OpenOffice

[Warren Togami]

You can compare the OpenOffice project to the Mozilla project.  Constant
development with snapshot builds along the way.  Later this year Sun plans
to use the much improved OpenOffice codebase in StarOffice 6.0.  OpenOffice
will always remain free, while StarOffice will be OpenOffice + some
proprietary stuff and the 5.2 old printing system.  The OpenOffice guys are
working on a completely free printing system to eventually replace that
proprietary print.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John & Sheila Nickerson" <johnnick at pixi.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:24 PM
Subject: [luau] RE: OpenOffice


I went to the OpenOffice.org web pages to see what's up.  It looks like this
is
still in Beta and definately not ready for prime time use.  Did I miss
something or what?

John

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Laurie and Jeff Zidek wrote re:[luau] RE: OpenOffice:
 They did do away with the desktop sort of.   Now you open up openoffice and
 a Word like application comes up but when you click FILE then NEW you have
 your choice of all the different file types.  So if you choose Spreadsheet
 for example,  then an excel like spreadsheet pops up in the space.  I think
 it is actually better than the separate applications idea and think it is
 one up on Windoze.  Jeff

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Dusty [SMTP:dusty at sandust.com]
 Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 12:28 PM
 To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
 Subject: [luau] OpenOffice

 I haven't really looked at OpenOffice yet.  Did they make it so you can
 open just the word processor or just the spreadsheet or does it still have
 it's own desktop thingy like StarOffice?  That is my main complaint about
 StarOffice, you have to open their whole damn desktop thing and it takes
 way too many resources.

 Dusty

 -----------------------------------------------------
 > I just tried openoffice and it works great and faster than 5.2. When all
 > the kinks are worked out I believe it will fully replace Microsoft
 Office.
 >  Jeff


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