Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:32:49 -0400 From: Martin Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980824123249.0090b3b0@honk.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824104644.7459A-100000@vnode> References: <XFMail.980824070205.wwoods@cybcon.com>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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