No I haven't tried wine. Do you know if Office 97 will work with wine? If so then
that may be the best solution.
Thanks
Mike M.
Russell Hires wrote:
> I don't suppose you've tried VMWare, or Wine?
>
> Russell
>
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> ----------
> >From: Mike Manchester <mchester@yahoo.com>
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Want Linux on your desktop? Nine reasons to forget about it
> >Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2001, 7:28
> >
>
> > Linux will never make it on the Desktop because:
> >
> > It's not the GUI or how much it looks like Windows. The real reason Linux will
> > never make the Desktop is because of companies using proprietary software
> > i.e MS
> > apps. case in point:
> >
> > My company uses Microsoft Word for all there important docs. From time to time
> > I need to modify these documents and redistribute them. And I have yet to
> > find a
> > Linux based program that will read edit and save a Microsoft Word file.
> > I've tried
> > Staroffice (which does a pretty good job of converting the word file but
> > hoses it
> > when saving, so that Microsoft Word can no longer read it as it was
> > originally).
> > Applixware loses things in the conversion. WordPerfect 8 I can't to convert
> the
> > document. It says it's converting but never completes the conversion. So
> > because my
> > company won't use a format that can be read and modified with anything but
> > Microsoft software, I can't get rid of Windows, even though I use Linux daily
> > I have to keep Microsoft Windows on my machine to do this kind of thing.
> > And now
> > with Microsoft dropping support for all products except Win 2k and Xp and
> > Office 2k
> > and Office XP. I will be forced to upgrade to the new products just to do
> > my job.
> >
> > So until companies go the open source route and get rid of this proprietary
> > document formats I have no choice in the matter.
> >
> > I can't wait to see what My company does when it has to supply everyone
> > with new
> > license of Microsoft software just so we can read all the documents they have
> > stored in Word format.
> >
> > So lack of compatibility will keep Linux from the desktop, will at least my
> > desktop
> > and all the desktops of people that have to rely on Microsoft formatted
> > Documents.
> >
> > Mike M.
> >
> >
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