[lug] spreadsheet?

Charles Morrison cmorrison at info2000.net
Wed Apr 19 10:36:34 MDT 2000


Finished? Well, I guess that depends on your definition. What Corel has done is
work on WINE. They distrribute their windows code and run it under WINE.  It
actually works pretty well so far. 

Corel Draw is not included in the WP Office "standard" which I got. Neither is
Paradox. I think they're planning on releasing a separate WP Office "Deluxe"
for a bit more cash in a month or two.

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Thanks for letting me know that Corel has finished porting their Office
> Suite to Linux.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles Morrison <cmorrison at info2000.net>
> To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [lug] spreadsheet?
> 
> 
> >
> > Quatro Pro 9 is a part of the Corel Office suite. I've installed it on a
> > Mandrake 7 box and it appears to work pretty well, As does Star Office and
> > Applix.
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > > I'm not sure about the exact name but there's a Linux spreadsheet titled
> > > something like Xess which is being touted as better than Excel.  Quattro
> Pro
> > > is either already ported to Linux or else is in process.
> > > From: JEFF PFOHL <pfohl at sandia.gov>
> > > To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 7:54 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [lug] spreadsheet?
> > >
> > >
> > > > I should have also noted that I do know about StarOffice, and have it
> > > > installed, but was also looking for other alternatives as Excel is
> > > > pretty poor IMHO. Something like Lotus 123 or even QuattroPro perhaps?
> > > >
> > > >
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> > Chuck Morrison
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