Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 00:23:13 +0100 From: Andreas Braukmann <braukmann@tse-online.de> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: We got a mention! Message-ID: <20000301002313.G31341@cage.tse-online.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000229133121.4156B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@enteract.com on Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 01:48:58PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002291903180.70043-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000229133121.4156B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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Hi, On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 01:48:58PM -0600, David Scheidt wrote: > The very few things that UNIX machines don't do for me aren't > solved by any MicroSoft products. I use UN*X boxes for almost > everything. me too. And - since I'm the 'boss' I would even have the power to switch away from Microsoft products for the whole office. We'll certainly ditch MS Office (currently we're still using Office 95) later this year and will using StarOffice or Applix. But we just can't replace Windows NT itself, because I really don't know any software aequivalent to Photoshop, Freehand and various other graphics and design oriented packages. Mac OS X might be a valid option in the near future, but then we would have to ditch the hardware, too. > (I have a windows box at work, because they make me use exchange. hi hi. We do our 'contact management' with symantecs 'Act!' and this is the one and only Windows-Software I've really used during the last 6 months. If I only could take the time to install vmware on my primary workstation ... > shares the desk with.) The only things I don't have that I would > like are a really good spreadsheet-- though I haven't had a chance hmm. What's the matter with StarOffice's or Applix's spreadsheet that they break for you? > and something like Visio. yes. > Everything else I am perfectly happy with the UNIX tools. Further 'special purpose' application my wife needs for her profession (and I in my rare freetime): a _decent_ midi-sequencer, harddisk-recording, music destop publishing (something like 'coda finale'). > I don't play games, though. games? I don't need any computers for this kind of stuff :) -Andreas -- : Anti-Spam Petition: http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ : : PGP-Key: http://www.tse-online.de/~ab/public-key : : Key fingerprint: 12 13 EF BC 22 DD F4 B6 3C 25 C9 06 DC D3 45 9B : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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