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OpenOffice.org For Mac OS X

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-work dept.

Chris Coleman writes "Move over Microsoft, OpenOffice.org is starting to take hold on Mac OS X. To facilitate this, we at Daemon News have put together a CD set that makes it really easy to install and use. We are also donating part of our booth space at Mac World Expo to the OpenOffice.org group to help spread awareness."

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  1. Interface by aufecht · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So the installer has the Aqua interface, but what about the app? Screenshots anyone? I wonder if those memos and Emails of hysteria are flowing through Micorosoft this morning.

  2. note : not aqua, only X by selderrr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    as long as they don't adopt the aqua interface, I doubt that they'll grab any serious marketshare. Mac is all about look & feel. About interface (you know, the lickable one...)

    Currently openoffice runs only under X, which is butt-ugly and completely windows oriented. Not exactly what 'switchers' have in mind IMHO.

    here is a screenshot that shows the diff between X and aqua (MS Ofifce in background). The price difference not withstanding, MSOffice is hands down the winner here.

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  3. What I hate about open office by WasterDave · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've been using OOo on Linux for about a year now. Yeah, it's competent, I guess. But it's not good, and it's office compatibility is not all it's cracked up to be.

    Look, for instance at their own screenshots. Here the fonts are completely different, causing line breaks to take place in the wrong place, page breaks to do the same, orphaned half paragraphs and assorted shit that I'll have to go through and fix before I can print the bloody thing. Don't ask what happens when I forward the document to a colleague who uses word.

    Sure, it's 99% there, but that's not enough. It's another demonstration of the "saving money by pushing my car around town" effect.

    Dave

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  4. You're doing a disservice by GlassHeart · · Score: 5, Insightful
    by promoting a product that is nowhere near ready for primetime. OpenOffice for Mac OS is at alpha level, suitable really only for developers and very brave and dedicated testers. Putting in a box raises expectations to unreasonable levels, and saying "move over Microsoft" is just downright crazy.

    With lies like "amazing product that will soon give Microsoft a run for its money", free software doesn't even need enemies. Please do not promote free software to the general public until it is ready.