Linux's version of Microsoft Office is... 4336

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datsameolneveek

What do you want? If you want Microsof Office, running on Linux, then you have a bit of a problem. Microsoft does not make a native version of Microsoft Office for Linux, so if you want one, you'll have to go bug Microsoft.

If, OTOH, you are willing to accept Microsoft Office running in an emulated MSWindows environment on Linux, then go buy MSOffice for WinXP,

However, if you are asking what Office Suites are available for Linux, then you have a fairly broad range of choices.

native versions for both Linux and MSWindows. OpenOffice.Org is even (for the most part) compatable with MSOffice, so it can create and process your Excel, Word, and Powerpoint files. Sun Microsystems offers an enhanced version of OpenOffice.Org, called Sun StarOffice.

But, there's also the KOffice suite from the KDE project presenter, and flowcharting application (among others).

The Gnome project also offers an office suite processor), the Gnumeric spreadsheet application, and the Gnome-DB data access facility (akin to the MS Access application).

There are other Office suites for Linux. You might google for "linux office suite" for a better list.

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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

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