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[Michael Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

On Friday 12 April 2002 09:34 am, you wrote:
> I can second this.  I just gave the talk at the Triangle Linux Users
> Group last night using Powerpoint running under Crossover Office
> (which, btw, is a nicely tuned version of WINE).  All of the office
> programs run very well and, to me, seem to run quicker than under
> windows.

I'm not sure that getting MS products to run under Linux is a good thing 
considering that a large portion of their profits come from Office. There are 
plenty of alternative products around to supplant the features in Office, so 
there's not really a hard requirement for Linux users.

For example, the Office compatibility in www.openoffice.org is so good I've 
been able to work on rather complicated presentations that work fine under 
Windows. You can see an example here:

http://webperformanceinc.com/files/wpt_overview.ppt

I know of at least one insurance company that was able to replace MS Office 
with StarOffice for the majority of its employees. 

I've heard it argued that Linux will never gain acceptance on the desktop 
without Office, but the computer illiterate small business owners I know have 
no idea that "Office" even exists; they just use whatever is on their 
computer when they buy it.  

-- 
Michael Czeiszperger
czei AT webperformanceinc.com