for me that such unix programs can readily be used (ie > > just as friendly) by staff who would be asked to convert over. > > The good news is: they exist. Try sc or oleo for the spreadsheet, Ecch! > Postgres95 for the database, and any of a plethora of text formatters Watch out for bugs in pg95, it is a work in motion right now. It will be a good dbms in a few more months (yrs?). Try mSQL for the database, and check out the contrib software. > (first and formost groff and TeX) for the "word processor". Ecch! > > The bad news is, they won't find instant staff acceptance, to put it > mildly. IMO the spreadsheets are just plain weak, the database stuff > is not oriented towards Windows-like display, and the word-processing > stuff I use would give your staff the screaming heeby-jeebies. I've > been told that Lyx isn't bad, however. > > The trouble with this kind of software is that hackers don't enjoy > writing it, so there aren't many Windows-like applications out there. > The ones that are available cost money. Word Perfect is available for > SCO and, I think, Linux, and I've been told that it works well under > FreeBSD. > > > So where can I find a thorough listing of such software or better > > still, are there people out there who are familiar with my situation > > and can point me to a suite (or good selection) of quality software > > products. > > A priori you can expect that stuff which runs under BSD/OS will run > under FreeBSD. Install the appropriate emulators, and you can run SCO > or Linux stuff. And take a look at the directory /packages on the > first CD-ROM for available free software. > > Greg > > I would look into the Applix suite of office software. I think they even take the M$ files without having to convert them. They may only be available on Linux. Red Hat has been pushing this stuff, and I have seen some of the apps a long time ago. -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088
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