[ossig] Office XP now runs on Linux

[Nan Phin <nplee@tm.net.my>]

By Patrick Gray, Special to CNETAsia
Wednesday, April 23 2003 4:11 PM


Users are now able to run Office XP on Linux, following the release of a commercial application that allows the package to run on the
open source operating system.

The CodeWeavers package now supports the full Office XP suite, with the exception of Outlook XP and Access XP. Outlook 2000 and
Access 2000 are supported.

The package plugs in to the standard Gnome or KDE Linux Graphical User Interfaces. Codeweavers claims seamless interoperability
between the Microsoft Office suite and the free operating system.

"Once installed, your application will integrate directly with your Gnome or KDE environment," the company’s Web site says.

The Cross Over Office package is not open source. However it is priced at around US$55 which is significantly cheaper than the US$370
asking price for Windows XP Professional.

The package supports more than just Microsoft products. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 is supported, as is Lotus Notes and Intuit's Quicken.

Other projects have taken dead aim at Microsoft’s market share before, but they’ve targeted applications, not the actual underlying
operating system.

The OpenOffice.org office suite is an open source package that aims for interoperability through the use of an XML file format. The
OpenOffice suite is clocking up around 350,000 downloads a week, across all supported platforms, which include Linux, Mac OS and
Windows.

Microsoft Australia were unable to comment at the time of writing.

Cross Over Office runs on all major Linux distributions.

ZDNet Australia's Patrick Gray reported from Sydney.





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