// I think GNOME's move to leapfrog KDE Office by adopting many parts of StarOffice was a smart move. StarOffice needs only a little work on import and export of file formats to be a competitive alternative to MS Office. Helix Evolution and an eventual calendar tool of similar design, far exceed MS Office capability. I am thinking about trying GNOME again. Comments?
I don't see it leapfrogging KDE, personally. (1) I can't imagine it being a good thing that there are two distinct GNOMEs now - Helix and Standard, KDE is unified. (2) KDE 2.0 (I'm running Beta 3/1.92) has nearly all of the functionality of StarOffice + Evolution - just in a more Windows-like manor. KDE's KOffice has standalone components rather than a bunch of apps wrapped up into an annoying shell (StarOffice), and KDE's KOrganizer and KMail 1.2 create an amazing improved contact management tools. As to filters, I hear the KOffice people might take advantage of the StarOffice filters once we see them come out GPL'ed - so that won't help Gnome either. Finally, I think KDE has the advantage of a greatly improved Netscape plug-in compatible web browser - a big advantage so we can dump that stupid behemoth that is Netscape. If you haven't already - you really should try KDE 1.92 ("Korner") at http://www.kde.org . There are rough edges, but you can see how polished this desktop environment is - I'd wager to say it's the first D.E. on par with Windows and MacOS in interface quality. -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq