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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: owner-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx]On";>mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx]On</A>
> > 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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