Move to FOSS (was: Word to OpenOffice - what to do with styles?)

["Dana Cadman" <dana -dot- cadman -at- cadmancc -dot- com>]

Nancy,

Move to the happy land!  I still use the Windoze OS, but my new PC only
has one purchased program; everything else s FOSS (Free or Open Source
Software).  Open Office replaces Microsoft Office.  GIMP replaces Paint
Shop Pro.  Scribus replaces PageMaker.  Everything has a compatible
Linux version too, so some day, when you set up a Linux workstation,
your documents will be ready to go.

If only there were a good FOSS CRM that wasn't Web-based.

Dana

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}Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:48 PM
}To: Kevin McLauchlan
}Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
}Subject: Re: Word to OpenOffice - what to do with styles?
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}Kevin McLauchlan, have you moved to that happy land where we 
}can have ham and eggs every day AND use Linux?
}
}I so want to use Linux for documentation! But I haven't yet 
}had a contract with anyone to do it, so I haven't had to put 
}conversions to the test.
}
}And why, you might ask, am I so keen on this?
}
}Because it's been too long since I've had the chance to play 
}with something that was utterly new to me. Linux promises to 
}fit that bill. But as long as my clients are stuck in 
}Windows-land, I have to stick with the old stuff . . . Sure, I 
}can experiment with Linux on my own, but nothing beats the 
}adrenaline-rush of struggling with a new program while a 
}deadline looms.
}
}--Nancy, whose brain needs feeding
}
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