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StarOffice 6.0 Beta Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-small-values-of-available dept.

Lumpish Scholar and 753 other people wrote in to let us know that Sun has released its beta of Star Office 6. CNET has a blurb about the release as well. I was hoping that Sun's site might be unclogged enough to try it out myself, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards today.

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  1. Death to the stupid desktop. by sarkeizen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is everyone as glad as I am that they ditched the pseudo-desktop?

  2. Re:It's a hard battle by DeadMeat+(TM) · · Score: 1, Redundant
    How hard is it REALLY to parse out Word Documents and have it work???? I haven't been involved in the project, but I would really like to hear some feedback to why nobody can open freaking word documents. The TRUTH .. not our typical "MS Just Sucks".
    Because the .DOC format is entirely undocumented. What little information people have comes mostly from reverse-engineering the .DOC format, which is a very slow process. Also I've been told that one of the MSDN CDs that Microsoft shipped out to developers once inadvertently included a partial (and not entirely accurate) specification for the .DOC format, but for all I know it's a myth, since I don't have a copy.
  3. Re:Multiuser installation? by Lethyos · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sometimes I think the difference between computer gurus and guys like Lehtyos and other normal computer users is the ability and willingness to read a manual....

    And you know what they say about people who assume. Computer gurus typically don't read the manual for something like SO, where the set up is zero-thought point and click. And fyi, last time I installed SO's derivative, OpenOffice, I spent too much time looking for this information in the OpenOffice.org documentation and finding nothing of value.

    And regardless of what you say about me, you (and others) STILL gave me the information - I got what I wanted, which was the saving of time milling through an obscure manual that isn't distributed conveniently with the package. It's not a matter of whether or not I'm a "guru" by your definition, it's matter of me being in a hurry and wanting a quick answer so I can worry about important things - such as actually writing code and not worrying about how to use someone else's.

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    Why bother.
  4. Re:MS support... by free779 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    WordPerfect file format remained the same between 7, 8, and 9!

    The WP filter should open WP 8 & 9 files with minimal problems.