Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 11:05:29 +0100 From: "Chris R." <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, Jeff Gray <jwg@cm110119.cableco-op.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Completing the transistion away from MS..... Message-ID: <35F10CE9.C1566F60@ukonline.co.uk> References: <199809050239.WAA28334@laker.net> <19980905151620.L606@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 4 September 1998 at 22:39:50 -0400, Steve Friedrich wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:48:40 -0700 (PDT), Jeff Gray wrote: > > > >> Having set up FreeBSD in my home office, and installing > >> StarOffice3.1 I am almost there. To fully manage a SOHO business > >> I must have the ability to read Excel, Word and Powerpoint files. > >> StarOffice does not fully meet this need. > > > > Star Division is in the process of releasing ver 5 and also > > establishing a US office in CA. I sent email to the FreeBSD guy that's > > responsible for the StarOffice port and also to their US division, but > > haven't gotten a reply back yet. Thanks to the backstabbing Caldera > > people, there may only be a Linux port. I'd like to see if we can > > mount a campaign. > > What's the problem running the Linux port? I don't think we need to > look on this as "backstabbing". Jordan Hubbard himself supports Linux > ports before FreeBSD ports. > > > I do not know if the filter support in ver 5 will convert Excel, Word, > > and Powerpoint files. > > I think you'll find that Microsoft's formats are copyrighted, and > StarDivision won't be allowed to supply converters. I'd like to be > proven wrong. There must be some type of overlap, as the Corel Office suite has Micro$oft compatability features doesn't it? Also, there is a stand alone program (freeware) I saw on the web somewhere that will do the job too. I can't remember the address off hand but I will have a look for it again. It was mentioned in the mailing list freebsd-questions several months ago, if I remember rightly (where I found out about it?) - you could try searching the archives for the reference. rgds Chris R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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