For database packages: I am told that Clarion works well under linux. It is certainly user friendly to use, although different enough to Access at first glance to make it look painful to an Access programmer. It does have the advantage of being able to produce Mac, win & unix executables for those mixed offices.
The biggest winge I have heard (from 3 companies that I am trying to convert) is the lack of "exchange" style calendaring. I read a while back on slashdot that Kde is working on it... Of course it wouldn't be that difficult to write a database to do this job, but people trained on exchange want a high level of mailer integration. Martin Morgan > Christopher Booth wrote: > SO 6 beta is great from what I've used it for, there is now no SO desktop or EMail features, but the Microsoft Word compatability is more fine tuned. > I would most definitely recommend it. > > I am unaware of any good accounting packages for Linux yet, or DataBase packages as user friendly (albeit clunky) as Access (might run under Wine). > > Chris > > On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 15:18:48 +1100 > "Raena Lea-Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Christopher Booth wrote: > > > > > > I was under the impression that most law firms were Word Perfect Stalwarts. > > > > In my experience they/we mostly use MS Word (Office 97 version mostly). > > I use SO at home and swap files with work. I have not tried SO 6 yet but > > if what someone else posted is true then it is even less of an issue. > > What I believe holds law offices and SME's back generally (apart from > > lack of knowledge/info/interest and time is not WP as much as accounting > > and practice management software. There is none, other than a Canadian > > thing called Accountix which is OK if you are (Terence and Phillip > > Solicitors)in Canada. > > > > www.accountixinc.com/linux-accounting.htm > > > > Maybe it is configuarble enough to use for Aust. (beyond my limited > > expertise) It is also proprietry. If it is a good system and were > > readily confurable I may be able to get a small consortium interested in > > paying to get it running for Aust business circs. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:02:55 +1100 (EST) > > > "Howard Lowndes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > It's interesting that you say you are a lawyer and hence I assume that you > > > > use Linux/SO/etc in your practice. > > > > > > > > I have a friend who is a Sydney QC and would like to get his practice off > > > > M$, but his main arguement is that all his business associates who deal > > > > with him want to transfer material in M$ Office. Yes, I know that SO with > > > > do M$ Office, but it is not native. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Raena Lea-Shannon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am an SME. I found out about Linux through being an an Intellectual > > > > > Property Lawyer (and yes IP it is an oxymoron for Lawyer especially for > > > > > computer literacy). I have tried the Law Soc of NSW and THEY have no > > > > > idea but I am working on them. > > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
