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Fuck you SuSE....Hello Debian!! (and I have some questions)
preacher:
I see no problem with SuSe including MS office. This will be another reason why business windows users should switch. Just remember, just because they offer it doesnt mean you have to buy the version with it. Im sure the main reason Suse is doing this is to attract corporate users. Once a corporation sees that it can save a ton of money on software by using the (inexpensive)OS, yet still being able to run the applications they are dependent on, they will see the benefits. I doubt many home users would be willing to pay $129 extra for MS Office, when they could use open office for free, but corporate users want all the functionality. My question is whether MS Office will run natively or through a windows emulator.
preacher:
quote:Originally posted by pkd:
M$ DO NOT make a Linux version of Office. To my knowledge M$ make no Linux compatable software. Please show us where you got this info from so we can see if it is a hoax.
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pkd, the original post led me to a search and I found this
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-963823.html
It seems that SuSE is including Crossover Office from codeweavers. Thats right, its just a version of wine designed to run MS Office applications. It doesnt include MS Office, just a program that allows it to run. No reason to hate SuSE yet.....lol
voidmain:
From what I have read they are going to include either StarOffice or CrossOver Office. Correct me if I am wrong but CrossOver Office is just a specialized version of Wine from Codeweavers that is optimized to run MS Office (some, not all of MS Office). For that $129 copy of SuSe you are *not* going to get a licensed copy of MS Office, this will need to be purchased separately at a 500+ bucks more, and not from SuSe:
SuSe article:
http://www.suse.com/us/company/press/press_releases/archive02/office_desktop.html
CrossOver Office
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/
Not sure why they say they are going to include CrossOver Office 1.2 when 1.3.1 is out and for only $54. At any rate, OpenOffice is just as good or better than this crap.
And I'm sure Microsoft will give you lots of support when you have problems running that $500 Office suite on top of that $54 copy of Wine running on top of that $60 copy of Linux (of course it can't be any worse than the support you get when it's running under Windows). Yep, RedHat/OpenOffice is the way to go!
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
isn't crossover office only for office2k at the moment? If so you cannot buy it anyway and the XP version won't work will it so the onlyu people that can take advantage are the people who have got it!
I'm sure suse will support it if they are going to include it ...maybe.
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