[dba-Tech] Linux equivalent of Office 2013?

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 12:57 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Linux equivalent of Office 2013?

On 20 Jul 2012 at 10:32, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Ahh Arthur don't get despondent and morose. 
> 
> There are lots of delightful applications and opportunities out there but
in
> truth they are mostly web based. That means all you need is browser and
you
> are away. 

To use it, not to develop it.
...sure you can develop on a single PC no problem. Just set up an Apache web
server...and use 127.0.0.1 to test the applications.

> The actual
> market we are in is the production market, we produce the consumables and
> that for the most part requires PCs and servers.
> 

Yep, I'd hate to try to build a smartphone app on a smartphone :-)
...Anyone would be nuts to try and build any significant app on a Tablet or
Smartphone...no one really needs the punsihment.

-- 
Stuart

Jim