Michael Scottaline wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 10:25:10 +0900
>Doug Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration:
>
>>Thanks, Steven. Well, everybody seems quite psyched abotu OpenOffice and
>>StarOffice. I will give those a try. Nobody seems to mention Hancom
>>Office. Has anybody tried them? Of course free is nice, but I am not a
>>fanatic about not purchasing software - particularly if it is nice. I
>>think the success of Linux will depend on people being able to support
>>themselves by developing it, and developing applications for it. 
>>
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>I've never tried Hancom, simply because once I tried StarOffice (started
>w/5.0 and have used them all up to my present 6.0), I didn't look any
>further.  Even 5.x was able to flawlessly open and edit a 55 page Excel
>budget document, and then when necessary (for less *enlightened* workers)
>convert *back* to Excel format for sharing purposes.  Word docs have been
>no problem at all and most (though some have been problematic) PowerPoint
>presentations have worked also!! I think you'll be impressed.  If you have
>a dial-up connection, you may wish to *buy* the disc from Sun (only a few
>dollars, much lass than the $49 hancom wants), or if you use broadband the
>download is absolutely free, though you must register (also totally free).
>Mike
>
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Actually, we wrote to Hancom and tried to get a demo for the 8.1 
release, but they weren't yet ready.  I will take a look in the next 
week or so.

Civileme




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