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OpenOffice 641d Released, Next Stop: 1.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the moving-towards-office-killer dept.

Damek writes "In the spirit of the proliferating news about Office alternatives and 1.0 versions this week, OpenOffice.org has released a new version of OpenOffice, 641d, the last planned release before 1.0. They're calling for help in pinning down and eradicating final bugs before they hit the big milestone: "...we would like you to download it, test it, and finally vote on the feature set.""

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  1. Feature set? by RedWizzard · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "...we would like you to download it, test it, and finally vote on the feature set.""
    A bit late to be voting on the feature set, don't you think?
  2. sadly, it doesn't matter how well it works by mmusn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesn't matter how well it works. The main thing that matters to most people in an MS Office replacement is how well it reads and writes MS Office files. And that's, unfortunately, a moving target.