actually IBM do have an rpm of notes designed to be run under wine... have a look for it, because i tried it at one point, and it seemed to run fine...
Anton On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 14:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I haven't given it a complete exercise but StarOffice from Sun seems to > work perfectly well with all my legacy MS Word docs. The latest version > (6.0, I think) is not free but $60 for a complete office suite is more > than reasonable. I also use Crossover because Lotus Notes is a big part of > the productivity suite around here and IBM hasn't seen fit to port a Notes > client to Linux. I can't really speak to Crossover's ability to support MS > Office but it does a bang up job with Notes. > > Randy > > > > > On 12 Nov 2002, Anton Piatek wrote: > > > Just one question... dont you have to buy a copy of office too? cause > > $50 for corssover is a fine price, but i thought you have to have a copy > > of office too... > > yes, you have to already have all your own copies of the windows > apps that you want to run. crossover office is *not* an office suite -- > it's a variation of the wine software that allows you to simply > *run* certain windows apps on your linux box. > > and while you obviously have the extra cost of MS software, there > is the advantage that you're absolutely guaranteed compatibility > with MS office since, clearly, that's exactly what you're running. > > you're not saving on the price of MS office. you're saving in that > you don't need to purchase and run an MS O.S. which is, by itself, > a small mercy. > > for those who have no exposure to the crossover products, you > might as well waste a minute or two and check it out at > www.codeweavers.com. > > rday > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Anton Piatek | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dept of Mathematics, | Imperial College, 07900-951-627 | London, UK --- Wise men speak when they have something to say. Fools speak when they have to say something. - Plato -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
