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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KOffice seems to have one app missing
From:       Ryan Wyler <SC4211 () email ! mot ! com>
Date:       1999-08-05 22:11:59
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Allan Johnstone,

Have you considered StarOffice until Koffice is complete?

Allan Johnstone wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am very interested in KOffice, both as a Linux user at home, and as
> a UNIX user (HP-UX) at work. There is presently a cost-saving effort
> at work to move to PCs on the desktop (running eXceed or PC X-ware to
> access UNIX). I have argued that moving to Linux would be even more
> cost-effective, but I face arguments about the lack of key business
> software available for Linux. Your KOffice suite seems to remedy many
> of these needs, such as KWord (we use FrameMaker a lot), KSpread, et
> ectera. Only one key type of application seems to be missing: a
> Linux-based counterpart to MS-Project. This is a key piece of software
> for the managers here. Unfortunately, they make the decisions about
> the equipment that we use, and I can't imagine them being interested
> in an OS that didn't have a powerful, or at least equal, competitor to
> the MS product.
> 
> I suppose that this is rather late to decide on such a development,
> although I hope that you will consider this. Nonetheless, I will
> continue to look at the KOffice suite, and I will try to promote it at
> work.
> 
> Thanks a lot for such an interesting sounding product. I am only
> beginning to install it from source (I downloaded it all last night),
> but... In the past I have written Adobe to encourage them to port
> FrameMaker to Linux. I cheered when Corel announced a port of their
> software to Linux. I have always wished that FrameMaker supported
> spreadsheet functions. I am very excited about XML. Result? I am
> already considering testing your software (I spent two years testing
> our network management software), and--if it comes anywhere near my
> expectations--possibly writing a book on it.
> 
> Thanks again - AJJ
> 
> --
> Allan Johnstone, Technical Writer       Phone:              (604)244-4186
> Nortel Networks, INM                    FAX:                (604)244-4225
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> 
> 

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Ryan Wyler                 
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