Along with 602, you should also look at openOffice (openOffice.org). It is also a substitute for microsoft office and runs on wintel machines, Linux machines, as well as a version for OS X on the Mac. I haven't tried the Mac version but the Linux and wintel versions are identical. I use it on all my machines at Lake Park as well as a couple of police departments. You can import and export to office products. If you want the commercial version, Sun has Star Office that you can purchase - it's only $50 for an educational site license.

What I like about both is the powerPoint clone - called Impress. As with all the products it is easy to export to and import from Micro$oft Office

js

At 09:39 AM 2/17/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Techs,

Congratulations to REXXX for finding several neat products. Last week he emailed everyone about a site called <http://www.Software602.com>www.Software602.com There are two very interesting things on that site, one of them is an Microsoft Office substitute for Word and Excel. I downloaded and installed them and could open any file and save and reopen in Word or Excel. The price is right.
The second item is a LAN product that contains a nice webmail client. One of its nicest features is a common address book as well as other address books. There are also other LAN products available that would make a pretty complete LAN package. You can install and use a five person version free.
Last year I paid $35 and got my own URL for 2 years called PACTEST.ORG My internet provider assigned six IP's to it and I use that URL for testing all kinds of stuff and don't worry about messing up my own network. If you would like to check out the webmail client you can do so by accessing <http://206.72.43.58/mail>http://206.72.43.58/mail The user name is aeatest and the password is aeatest. Please remove any emails that you put on the site after checking it out.
If you're contemplating setting up a home network with 5 or less computers, this free piece of software would have just about everything that you would need.

George

George Tuttle
Technology Consultant
Pocahontas Area Schools
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PS I have this mini-network available most of the time if anyone would like to try out a piece of software.


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