Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

No Abiword For Mac?

Posted by Hemos on from the the-end-of-abiword-for-mac dept.

aliya writes "With Abiword's version 1.90 coming out, their cocoa developer has announced that he will no longer work on a Mac version of the software because he doesn't want to support the company which treated him so poorly. There is a still a somewhat-supported X11 version available, though it is not kept current, and it appears that Abiword will join the abundant ranks of 'almost supported' word processors for Mac OS X."

6 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So? by usr122122121 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ....what's the big deal?
    The big deal is that immediately after posting his rant, the company that makes Opera decided he had the perfect attitude for the job... so they gave him a spot on their Executive Team.

    ;-)

    --

    -braxton
  2. Re:So? by djupedal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh...so this isn't actually about software. I get it, thanks.

  3. Oh well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No AbiWord for AtheOS either, so why is this getting a Slashdot front page story?

  4. And in other news... by PrimeWaveZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    The developer of selfQuit has decided to stop development of their "possible" killer app for OS X because someone said their friend who knows a guy who works at an Apple store made fun of the program.

  5. So, he worked on iCal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe he is incompetent.

  6. Re:"Incompetent?" Maybe. by mbbac · · Score: 2, Funny

    He worked on iCal. It's a good app in theory, but the execution lacks the polish of most Apple applications. It is entirely probable that he is incompetant.

    --

    mbbac