[openbeos] Re: OpenBeOS Software Availability
- From: "Nev Kent" <Nev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:42:51 +0800
Alex?
Sorry to be a nuisance but as all this is very new to me would you advise I
download BeOs R5 Personal Edition or
download OpenBeOs as I would like to keep Windows (due to work previously
done and required from time to time)
but at the same time look at the alternatives.
Nev
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:47 AM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: OpenBeOS Software Availability
> Nev Kent wrote on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:36:14 +0800:
> > Do you know what software is available for openbeos as my
> > understanding is that Windows based software won't run under
> > openbeos eg Corel Draw, Excel and that sort of thing
>
> OpenBeOS is being designed so that the existing BeOS applications will
work on it.
>
> Gobe Productive does word processing, spreadsheets and vector drawing (and
some bitmap editing too) all in one program, and with fair compatability
with MS Office files. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated recently and the
company has gone out of business. There may also be some of the other
open-source office packages available for BeOS depending on porting efforts.
>
> The main download site is http://www.bebits.com/ for everything (demos of
commercial software, shareware, freeware, etc) so you can get an idea of
what's available by looking at its categories.
>
> - Alex
>
>
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