Todd,
I have used neither todate, however my justification to myself and others
is...even though it may not be pure Open Source, and yes, they charge for
it, I opted for the Applix offer for one basic reason. They are supporting
LUGS and especially us. They gave us 4 boxed sets for the Linux Business
Show. They sent two reps to be at the show with no preconceived ideas of
how the show wuould do, and thirdly, they are sending a speaker to give us
all a presentation at the GNHLUG third quarter meeting in Aug.
On the technical side, they are getting good reveiws for the improvements
to the MS compatibility on the latest version.
There you have it.....my opinion only.
Jerry
>Hello,
>
> I must admit I am tempted by the Applixware offer. However,
>I already have StarOffice which I didn't have to pay for... I don't
>normally do anything that can't be done with plain ASCII/HTML. The
>possible exception is opening attachments from others who don't know
>the power of the light side...
>
> My question is, has anyone used both and can give a brief
>analysis of the benefits of Applixware? StarOffice is pretty much
>a beast and I hate the default occupy the whole screen with our
>"desktop"
>approach, but it does what I need...
>
> There is something to be said for supporting companies brave
>enough to offer and support software. Even though it is only a $40
>investment, I need to be able to justify it to myself...
>
> If anyone can list some reasons why AW is better than SO, I'd
>be grateful... I know they have a Java based Anywhere version, but I'm
>not likely to run it at home and so it isn't a good demonstration of
>their binaries performance...
>
> Thanks.
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