Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:08:43 +0200 (MESZ) From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice & wordperfect Message-ID: <Marcel-1.46-0824190843-b49Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980824070205.wwoods@cybcon.com>
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On Mon 24 Aug, William Woods 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. What's the state of Kpresenter ? I think there was another program someone else mentioned to me. > 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. OK, your right, I was a bit harsh. It's just that I don't have a personal need for the office-suites, as I don't use FreeBSD as a desktop-platform (nor do I use Windows). I find the thought of x*100 MB software-installs (for writing letters or showing 'slides') downright repulsive. It's enough to have one contanimated platform (M$-Windows) where features, marketing and apparently "toy'ish-ness" count more than the actual value or real-world usability of software. I don't want FreeBSD become into _that_. Netscape is enough.... cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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