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Re: Vista pushing Linux sales

  • Subject: Re: Vista pushing Linux sales
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:18:13 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Netscape
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__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 15 January 2007 21:08 \__
 
>> session. I don't think it will run under WINE. Word Perfect is the
>> real kller since we have thousands of documents in WPD format
>> and Open Office won't be adequate for our needs.
> 
> I'd like to know if there is any way to get WordPerfect files off of a
> Windows machine and into something compatible with Ooo.  My mother is
> still using Windows 98, and has a lot of stuff in WordPerfect,
> otherwise I'd switch her to Ubuntu in a flash.
> 
> I heard recently that federal judges still use WordPerfect, and that
> lawyers have to submit things to them in wp format.
> 
> Of course WordPerfect dropped linux support shortly after a big
> infusion of cash from Microsoft.   Purely coincidence, I'm sure.

No coincidence. Novell might be next.

http://boycottnovell.com/2006/11/30/corel-linux-odf/


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