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Crossover Office 2.0 Released
freakyfreak2 writes "Crossover Office 2.0.0 was just released. Finally can get Office XP apps to run. Here's from the announcement. "The changes in this release are as follows:
Support was added for Photoshop 7, Access 2000, Word XP, Excel XP, and
Powerpoint XP. glibc 2.3 issues were fixed. The setup GUI was
dramatically improved. Tablet support for Photoshop was added. File
locking and file change notification support were added. Scripts were
added so that the technically inclined can have Windows applications
open specific file types using Unix applications, for instance,
opening PDF fies with the Unix Acrobat Reader. Many other cleanups
and bug fixes were made. "
Here's the homepage and here's the change log. I'm still waiting on getting Dreamweaver MX to run."
Oh... wait... no its not. Nevermind...
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
"Crossover Office" sounds like a building full of transvestites.
Trolling is a art,
Why? So you can have huge chunks of javacript that sucks embedded into every single page? Or perhaps you want your HTML to look like it was laid out by a deranged monkey?
TWW
"Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
I can buy proprietary Crossover Office, which let's me buy proprietary Office XP and run it on my otherwise open computer (Oh, and I still have to register/authenticate/indoctrinate/whatever Office XP or it won't work).
OR
I can run Open Office.
Tough choice.
If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
Ah, Linux, where customizability is key. As longs as you don't make it like windows.
God forbid people get to run the programs they like and make their computer look and act like they want.
How DARE they!
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Finally can get Office XP apps to run
Yes... but does the program allow you to add verbs to your sentences? If so, maybe they should integrate it with the /. submissions script...
Now it seems those photoshop fans who arre too good for the GIMP now have less of an excuse not to go to Linux. One of the biggest arguments I've heard against WINE was that Photoshop and Office XP weren't supported, so I expect all those people to switch to Linux now.
"Hello, Jim? This is Bob in the 'Office' department. Can you fax over that Visual FoxPro EULA? I think we might need to include that verbiage in our products too now. Sure, I'll be looking for it. Thanks!"
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I just found their "witty" embedded reminders too obnoxious. They practically take over your desktop.
What in the world are you talking about?
I bought Crossover Office about a year or so ago (and have been updating it of course). Are you instead refering to the *FREE* plugin so you can watch quicktime stuff or whatever in Konq/Mozzie/whatever? You mean that one that they are handing out their work for free? The one that guys/gals/etc. are trying like hell to feed their families and are still handing out most of their work for FREE? You mean THAT Codeweavers stuff and not the Office one that this article is about, correct?
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
In a strange ironic twist, those go away when you do pay..
"I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
Because idiot coworkers use MS products
Boy. YOu should be a spokesperson for Open Source. You have such an elegant way of insulting people you should be educating.
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