[NTLUG:Discuss] Office Suites

[Randall Gibson]

	We had a long discussion about this reciently, and no general agreement seems to be able to be reached. It all really depends on what you need your suite to do. I unfortunately cannot find one other than StarOffice to meet my needs, but for plain document editing, I like abiword. gnumeric is supposedly a great speadsheet program, but I try to avid them if possible :)
	Unless you really need a "Office Suite" you may be better off mixing and matching to your needs.
	As always, your results may vary :)

On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:33:34 Greg Edwards wrote:
> 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
> 
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