On Monday 15 April 2002 06:41, David Johanson wrote: - A quick note about CrossOver Office. I purchased the program and with - all the tech support Codeweavers offered, it won't even install on my - SuSE 7.1 SCSI box. Comment from Codeweavers was to upgrade to version 8 - and try again. I note that MANY others are having similar problems, so - while some may find it works for them, that is definitely not the case - for all. What is wrong with this picture? Applixware appears not to be supported anymore. There have been complaints in Linux Format (UK) about a lack of support for Win4Lin problems. They only support I have ever tried to get from SuSE was outside their support parameters. Looks to me like a business model problem, at least seen from the customer's point of view. Support is used as the modus vivendi for why we should purchase software, but like insurance companies, it seems that Linux companies are in many cases trying to shore up their finances by providing support that is so limited, it doesn't hardly make sense anymore for the average user. It will be interesting to see what kind of support that Sun provides, when they start charging for StarOffice. As a Linux newbie, I have been following this thread with interest. almost everyone seems to be dashing around, looking for an Office package that works for them. What is it that most users are looking for? Integration between spreadsheet, graphics and word processor? Is it compatiblity with Word and WordPerfect? Is it the ability to integrate PowerPoint type presentations? Is it GUI vs. command line? I have noticed some criticism of existing packages due to a lack of proper footnote support. I ask, because I understood that Emacs was sort of a Swiss Army Knife for much of what is needed within word processing. While I haven't used it yet, I understand that there is minimal spreadsheet and graphics support now, but of course there is no Power Point type module. Are there command line word processors out there that work as well as Word or WordPerfect, or is that part of the problem? My two cents worth. Cheers, Brian