OT: Linux and OpenOffice

Bottom line for me is that I need to run Windoze for my musical notation editors (Finale and Sibelius). While it's true that a few folks have gotten them running under Wine, performance is sub-Windows (didn't think that was possible) with numerous gotchas that I don't want to deal with. Both Coda and Sibelius officially state "There are no plans to produce Linux compatible versions of our products". I can't imagine that it's just the music people who are alone in this respect. While Linux does have some music notation utilities (Rosegarden, NoteEdit, Lilypond), none of them have the polished utility of Finale or Sibelius. I suspect that when you get in the area of $500+ single-user license specialty software, Linux isn't an option. So I grit my teeth and deal with Microso~1. Or use my Mac. And yes, this is vintage--people have wondered about this for more than 10 years. Another shame is that Sibelius discontinued the version of its software that ran on the Acorn. It used to be the reason to buy an Acorn for many. Cheers, Chuck