Re: Open Office

["Robert M. Riches Jr." <rm riches verizon net>]

> From: Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:46:27 -0700
>
>
> peter.watkinson1@ntlworld.com said:
> > Does anyone know if this will work on Alpha Linux. Bit busy today.
> > I'll be able to try it next week. 
>
> Has anybody tried compiling it native on Linux Alpha? It's pretty
> darn huuuuuuuuge, but that's not a reason for it to not work. Is it?

I tried it.  I gave up.  However, please note I am by no means
an expert at this sort of thing.  However, there were enough
wierd problems in the very early stages with the build tools
that I figured it was too much for me.  Unfortunately, I didn't
catalog them and don't remember them.

(I'm using a purchased copy of Applix for production work and
AbiWord for those rare times I need to import a M$Worst document.)

Good luck.

Robert Riches
rm.riches@verizon.net