[techtalk] .xls in Debian

[Tomlinson, Molly]

> What do y'all use to read Excel files? I might want to write 
> them, too,
> but not yet.  There are a number of commercial products that 
> I've found,
> but I don't want to waste time to download/iinstall/learn 
> something I'm
> not going to use.  So, I'm looking for recommendations.

Well, I've used StarOffice (http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/5.2). It
works... Actually, I've only used v5.1, and they've since released a new
version *and* released the code under GPL. So who knows. It's worth a look
if you often have to import Word and P*werP*int documents, too.

Maybe I should try Gnumeric as well. :)

--Molly