Re: small school: replacements for MS Word and Excel
Corel is selling the whole WordPerfect Office suite, which includes
WordPerfect and Quattro Pro.
http://linux.corel.com/products/wpo2000_linux/index.htm
The suite is about $150 a copy. buy.com has a 5-pack which is a better
deal, but it is back-ordered.
There is also Applix:
http://www.vistasource.com/products/axware
Applix is an office suite available for Linux. It's inexpensive and I
have heard good things about it but I have not tried it. I think list
price is $100 a copy, but you might be able to get a deal since you are
a school.
Staroffice is very large and slow. If AbiWord was too slow for you,
Staroffice is a non-starter. Probably Applix is the best bet: native,
and small. (Corel's stuff is Windows software ported using WINE libraries.)
Good luck.
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