OpenOffice.org for Mac Delayed Two Years

Athyra writes "According to their Mac porting page, OpenOffice.org will not release a native version of their software for Mac OS X (not counting the X11 version) until 2006. According to the project timeline, no real development can happen again until OpenOffice.org 2.0 hits Windows, Linux, and Solaris in 2005. Looks like Microsoft's got a cozy ride ahead on the Mac side of things for a while."

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[BoomerSooner]

Crap.

Well...

[Tempermental]

I don't think Mac has field tested enough viruses yet for OpenOffice to properly develop security on their platform yet...

Re:aaaaaaaaaag!!!

[BortQ]

Plus I should say that any while us Canadians are quite silly (as can be seen from our prime minister Jean Poutine) it's a big step up from all the fascist americans we've been hearing aboot, eh.

I like to think of Canada:USA as approximately equivalent to Mac:Windows.

There's less of us, we're more user-friendly, the 'others' don't even remember about us most of the time, and the form factor is often easier on the eyes.

In conclusion I invite all the sane macusers out there in /. land to move your asses to Canada already. It's just like a mac: once you try it out for a while you'll never go back.

Re:aaaaaaaaaag!!!

[zangdesign]

I would gladly move to Canada except

1) Thanks to that sumbitch George "Government do take a bite, don't she?" Bush, I can no longer afford to move (anywhere).

2) It get's COLD up there. I don't mean just cold, I mean cut-through-the-bone painful cold. At least I won't have to worry about a cooling system on my PC, I guess.

3) Quebec.

4) I secretly suspect that the US is just waiting for an excuse to invade Canada. OK, that one might be a little off in left field.

5) Did I mention Quebec?

6) No Tex-Mex food that I know of. I suspect that it's all Southwestern (too much cilantro).

7) High tax rates.

8) Quebec. Again. I really don't like Quebec. Nor does the rest of Canada, I suspect. I could be wrong, but every time Quebec wants to secede, I bet the rest of Canada is muttering under their breath: "Go ahead. Please. Do it. For the luvva Bobby Hull, just do it. Now!"

On the plus side -

1) Real snow. In Texas, snow is something that happens to other people.

2) Politeness. Canada may be full of assholes for all I know - but you never hear about them. Maybe they all live in Quebec. That would explain a lot, really.

3) Vancouver - never been there, but I hear it rocks.

4) Quebec - all the pleasures of France right next door. It's hard to type with a straight face.

5) Hockey - when that sumbitch Jones bought the Cowboys and fired Tom Landry, football ceased to be worth watching. The Packers make up for it some, but they're not from here.

6) Newfoundland - when you want solitude, I hear they got it by the bushel.

That's all I can think of for now.

but why do you need openoffice?

[f-matic]

doesn't vi come installed by default?

Re:Canadian response

[rtm1]

Well you've got that right - Newfoundland is basically the area surrounding the highway between Quebec and Nova Scotia. :)

Sorry if I missed the sarcasm, but are you serious? There is no part of Newfoundland anywhere between Quebec and Nova Scotia. The highway between Quebec and Nova Scotia goes through New Brunswick. If you wanted to go Nova Scotia from Quebec via Newfoundland you'd have to go way the hell up by Labrador, take the ferry across to Newfoundland, drive all the way across the island, and then take another ferry (8 hours at that) to get to Cape Breton. It'd take you a couple of days at best.

Again, sorry if I missed the sarcasm, but if I didn't set it straight we'd end up with all sorts of silly Americans wandering around the Eastern Townships wondering where the fuck Newfoundland is.

Re:why leave out mac

[Anonymous Coward]

"They" might come after me for saying this, but there is a plot to drive Apple out of business. Everyone is in on it, even Apple themselves.

Please help spread the word, for I might not be able to.

Posting anonymous for obvious reasons.

Re:Canadian response

[zangdesign]

I cannot understand how parent post got moderated to +4 Informative when the story is about OpenOffice.org for Mac.

Because Canada is funnier than OpenOffice.org.

"Quebec, we love you"

And what did Quebec say in return?

big gap between Ontario and New-Brunswick

Who'd notice?

Quebecers where the most opposed to the invasion of Irak

I can categorically state that there was at least one American who was more opposed than Quebec was. It wasn't your country bound and determined to show their ass to the rest of the world. I gotta live here, dude. It's embarassing.

As a matter of fact, I would really appreciate knowing why people dislike Quebec

It's Saturday?