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Re: Solver for Spreadsheets and MathType for Word Processing

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From: Jim Black
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 20:21
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Don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for but www.openoffice.org has a Solver download for OpenOffice.
msnthrp

"Anthony F. Herbst" wrote:

> Frustrated at not having Solver (as in Excel, or Quattro Pro, or Lotus) of MathType (as in Word or WordPerfect) I searched out the 3rd party developers and asked them when they
> would have Linux versions available.  I said it would be worth it to me to pay them a reasonable fee for their add-ins.  Solver is by Frontline Systems, Inc.  ( http://www.solver.com )
> and MathType by MathType ( http://www.mathtype.com ).
>
> Solver replied "We are actually looking into it. But I can't give you any guarantee or time table...." and MathType replied "We currently do not have any plans to port MathType to
> the Unix or Linux platforms. If word processing on these platforms continues to grow in popularity, we will consider developing MathType for them when a sufficient potential
> customer base exists and there is a widely supported metafile format."
>
> So . . . if I am not alone in wanting the functionality of these programs to be ported to Linux, or offered as add-ins to Star Office, etc., then I suggest that others should also ask them
> the questions I posed.  If they get enough inquiries maybe it will motivate them to do it.
>
> Tony
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From: Jim Black <msnthrp@cox-internet.com>
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Subject: Re: Solver for Spreadsheets and MathType for Word Processing
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 15:21:39 -0500
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