On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow. Sounds like a nightmare to develop. Then why don't Wine guys freeze old best version that runs Office? Seems that would generate a lot of happiness.
No, because as others in this thread have already said, Office under Wine can easily be replaced by OpenOffice in most cases, and for the rest there's always virtualization.
I believe the #1 productivity app that people want under Wine is Photoshop. And if you take a look at the Platinum compatibility list of Wine... guess what's #1? Outside Photoshop, games are probably the next most requested items for Wine... and notice that games round out most of the rest of the top 10.
From the above I infer that people want to use Wine for applications that don't have comparable equivalents under Linux. It can probably be read as a testament to OpenOffice that not too many people are bent out of shape about not being able to run bona-fide Office under Wine.
You are assuming I run Office. I never said I did.
Then why the hell are we having this thread? -- Joshua Penix http://www.binarytribe.com Binary Tribe Linux Integration Services & Network Consulting -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
