Re: arguments against Linux I have heard and just my two cents worth

["Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>]

matthew wrote,
>Indeed - WordPerfect is a recent release for Linux, and IIRC both it and
>Startoffice support MSWord (though which versions I'm not sure - see their
>websites for details).

use a lot of quotation marks areound "supports" when speaking about 
staroffice.  Some documents convert fine, some come through with bizarre 
formatting, and some simply crash star office.  A simple envelope yesterday 
repeatedly crashed staroffice when trying to save it as a word file.  While it 
is a nice step, StarOffice 4.03 is far from ready for prime time; it is 
certainly not ready for business use.

rick


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