Re: MS Office problem

[Gordon <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oldus Fartus wrote:

> Gordon wrote:
>> JANA wrote:
>> 
>>> Have you tried Open Office from Sun Microsystems?  This one is
>>> excellent, and in some ways it is better than the office program you are
>>> trying to use. It does everything Office does, and more. It can also
>>> export and import over 90% of the formats that Office can handle.
>> 
>> No, I'd say it will import MORE than MS Office will do. MS Office won't
>> import any Lotus documents AT ALL......which is strange considering MS
>> Office was launched as a DIRECT assault on Lotus Smartsuite......
>> 
> 
> No it wasn't.   Lotus Smartsuite came out two years after the first
> version of Office.   (MS Office 1989, Lotus Smartsuite V1 1991)
> 
> 
OK then it was launched in direct assault on 123 and Amipro.

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Gordon Burgess-Parker
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