The little secret is that Office 2000/Linux programs (WP,Paradox, Quattro, etc.) are not Linux programs at all but are simply the Windows version running under translator called "Wine" I found this 'sandwich' to be buggy and crash prone to the point of, in my opinion, being completely unreliable for any kind of serious production setting.
There are a lot of naive, anti-microsoft numbskulls in the Linux community and these Linux rags are the worst. They're fringe elements of the Linux community who will support any effort that is counter to Microsoft. That includes hitching their wagon to industry slime and holding their noses. The only review I read on the "Linux" version of Word Perfect refused to give it a rating because it was a beta product. I have zero faith in that publication now as they were too quick to sweep everything under the rug of a "beta" release, but generally panned it. These people are damaging Linux's reputation as a rock-solid, seven-twenty-four system.
Nobody in the Linux community want's a POS from Windows pretending to be a POS on Linux through the use of an emulator. That is, nobody wants a refried version of what was already thrice-warmed-over 80's bloatware. Star Office is written portably and natively compiled on Linux, and it's free of charge from Sun or you can order the CD for 10 bucks. The Corel "Linux" product is is a cruel joke being played on naive investors. |
