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How about StarOffice from Sun?  Is anyone using it?  My understanding is
that it is free, runs on Linux, Unix (Solaris), and Windows, and works with
MS Office apps' formats.

I hopped out to Sun's site and found this:
IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY
Feature: Improved Microsoft Office file filters; TrueType fonts that are
metrically equivalent to the most commonly used Microsoft Office fonts; and
the ability to set the file save default.

Function: StarOffice 6.0 Beta file filters now support editable Microsoft
Office OLE objects, autoshapes, frames, charts, and form controls.
PowerPoint filters are also improved. StarOffice 6.0 software's new TrueType
fonts are metrically equivalent to the most commonly used Microsoft Office
fonts, so opening Microsoft Office files in the StarOffice program will
produce a document with similar-looking fonts and will retain the original
formatting. New file format saving preferences allow users to set default
standard file formats for saving text, presentation, drawing documents or
formulas in any of several file formats: Microsoft Office, Ami Pro, HTML,
previous versions of StarOffice, and others.

Benefit: Improved interoperability with Microsoft Office files.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Fritz" <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: Windows XP
<snip>
>If you -*really*- need Word
> or Excel or some other Windows app, there isn't much choice.
<snip>



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