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From: Amnon Feiner on 16 Nov 2005 21:12 Hi all Can anyone recommend an alternative to Visio, something that will also read Visio files if possible? -- Amnon Feiner http://www.woodcontour.com Solid Wood and Stone PC Peripherals
From: Chris Cox on 16 Nov 2005 23:51 Amnon Feiner wrote: > Hi all > > Can anyone recommend an alternative to Visio, something that will also read > Visio files if possible? Kivio, dia, etc. are possible alternatives. Visio format is proprietary. Nothing reads it but Visio. Visio can run under Wine.
From: Michael Perry on 16 Nov 2005 23:02 On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:12:00 GMT, Amnon Feiner <none(a)none.com> wrote: > Hi all > > Can anyone recommend an alternative to Visio, something that will also read > Visio files if possible? The grail :) Something I have searched for here and there. There is dia which may read a file format exported from visio. There is kivio which is a kde application which I looked at awhile ago. Truth be told, I am now down to one application that I need on a daily basis for my work assignments. I found a project management tool that works and can read MS Project datasets. The whole thing with visualization software like visio leaves me still needing an XP box or VMWare. Dia is definitely not the same. I don't honestly know whether kivio can read visio files directly or whether you need to export to some other format. The project management tool is not Planner or whatever its called. Its a very nice java application called Project Desktop which a client was nice enough to purchase copies of for us all to use on a project. We got so used to it that now we all run it whether on Windows or Linux or whatever. If you find Visio for Linux and it has all the same abilities but perhaps none of the cost, let me know :) -- Michael Perry | do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda mperry(a)lnxpowered.org | http://www.lnxpowered.org
From: Amnon Feiner on 17 Nov 2005 01:18 Chris Cox wrote: > Visio format is proprietary. Nothing reads it but Visio. What else is new? -- Amnon Feiner http://www.woodcontour.com Solid Wood and Stone PC Peripherals
From: Amnon Feiner on 17 Nov 2005 01:20
Michael Perry wrote: > If you find Visio for Linux and it has all the same abilities but perhaps > none of the cost, let me know :) I sure will. Even that will not make e go back, however I do enjoy my double life...XP @ day time, SuSE at night. -- Amnon Feiner http://www.woodcontour.com Solid Wood and Stone PC Peripherals |