Migrating to Linux - WP

[Justin Dugger]

The new beta also provides for a database front end. The features page
for the beta suggests that OO.org always had a db tool, but only now
have they begun work making it more visible and public. But more
related to the thread is their WordPerfect filter. A good description
here:
http://wp.openoffice.org/filter.html
 
Basically, they say right now it can import most WP documents but they
don't have an export filter yet.  Seeing as how I don't own WP I can't
very easily test that feature for accuracy, but the mailing list (the
parts that work anyways) seem to imply that it isn't perfect yet, but
then this is a beta, after all.

Justin Dugger

> Whats interesting is that the Linux version of Adabas
> was released along with StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2, so if
> you put up with the StarOffice desktop you could have
> a database application as part of the suite for free.
> I don't know if OpenOffice.org has added a database
> app yet.  I doubt it, the assumption seems to be that
> MySQL is easier to learn than it is.  :(