On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
>
> I have yet to load Star Office, but have it sitting next to me. Gimp does
> net even come close to a Image Composer of sorts. I will play with Star
> Office to see what that plugs up. The off the shelf stuff like Quiken,
> TurboTax and the lack of a VB is really going to be tough to fill.
>
Please keep in mind that most VB apps are Windows-only these days.
They don't run on any other O/S. However, there are other Programming
"environment packages" that will allow you to create C, C++, Java,
etc for use on MULTIPLE O/Ses.
I've heard that Adobe Illustrator (I think it is) is going to be
released for Linux RSN (Real Soon Now -- as in this month, IIRC!) I
have never used that, but I hear (from a web design guru) that it's a
real "kick-butt" graphics app! More and More, Adobe is porting their
commercial software packages to Linux. IF a big company like Adobe is
willing to port to Linux, how many other BIG companies are going to
sit on the sidelines while their competition rakes in the bux for a
Linux version of their software?
John
