ZDNet: KDE 2.2.1 rivals Windows

[al plant]

I agree with Dusty!

Star office is all I've used here for two years.

If a client wants a file I have and they are running MS
Office ( Two of them have recently had machines die with the
Virus or worms from their emails) I just send them the
files  they need to reinstall in .xls ( or whatever M$
format ) after (if) they get back up. One of them using MS
Office is still knocked out.

 Aloha! Al Plant -Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com
Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.80/mo.  Member Small
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Running Caldera Linux 2.4 & Free BSD 4.0 UNIX 
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Dusty wrote:
> 
> WHAT?!?!?!?
> 
> Star Office is as good as MS Office at every task I have ever needed.  What do you do with your MS Office that can not be done in StarOffice.  And Wordperfect has been available for Unix since before MS had a word processor!  Corel Office works great under Linux.  I was using Applixware as a fully intergrated office suite back when everyone else had seperate WordPerfect and Lotus.  So to say that Linux lacks an office suite shows ignorance.
> 
> As for accounting software and vector drawing there are applications.  Check out www.thekompany.com.  They make Kapital a personal accounting program and Kivio a vector art program to name two off the top of my head.  I don't think you could run a business with Kapital, but a quick search revealed these financial applications that are designed to run a business though:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/kontor/
> http://www.starnix.com/banal/
> http://www.sql-ledger.com/
> http://www.provenacct.com/
> http://www.appgen.com/products/accounting_small_business.html
> 
> And for some other vector drawing applications check out these:
> http://sketch.sourceforge.net/
> http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.koffice.org/kontour/
> http://www.gyve.org/
> 
> Couldn't find much for linux legal software packages, but look at this:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/lawoffice/
> http://www.legalcs.com/linux/
> http://www.legalfiles.com/techtalk.htm
> 
> Is Linux everything, NO!!  Is KDE an execelent choice for the business desktop?  Definately.  It is stable, easy to use and has ALL of the tools that are typically required for business use.
> 
> I think Linux is a better choice for business use, because it is cheaper, more stable, more robust, has ALL the tools typically required for business, is easier to maintain, and easier to control/protect the user.
> 
> Dusty