Re: Currant Bun

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From: Jim Noble
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:00

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Mike Dickson <news@blackcat..demon..co..uk> wrote in message
news:CheetahPRO_v1.13-n5_27380@blackcat.demon.co.uk...
> In article <slrn885pim.jq.rwatson@bluesharp.pwdltd.co.uk>
rwatson@pwdltd.co.uk wrote...
> .........
> I'm sure Linux is fine and dandy if you have a spare week or two to set
> it up and get it running properly, but most people just don't have that
> sort of time. Add to that the killer blow that it 'doesn't run MS
> Office' and the whole deal is done, I'm afraid.

To add to the religious wars...

Star Office for Linux is pretty compatible with Office at the file level and
IMO has about the same level of functionality as Office 95. I've used it to
word process Office 97 files and Office 97 could certainly understand the
result.

It even tries to look like Windows 95 - complete with the Start button.

That's what killed it for me. Why bother with an underequipped imitation and
the nagging doubt that it might not be totally file compatible? I've gone
back to MS.

TTFN, Jim

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From: "Jim Noble" <Jim_Noble@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Currant Bun
Date: 2000/01/17
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