OpenOffice.org Hits 1.1

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 1, 2003 @07:24AM from the native-pdf-is-sweet dept.

sander writes "OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 has finally been released (after 5 release candidates -- should make it pretty sweet). The announcement is here, there is a really nice features page and a long list of mirrors carrying the goodies." OO.org releases for languages other than English should be here soon, too.

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Blah by grub · 2003-10-01 07:26 · Score: 1, Funny

Sure OpenOffice itself may be free but when you add in the $699 SCO fee for the OS it's not that great a deal.</sarcasm>

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A day too late... by Kadagan+AU · 2003-10-01 07:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, I saw this announcement on newsforge earlier today, and I had to hit myself. Just yesterday I downloaded and installed the winblows version of OOo1.1rc5, and now I've gotta update to the final ;). If I had only been slightly more patient!!

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Re:My favorite feature by jlechem · 2003-10-01 07:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes but can it save word files to crappy html files with propriatary tags?
I didn't think so.

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Re:Get a faster computer fool! by Chicane-UK · 2003-10-01 07:37 · Score: 1, Funny

Thats the Microsoft way!

Ahem :)

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The ultimate crime! by ctid · 2003-10-01 07:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Aaaargh!! Even the list of mirrors is slashdotted! How unspeakably evil...

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Cool! by the+bluebrain · 2003-10-01 07:40 · Score: 5, Funny

... only 1998.9 versions to go (plus a couple of arbitrary letters), and we'll have caught up with Microsoft!

(hey - there are "industry analysts" out there that count this way)

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Re:My favorite feature by aled · 2003-10-01 07:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Why would you want a one-click-save-to-pdf when you can install ghostscript and ghostview and configure... ah, never mind.

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Re:Excellent! by t0qer · 2003-10-01 07:52 · Score: 2, Funny

what else do most (90% of corp users) need?

An OS compatible with the "Just install this dialer to get access to TONS OF PRON!" software that I so often find on the laptops of company officers?
TROLL! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-01 07:52 · Score: 1, Funny

Hehe, just kidding. Thanks for the links :)
obligatory... by 3ryon · 2003-10-01 08:00 · Score: 1, Funny

I won't buy it until it plays ogg vorbis files.

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Re:My favorite feature by Alan · 2003-10-01 08:24 · Score: 2, Funny

or find some sort of convoluted workaround

You mean like kazaa? :)
other missing features by commodoresloat · 2003-10-01 08:55 · Score: 3, Funny

I can't get any work done with a word processor that doesn't interrupt every fucking letter I try to write with unhelpful advice. Until OO gets this kind of functionality it will be useless to the majority of MS Office users.
Re:for company? by SonicBurst · 2003-10-01 11:24 · Score: 2, Funny

as a hopeless mathmatican

Good thing you're not an English professor.

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Feature: One-click Export to PDF by Radical+Rad · 2003-10-01 15:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Watch out! I think Amazon has already patented that one.