I have been using ApplixWare Office for quite some time now. It's not the *greatest* interface, but it's certainly useable, and has most of the features most people use. It will read and write .PPT, .XLS and .DOC files upto and including MS Office 2000. It's about $90US for the package, but also includes a DB front end and custom app development tool. - Herman On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Derek Fountain wrote: ->>I think you're onto a looser here. The best office suite for ->>Linux is probably WPO2000 from Corel, but it's a bit wobbly ->>and requires maintenance. It's OK for me, because I'm a bit ->>of a hacker, but my girlfriend, despite really wanting to ->>dump Windows, has given up on it. Shame. ->> ->>Vmware is not a very good solution for your needs. A laptop ->>with 64MB of RAM will make a lousy platform for Vmware, and, ->>as you say, it just means extra expense which doesn't, at ->>the end of the day, get you off Windows. Unless Applixware ->>or Staroffice will suit your needs, I don't think there's a ->>Linux solution just yet. ->> ->>My experience says that Linux should only be introduced as a ->>solution when it is genuinely better than the alternative, ->>otherwise you just do more harm than good. ->> ->>> thank you, so it seems I'll have to suggest to buy VMWare for each ->>> laptop. ->>> To be sincere at first glance this would be replied from my short-seeing ->>> management as a new expense and a new need for resources (i.e. RAM). A ->>> bit of a problem as our laptop have generally only 64 MB. ->> ->>-- ->>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 ->> -- 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