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[Jeff Siegel]

I do so much work in MS Word (and the documents need to be shareable 
with clients) that, though I tried using OpenOffice...it just didn't fit 
the bill.

Jeff

bpang at bpang.com wrote:

> As I'm sure I've expressed before, I've been using linux as my primary
> desktop for a couple of years and would say I'm 95% satisfied with it.
> 
> It's true that the "Office" functions are somewhat lacking and/or
> problematic, so I do keep a W2k machine here that I connect to with VNC
> (no extra monitors).
> 
> One of the stranger problems I end up having is that Mozilla works better
> than IE, so when I'm doing "tricky" front-end stuff, I have to
> modify/rewrite code to support the ailing browser.
> 
> 
> 
>>Very interesting. My own experience is that the Linux desktop is not
>>quite ready for prime time...at least in terms of replacing the Office
>>suite. However, for my kids to get email and surf the web...it's
>>absolutely fine.
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>bpang at bpang.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>related article
>>>
>>>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/22/linux.desktop.reut/index.html
> 
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