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Re: staroffice



Bob Brown (brown@nothinbut.net) wrote:

> In the StarOffice directory where you unpacked the tarball is a README
> file that details how to install multiple users.  Each user has to run
> setup and install a 2 meg (rather large) base package.
> A word of advise: Save your files often.  SO craps out on a regular
> basis.  I love the gui, but it's an unpredictable suite.
> I'm still looking for Mr. Goodbar...  If anyone has found an Office
> Package that can stand up to Office97, I'd love to hear about it.
> I'm presently playing with Applix. (Not very strong, but stable.)

I've been using Applixware on Alpha and x86 for a while. Out of all the
GUI office suites I like it best. Applixware seems to do a better job
importing different document types then SO and WP. SO and WP also seem
quite unstable to me.  

Although Latex is much more fun! ;-) 


JMHO,

Ron
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