On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:16:19PM -0800, Andrew Gillham wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 04:19:42PM -0800, Mike Cheponis wrote:
> > Do you think this might have anything to do with the fact that Microsoft
> > has invested in Corel?
> > 
> > -Mike
> 
> My guess is that it is easier for the "Linux support team" to make Wine
> work than to port the Windows code. :)  Hopefully Wine will run on more
> than just Linux, so they are targeting any Wine platform in one shot.
> 
> -Andrew


Sorry, I lost the original poster's message.  I haven't tried it but what
about the staroffice package?  That seemed to handle the MS Office files
OK when I used it on a Linux box over the summer.  Also, has anyone managed
to get any of the OpenOffice stuff to ever compile?  Just a thought.

-Scott