[NTLUG:Discuss] Office Suites

[Greg Edwards]

I've been muckin around with StarOffice 5.2 for almost a year now and
I'm sorry to say I give:(

Does anyone have any comments on Applixware 5.0 and/or Corel Office 2000
on that other OS?  How do they compare?

I have Applixware 4.3 and Corel Office 7 Professional (for Win9x)
collecting dust on the shelf.  Applixware 4.3 was ok but the look and
feel was a little clunky, IMHO.  I found Corel Office 7 a good suite but
a little short on documentation and besides its not Linux native.  I
tried to make StarOffice work for me but never did get comfortable with
the desktop or on-screen look of the docs.

I'm not happy with Wordperfect 8 for Linux and the reviews I've read, as
well as comments here, of Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux have
convinced me to save my time and $$$.  BTW, I HATE MS-WORD!!!  Every
time I use it (current client) I grumble.  Not because its an MS product
but I just don't like it.

Is the current version of either of these worth tossing any $$$ at or
are the older versions close enough?  As far as a Win9x app goes I'd
rather not but I'm going to have to be a VMWare user anyway.  I'm real
tired of dual booting and I won't leave a Win9x box running 24/7 on my
network.

Has anyone gotten Paradox 7 or 9 to run against MySQL?  I'll have VMWare
with Samba so can I get either Paradox to talk?

TIA,
-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com