On 09/18/2007 08:42 PM, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2007 09:28:58 pm Robert Smits wrote: >> On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:37, James Knott wrote: >> > Those who have Lotus Smart Suite files may be interested in this. As I >> > understand it, it's Smart Suite updated to work with ODF. >> > >> > http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa >> >> I wouldn't get too excited. They claim to support SLED and Red Hat, but >> their download isn't even available in RPM format. >> >> Looks like typical IBM cluelessness. > > Actually, they are not The losers who decided to go RPM with OOo are. > > Sorry, that's my opinion now, was when the switch was made and will be till > its changed back. > > The good news about Symphony is that its installed via a bin file executable > which actually runs a distro neutral installer. It worked well on my Kubuntu > Laptop!! > > Unlike OOo which I can't download from the OOo web site because somebody > thought RPM is the ONLY package management system, and all the others could > just use alien anyway. > > Maybe you can tell I liked the installer setup better than favoring a package > manager system? >
Ummm... you should look at the OOo download page again. Look carefully under the linux download selection. You'll find that it now includes a .deb package. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
