[ale] MS-Office replacement?

[Michael Hirsch]

Wandered Inn writes:
> Scott Robertson wrote:
> > 
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > I now have one of the managers here inquiring about MS-Office
> > replacements.  Do any of you have any input on what is good, better, or
> > best?
> > 
> > Requirements are primarily word processing and spreadsheets, quite
> > possibly running on RedHat 5.2.
> 
> I've heard good things about Wordperfect and Star Office, but my
> experience is limited to Applixware.  That being said, I've been very
> pleased with Applixware.  I've used the word processor, spreadsheet and
> presentation tools and they've worked well.

I find StarOffice much more robust and mature that Applixware.  I
find them both bloated and slow to start up, though Applixware is
faster.  I own them both but use StarOffice when I need to something
of that sort.

--Michael