Comments on: Sun joins OpenOffice “porting to Mac” project http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MCJEvans http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/#comment-35439 MCJEvans Fri, 04 May 2007 03:46:27 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/#comment-35439 I kinda hope Sun keeps the X11 version as well as the carbonized version. Family members using my Mac keep complaining that it's not a PC. X11 OpenOffice.org seems close enough to Microsoft Office on Windows to keep them happy. I kinda hope Sun keeps the X11 version as well as the carbonized version. Family members using my Mac keep complaining that it’s not a PC. X11 OpenOffice.org seems close enough to Microsoft Office on Windows to keep them happy.

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/#comment-35363 Fred Thu, 03 May 2007 21:41:34 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/#comment-35363 Yeah, I agree: The recent versions of NeoOffice have been very well usable. Yet a native port, provided it doesn't come with too many bugs, should almost play in a different league. The NeoOffice developers tend to disagree (not surprisingly): They wrote an open letter to Sun, stating... "send beer." (<a href="http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=120&mode=thread&order=1&thold=0" rel="nofollow">link</a>) Yeah, I agree: The recent versions of NeoOffice have been very well usable.

Yet a native port, provided it doesn’t come with too many bugs, should almost play in a different league.

The NeoOffice developers tend to disagree (not surprisingly): They wrote an open letter to Sun, stating… “send beer.” (link)

]]> By: Eric Shepherd http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/#comment-35357 Eric Shepherd Thu, 03 May 2007 21:17:41 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/05/03/sun-joins-openoffice-porting-to-mac-project/#comment-35357 I've been rather happy with NeoOffice. I'll be curious to see what comes of things now. I’ve been rather happy with NeoOffice. I’ll be curious to see what comes of things now.

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