Linux gains desktop allure [ITWeek]

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Jan. 22, 2003

Suse Linux Office Desktop will encourage IT departments to consider open source software alternatives for their enterprise according to Roger Howorth at ITWeek . . .

" . . . Tests by IT Week indicate that the new desktop is a viable alternative to Windows. The fact that it does not come with a functional equivalent to Microsoft Office might be an issue for some firms, but Suse's inclusion of the StarOffice 6.0 open source suite and CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office Windows emulation tools narrows the gap. Firms that have developed macro scripts for Microsoft Office applications can continue to run Microsoft Word and Excel under Linux using the CrossOver Office tools, thereby saving the cost of a Windows licence . . . "

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