Re: [SLUG] Question: Linux for Business

From: Carson Wilcox (carsonwilcox@firstlinux.net)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 15:54:59 EST


StarOffice 5.2 has a powerpoint equiv. as part of the package. I don't know if that was preserved in 6.0.

Carson R. Wilcox
Senior Consultant
DMR Consulting
Tampa, FL USA

--- jeremy bowers <jeremy@jeremybowers.com> wrote:
>Folks-
>
>Demo-ing linux on a small scale for a business in Orlando, and one of the
>main concerns is MS Office compatibility. (Of course) I'm going to recommend
>StarOffice and Applixware as suites, or AbiWord and Gnumeric as
>stand-alone programs.
>
>Two part question:
>a.) What's a good equivalent to MS access or powerpoint? Preferably gnome
>and not KDE, with an equivalent "look n' feel" to MS.
>
>b.) Anyone tried Samba 3.0's active directory features? If so, wanna talk
>shop?
>
>Still pretty new to slug,
>Jeremy
>
>--
>This message courtesy of PINE!
>It's the fresh scent, not the graphics.

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