--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:17:41 -0600 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: FW: #6840.1 OpenOSX products (!) >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >> Has anyone had any experience with the products sold by OpenOSX? >> They offer EXTREMELY cheap software purporting to be >> alternatives to Microsoft Office >> and Photoshop for Mac OS X ($45 for a CD with both programs). Sun Microsystems has made StarOffice available to education for the cost of media and shipping. It reads and writes in MS Office formats, so sharing files is seamless. Several platforms are supported. http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/ OpenOffice, in some senses an extension of StarOffice, adds other options to the same core: http://www.openoffice.org/ A version of OpenOffice is available for Mac OS X. These options might meet your needs. Derek Derek Roff Language Learning Center, Ortega Hall Rm 129, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 505/277-7368 fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask]