[tlug] CrossOver Office

["Michael ENGEL" <michael-engel@example.com>]

Hello,
I just read the following on Fred Langa's Newsletter:

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Run Microsoft Office On Linux, With No Windows

CrossOver Office ( http://www.codeweavers.com/home/ )from Codeweavers is
a new product that's a subset of WINE ("Wine Is Not an Emulator," a free
way to run Windows software on UNIX/Linux: http://www.winehq.com/ ).

Using CrossOver Office, you can run Microsoft Office and (Lotus Notes)
on a Linux system, without having to install Windows. That's a real
convenience, and saves both space and time, as you otherwise have to
look at something like a dual-boot system to have both Linux and MS
Office on the same PC.

But (you knew there was a "but" coming, right? <g>) CrossOver Office
costs $65 on CD ($55 for a download-only version), which is a
significant fraction of the cost of just going out and buying a new copy
of Windows. Plus, for people who already have Windows (and who
doesn't?), the CrossOver office cost is entirely an additional cost, on
top of what you've already paid.

Plus, WINE itself is free and already lets you run some Office apps,
albeit with varying degrees of stability and compatibility (older
versions of Office, such as O97, work better).

There will be cases where CrossOver Office will be a great fit, but
because of the pricing, it seems to me to be a niche product, and not
the "breakout" utility that will let Linux leapfrog into truly common
use.
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Did someone try Microsoft Office/CrossOver Office already ?

Thanks
Michael