From owner-freebsd-stable Sat May 20 8:41:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ravel.n2.net (ravel.n2.net [207.113.132.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B762E37B5C8 for ; Sat, 20 May 2000 08:41:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgibbons@nike.relcast.com) Received: from nike.relcast.com (nike.relcast.com [207.113.133.19]) by ravel.n2.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA00635; Sat, 20 May 2000 08:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jgibbons@localhost) by nike.relcast.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA43632; Sat, 20 May 2000 08:44:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgibbons) Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 08:44:17 -0700 From: Jeff Gibbons To: Gary Roberts Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rpm and WordPerfect Office 2000 Message-ID: <20000520084416.B43451@nike.relcast.com> References: <200005152346.QAA11498@freeway.dcfinc.com> <200005160032.KAA09256@amor.wcs.uq.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <200005160032.KAA09256@amor.wcs.uq.edu.au>; from Gary Roberts on Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:32:49AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:32:49AM +1000, Gary Roberts wrote: > Chad R. Larson writes :- > > > Has anyone tried to evaluate pros and cons of the various office > > suites? > > > > 1) Applixware - native > > 2) StarOffice - linux > > 3) WordPerfect - linux > > 4) anything - Wine > > 5) ??? > > > > At the moment I've basically given up - she uses W98 and I use FreeBSD. > I would be very interested in other peoples experiences. > Applixware has been a lifesaver for me, because it can import and read or edit MS Word 95/97/2000 ".doc" files directly, though it can't export to those formats (it uses .rtf instead, which is better anyway in my opinion because it is more portable). I originally bought the FreeBSD version (after seeing it demo'ed at the FreeBSDCon last year) because I work with some people who occasionally send me email with .doc file attachments, and it has allowed me to interoperate with them easily without having to boot a Windows machine. Other than the FreeBSD CDs themselves, it has been the best money I ever spent. Of course, I haven't really "wrung it out" to really see what it's capable of -- I use vi for everything _I_ have control over. You might consider trying it out; even if you can't wean your secretary off W98, you'd at least be able to read her output on your FreeBSD machine! Jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message