Hi, I recently emailed Ais regarding their spreadsheet Xess and whether they would consider porting it to sparc linux.
This is what they said: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Mr. Firmstone, > > Thank you for contacting us. > > We cannot justify doing this for a single license...but if are willing to > do it if it is part of a several license purchase. > > To do this we would need to add a disk to a SPARC here, install Linux, > build, and test. We generally build on RedHat Linux. Do you know of any > compatibility issues between RedHat and Debian on SPARC? > > Thank you for your interest in XESS. We look forward to working with you. > > Sincerely, > > Shannon Tostanoski > AIS Sales Admin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Applied Information Systems, Inc. toll free: 800-334-5510 > 121 South Estes Drive Suite 205 phone: 919-942-7801 > Chapel Hill NC 27514 USA fax: 919-942-0793 > website: http://www.ais.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Now I know most people prefer open-source software and this is not open-source, however it is the best spreadsheet available with more features than any other program, it's bloat free too. It's also compatible with excell and lotus. Anyone interested in helping me to get this ported to sparc linux by purchasing a license please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or contact Shannon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have an intel box you can try the demo version available at their web site. Best Regards, Peter Firmstone.
