Almost M$ free...

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Datawolf wrote:

> Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 22:49:03 -0700
> From: Datawolf <datawolf@ibm.net>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Almost M$ free...
>
> IMO, StarOffice is higher quality than WordPerfect, and has more
> functionality besides (spreadsheet, presentations, etc.). One thing in
> particular, the M$ Word converters seem much more reliable.
>
> OTOH, WordPerfect is smaller and requires a lot less memory to run.
> StarOffice seems cumbersome with less than 64MB, IMO.
>

I would also recommend checking out AbiWord (http://www.abisource.com/).
It is still in beta, and has minimal features (ex. no footnoting), but, if
all you want is a good program for writing letters and what-not (as
opposed to doctoral thesises), this program should serve your purposes
well.

> I use licq for all my icq needs.
>
> -BVG
>
> Jim wrote:
> >
> > Got RH 6.2 up and running reasonably well. Now all I need is WP and a good ICQ
> > client and I may just delete the M$ partitions.
> >
> > --
> > Jim
> >
> > Zope is cool!
> >
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