Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:16:14 +0200 (MESZ) From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect Message-ID: <Marcel-1.46-0824191614-d07Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824104644.7459A-100000@vnode>
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On Mon 24 Aug, Chris Coleman wrote:
>
> > > I installed it only to 'see' it and know if and how it works.
> > > I don't see it as a 'killer-app', nor would I use/welcome the
> > > MS-Office-Suite, if there was a port to Linux/FreeBSD.
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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 just mentioned MS-Office, because I read somewhere that for some
short time, there was a host 'linus' accessible inside microsoft.com
('linus.microsoft.com') which is said to have showed a standard RedHat
post-install web-site.
But this may have to do with the availability of DCOM for Linux
('EntireX') and other 'real' Unices.
I didn't want to keep Microsoft from porting anything to FreeBSD ;-)
(I'm sure they listen...) it's just that *I* don't have a big urge to
install yet another 200 MB of mostly worthless junk on my HD, which I'm
sure Office97 would take as a minimum Unix-install.
I use other software on another platform for that.
cheers,
Rainer
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