[ILUG] M$Orifice for Linux

[adam beecher]

Just a note to say that if you think Office is bloated under Windows, don't even
bother trying Star Office, it takes over the machine completely. I haven't tried
it in Linux yet, so I can't comment on it, but as soon as I get
Apache/PHP/SSL/MySQL just the way I like it, an Office suite will be next.

adam


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of Noel
> Carroll
> Sent: 10 May 2000 09:53
> To: 'ilug at linux.ie'
> Subject: [ILUG] M$Orifice for Linux
>
>
> I heard somewhere the other day that M$ have 34 developers working on
> porting Orifice to Linux.   I think this story has been going around for a
> while as I'm certain I heard something like that on /. over a year ago.  My
> point is anyway that I couldn't see this going very far for M$.   I use Star
> Office at home on an off and on basis.   I think its a good product with
> maybe a few rough edges that will be sorted in the next release no doubt but
> the main point is that it does what it has to do without fuss.   Office is a
> bloated piece of crap that, when it doesn't crash outright, screws up your
> document the moment you try to do something exotic.   After the Lookout
> debacle last week I think I'm going to start using the StarOffice mailer
> just to try it out under Windows.   I'd imagine most people in the Linux
> community think along the lines I do so, with that in mind, I'd be skeptical
> that everybody is suddenly going to rush out to their local shop and pay
> £100 or whatever to Redmond when we already have cheaper products to order
> or free over the web.   What do people think?
>
> Noel
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