Re: [SLUG] Want Linux on your desktop? Nine reasons to forgetabout it

From: awyatt@intergate.cx
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 12:54:17 EDT


Office 97 works well with wine..

For example:

http://www.intergate.cx/linux_help/linux_IE2.jpg
http://www.intergate.cx/linux_help/linux_IE.jpg

Here are some applications that are running in wine, IE 5.01 and
Excel 97..

-AW

> Original Message from Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:54:38 -0400:>
> No I haven't tried wine. Do you know if Office 97 will work with
wine? If so then
> that may be the best solution.
> Thanks
> Mike M.
>
> Russell Hires wrote:
>
> > I don't suppose you've tried VMWare, or Wine?
> >
> > Russell
> >
> > ____________________________________________________
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> > _it's_ (with apostrophe) means "it is"
> >
> > ----------
> > >From: Mike Manchester
> > >To: slug@nks.net
> > >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Want Linux on your desktop? Nine reasons to
forget about it
> > >Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2001, 7:28
> > >
> >
> > > Linux will never make it on the Desktop because:
> > >
> > > It's not the GUI or how much it looks like Windows. The real
reason Linux will
> > > never make the Desktop is because of companies using
proprietary software
> > > i.e MS
> > > apps. case in point:
> > >
> > > My company uses Microsoft Word for all there important docs.
>From time to time
> > > I need to modify these documents and redistribute them. And I
have yet to
> > > find a
> > > Linux based program that will read edit and save a Microsoft
Word file.
> > > I've tried
> > > Staroffice (which does a pretty good job of converting the word
file but
> > > hoses it
> > > when saving, so that Microsoft Word can no longer read it as it
was
> > > originally).
> > > Applixware loses things in the conversion. WordPerfect 8 I
can't to convert
> > the
> > > document. It says it's converting but never completes the
conversion. So
> > > because my
> > > company won't use a format that can be read and modified with
anything but
> > > Microsoft software, I can't get rid of Windows, even though I
use Linux daily
> > > I have to keep Microsoft Windows on my machine to do this kind
of thing.
> > > And now
> > > with Microsoft dropping support for all products except Win 2k
and Xp and
> > > Office 2k
> > > and Office XP. I will be forced to upgrade to the new products
just to do
> > > my job.
> > >
> > > So until companies go the open source route and get rid of this
proprietary
> > > document formats I have no choice in the matter.
> > >
> > > I can't wait to see what My company does when it has to supply
everyone
> > > with new
> > > license of Microsoft software just so we can read all the
documents they have
> > > stored in Word format.
> > >
> > > So lack of compatibility will keep Linux from the desktop, will
at least my
> > > desktop
> > > and all the desktops of people that have to rely on Microsoft
formatted
> > > Documents.
> > >
> > > Mike M.
> > >
> > >
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