See below, plz.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
> On Mon, 6 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > I'm game ... where's the pitch/doc located?
>
> http://www.openoffice.org
>
> I can't speak to the embedded object features, as I typically keep my
> books in gnumeric. The prettification guys seem to be real happy with
> it, though. ;)
> And, you can try it out. It's free, and there's a Windows version.
>
<snip>
> Google is your friend. www.openoffice.org
> ApplixWare. AbiWord. WordPerfect 2000. Although right after MS
> dropped about a quarter billion USD on Corel, Corel dropped Linux apps
> like a hot rock. gnumeric. Midnight Commander (mc). gmc, the GUI
> version of mc. StarOffice. LaTEX. Emacs.
>
They did WHAT??? Are you saying that MS bought up Corel?
>
> > Is that Open Office suite a complete set of software with the same sorts
of
> > object oriented features as are included with the MSOFFICE suite? I've
> > learned over time to do some pretty handy things in Word, linked to Excel
> > graphics through a database in Access. It would be painful to go back to
doing
> > that stuff manually.
>
> Yes. Including email and webbrowsing.
>
>
> Doc
>
>
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 04:17:24 BST