Patrick -
Applixware and Star Office both read MS docs. As both are included in SuSe 6.0,
you should have no problem.
Don't let MS fool you - the Open Source community is ON it!
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islandwolf
"live from the den of ubiquity"
Patrick Kirk wrote:
> I am a recruiter and receive CVs by email. Almost always Word documents. I
> want to be able to carry on receiving these CVs and thus need a Word
> converter.
>
> StarOffice is nice but not free, as in GPL. So if I am going to switch to
> Linux, I will also switch to a free Word Processor.
>
> Moreover, the ability to open Word documents is a major part of the M$
> lock-in. The Open Source community needs a utility to break this lock-in.
>
> Patrick
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of j.vermeulen
> > Sent: Thursday, 15 April 1999 16:05
> > Cc: Suse-Linux-E
> > Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] MS Word dependency
> >
> >
> >
> > Patrick Kirk wrote:
> >
> > > It would be nice if a way could be found before I am forced to
> > buy Windows
> > > 2000 and Office 2000.
> >
> > What do you want to be done that StarOffice can't do for you?
> >
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