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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!netsys.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!sys14!news From: Con Sultant <jkane@execpc.com> Subject: Re: Office like programs for FreeBSD\Linux, etc... was (Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ...) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 192.43.105.164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <DrD1Bn.2DH@deere.com> Sender: news@deere.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Yes I Am. References: <3188C1E2.45AE@onramp.net> <4mnsc5$6qo@sundial.sundial.net> <3191ADA0.41C67EA6@sprynet.com> <4n2rcq$61e@dyson.iquest.net> <3196AD8C.F6A@cylatech.com> <3197807A.51F26C3D@lambert.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 20:09:22 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) Lines: 17 >] John S. Dyson wrote: >] > of FreeBSD. If I could get a real -- document compatible >] > copy of Microsoft Office for FreeBSD, I could use it for >] > OA applications. That isn't in Microsoft's interest >] > though :-(. I don't use it, so this is just an idea, but what about WINE and running the Windows Office package? Is WINE up to the task yet, or are there still some bugs that make it unusable? I can see myself using it in the future, but for now, I have the privilage of having a machine for each OS. It really does make life much easier. -Jeff Kane mailto:jkane@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~jkane