[lug] I just discovered StarOffice 5.1

[John Edwards]

At 07:29 PM 11/14/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>I found StarOffice 5.1 on Sun's site ( http://www.sun.com/staroffice ) and
>wanted to know what fellow Linux users think of it.  Are there any issues
>with the internet browser?  My brief testing of the product left me fairly
>impressed.  I downloaded it for both RedHat 6.1 running Gnome and the
>Microsoft version, its running on Win98.

	I found that both versions (Win and Linux) are identical.  It's easy to go
from one to another.
	Other than that, the overall suite is a bit complex, and requires some
time to learn you're way around.  I still haven't examined all aspects of
it.  It's nice that you can open and save to MS's format (up to the '97
version, I don't know about Office 2000, since I don't have it, and don't
know anybody with it).  This eliminates the biggest reason for having to
have Office around, compatibility with the majority of the world.
	Overall, I like it.  A bit complex, but that goes away with use.



John
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