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Looking At Gobe

Posted by Hemos on from the checking-it-out dept.

mneptok writes: "OSNews is running a review of a beta version of Gobe Productive, the office productivity suite initially developed for BeOS by the former producers of ClarisWorks. The beta tested by OSNews is for Windows, but a Linux GTK (and that's toolkit only) version is planned for release after the Win32 version ships. A public beta of the Win32 version is imminent. Looks like a nice, affordable 'army knife' office app for Windows users, and a serious contender in the Linux office space." We had some coverage of this a while back,

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  1. Conspiracy theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What if Microsoft is bankrolling this release so as to make it look like they have competition in the Office arena? It could possibly result in the whole case being thrown out!

    Stop putting out software! Until Microsoft is seen as the lone monopolist with *no* competition, they will be able to get away with anything.

    1. Re:Conspiracy theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      What if Slashdot was paying microsoft to pay people to moderate posts to make people look stupid to CmdrTaco and ChrisD look smart?

  2. Re:I think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When vengeful thoughts of rage fill my mind, and the blood pounds so loud in my ears that I squeal like a stuck pig, I have a turf sized dip of Copenhagen, Long Cut.

    Try it. Works wonders.

    Oh, I also got a little rock waterfall that sits on my desk, but I mostly use it for an ashtray.

  3. fp...almost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dammit...always just a minute too slow...Oh well...Ill insult the moderators to get modded "Off-topic".

    Malda sucks.
    The following should get modded "flamebait" or "troll"
    Linux sucks
    Microsoft sucks
    BSD sucks
    Slashdot sucks

    1. Re:fp...almost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      What about:
      you suck