On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Chris Higgins wrote:
> >myself) and I know of no linux prog which will open *.xls.
>> HUH?
>> StarOffice 5.2
> StarOffice 6.0 (beta)
> Applixware
> Kspread
>> And that's just what I've got locally !
<somewhat_embarrased>
hmm, I'd actually forgotten staroffice, mainly out of hatred for it. I
had a copy of v5 from when Sun posted CDs out. It was almost quicker to
reboot into windows. I gather it has improved though. The others I didn't
know of. cool.
I still maintain that totally ditching windows *initially* may be a bad
plan. I know that in a rush, I reach for Photoshop ahead of The Gimp,
simply cos I'm more practiced with it and in a hurry I need that. Hence
'til you really know how to do stuff quickly you need to, I wouldn't
recommend wiping as you might regret not being abble to reboot back into
windows for 5 minutes some time.
Gavin
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