>>Some would say "take the MS blinders off!" (hint=JN <bg>) but it would be great if my next VB app suddenly runs on Linux too!
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>Yes, it would be great if you could run VB, VFP, etc. on linux. That would help some people to start using linux, give others a reason to use linux, and give companies a way to easily start using linux.
>Not everyone can program in GTK. =)
>I just hope they don't mess with Corel Wordperfect for Linux. Even though I can't get it to install right now under RH 7 (BTW, I can't get a kernel to compile under it either), WP for linux is great cause it can read and write MS Word files.

Have you tried StarOffice 5.2? It is pretty good about I/O with MS Word files.