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Linux Office Suites

Posted by michael on from the my-money-is-on-koffice dept.

Cowculator writes: "Sun Microsystems will release the beta version of StarOffice 6.0 in October, with the development version already available. This ZDNet article has some more details, including a link to the development version..." Other submitters sent in notes about Gobe Productive and Hancom Office 2.0, not to mention KOffice and the Gnome office applications. As far as I know all of these are lacking the single most important thing, a robust and complete set of import filters for Word, Wordperfect, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. Did some coke tonight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I still can't feel my face!

    I hope CmdrTaco and the rest of the /. crew is having this much fun tonight!

    1. Re:Did some coke tonight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      You're a nigger, aren't you?

      Doing drugs and writing bad english (replace "is" with "are") is a dead giveaway.

    2. Re:Did some coke tonight by PhotoGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      My God, is SlashDot turning into fuckedcompany.com? Let's hope not.

      Let's trust the moderation system gets rid of crap like this, so we can deal with the issues.

      -me-

      --
      Love many, trust a few, do harm to none.
    3. Re:Did some coke tonight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So, where's the cock you fucking cockteaser?!

    4. Re:Did some coke tonight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Thank you!

    5. Re:Did some coke tonight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      Crew is singular.

      He proably is a nigger though.

  3. Sad News... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on TV, apparently Slashdot website creator, Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, was rushed to the hospital this afternoon after having his penis sliced off. Authorities say the accident involved Rob's penis, his computer, and an illegal computer device imported from China that was designed to stimulate the penis during cyber-sex. The authorities aren't releasing many details yet as to how it happened, but they suspect that the device malfunctioned which caused his penis to be sliced off. However, there is speculation among the Slashdot community that the Open Source Operating System "Linux" is to blame, for its faulty structure and lack of professional development. There is no word of whether there was any foul-play involved from hackers amongst the Linux community.

  4. Exchange clone yet? by BrookHarty · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The only thing that ties me into M$ office is exchange server. IT doesnt have the web gui or pop enabled. Im almost ready to install VNC and run exchange under it.

  5. the best office suite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is a blonde secretary

    1. Re:the best office suite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Redheads with a short hair rule!

    2. Re:the best office suite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Where do you live? My country is ruled by a very old man.

      Slow Down, Cowboy!
      Commodore Taco hasn't come yet!

    3. Re:the best office suite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah. If you're a lesbian.

    4. Re:the best office suite by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i'm a lezzy trapped in a man's body

  6. whatever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's just something ironic about reading a reference to the fuckedcompany.com on Slashdot with VA Linux ad on the top of the screen...

  7. GOATSE man - dead at 79 - True! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    I'm both embarassed and proud to post this -

    Goatse Man Obituary. This is a link to StileProject.com - no actual picture of the Goatse man here, but it does have porn banners so beware.

    I'm sure we'll all miss him - Truly an american icon.

  8. Goase man - Dead at 79 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    The slashdot community will no dobut miss this great man ...

    Goatse Man Obituary. This is a link to StileProject.com - no actual picture of the Goatse man here, but it does have porn banners so beware.

    Truly an american icon. or not.

  9. Attention, moderators by jchristopher · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    To the jerk with moderator points who has gone through this article and moderated down everyone who said anything bad about StarOffice, FUCK YOU.

    There is a post by a guy who said "it's slow on my K6 266mhz, but I'll try it again when the new version comes out" and you moderated him as a "-1, troll"?

    I pointed out that it was dumb of them to not use the standard Windows file Open/Save dialog boxes because it confuses users, and you hammered me as "-1, flamebait".

    You are missing an important guideline for moderating - not to let your feelings get in the way. What a joke. How would you feel if some Microsoft flunky got mod points and moderated up everything that said "Linux sucks!" - probably not good, yet what you have done is the same thing.

    If you want to see people's REAL experiences with StarOffice, you should read this article at a threshold of "0", otherwise you aren't getting the whole picture, which is that it's a good alternative, but also that it has a lot of problems. Thanks for reading.

  10. Re:Just as important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD THIS UP!