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Panther's TextEdit to Open MS Word Files

Posted by pudge on from the now-ms-can-freely-dump-office dept.

2muchcoffeeman writes "Further signs that Jobs and Gates probably won't be vacationing together anytime soon: New Damage has what looks to be screenshot proof of Panther's TextEdit.app opening a Microsoft Word .DOC file. Panther beta users who have tried this report at MacSlash that it works, to a point. So what's next? Is Apple now going to bring back the late, great MacWrite Pro?"

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  1. (no subject) by charlie763 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apple should but GoBeProductive and develope it under the GPL. That would be phat!

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  2. Re:Openoffice.org? by elemental23 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WTF is up with them using their TLD in their program name? OpenOffice is fine, if a bit unimaginative, but OpenOffice.org just sounds stupid.

    Actually never mind, I just found the answer on their web site. Of course that doesn't change the fact that it's a dumb name. If Open Office is trademarked by someone else, show a little creativity and come up with a new name, for god's sake!

    Yeah yeah, I know, -1 Offtopic.

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