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OpenOffice 1.1 RC 1 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-needs-a-spreadsheet-sometimes dept.

Heartz writes "OpenOffice has released OpenOffice 1.1 RC 1. Get details here. Neat features include built in PDF and Flash export, better MS Office document filters and more!"

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  1. This is really great by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 1, Troll
    Projects like OpenOffice, Gimp and Mozilla keep making Linux more and more competitive with Windows on the desktop. And export to Flash--wow, I never even realized that was something people needed, but now that I've read about it I wonder how I'm living without it. I wouldn't be surprised a bit if Bill Gates was browsing the OO site right now, noshing his teeth in anger and frustration and we just keep coming, like some non-giving-up-programmer guys.

    OTOH, maybe he's just laughing at us. MS Office came out in, what, 1994? Here is it almost 10 years later and we're just barely getting that same functionality. Instead of trying to play catchup from so long ago, I can't help but wonder if Linux should be doing something new. I, for one, could do with having my ping times halved.

  2. Re:That is the problem... by Stinky+Glen20 · · Score: 3, Troll

    Why can't I moderate :( I agree with the parent poster 100%.

    There's a certain arrogance (moral and technical) in the Open Source communitity that means MS will be around for some time to come just yet.

    Yes, things like "My Documents" may be stupid to *you*, but my mum knows where to find everything.

    I just installed Mandrake 9.1 to play around with. Shutdown the PC? Sure, go to a Terminal session and type shutdown -now.

    Mum, stick with windows. I don't need the support calls :)