> If for some reason StarOffice cannot be used, are there utilities out
there
> that can convert existing MS Office files to something usable in linux?
AFAIK, StarOffice 5.2 can read/write/execute different formats especially
the MS's .doc, .xls, and .pps. No problem with StarOffice 5.2 it's also
free.
> Example: these government offices have tons of excel, powerpoint, and word
> files that they now want to use in their new opensource desktops and for
> some reason wala silang StarOffice; what do they do?
That's why if we can make a PLUG Linux distro for x86 Desktops, it should
have a StarOffice 5.2 already and no need to include some miscellaneous
packages.
> Just thinking out loud. These conversion utilities could make good open
> source projects.
Yeah, it is! = )
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