It's called Star Office and is freely available from Sun. It's got your word processor, spreadsheet, email, calendar/schedular feature, and powerpoint, AND, from what I've heard from other techwriters, it converts MSWord documents without a hitch. -Xatharine
The amazing thing, and the thing that really grabbed me about the movie was that there is no text in it at all. This may not seem surprising, but think of most movies. You usually have some opening scene, with the credits running across the screen for at least 5 minutes or so. In Fahrenheit 451, the opening credits are read over a loudspeaker. This really brings home at the very beginning how much we take for granted written text in our society. The movie is very well done, and perhaps is the preferred way to experience the story, since reading a book about a society which has no books is more than a bit ironic.
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It's called Star Office and is freely available from Sun. It's got your word processor, spreadsheet, email, calendar/schedular feature, and powerpoint, AND, from what I've heard from other techwriters, it converts MSWord documents without a hitch. -Xatharine
The amazing thing, and the thing that really grabbed me about the movie was that there is no text in it at all. This may not seem surprising, but think of most movies. You usually have some opening scene, with the credits running across the screen for at least 5 minutes or so. In Fahrenheit 451, the opening credits are read over a loudspeaker. This really brings home at the very beginning how much we take for granted written text in our society. The movie is very well done, and perhaps is the preferred way to experience the story, since reading a book about a society which has no books is more than a bit ironic.