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Excellent Tutorial for OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the for-those-of-you-who-are-in-offices dept.

Blano writes "Marc Liyanage recently posted a great article on getting up and running and optimizing OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X. He includes some tweaks and helpful configuration tips." Another option is getting the software on CD.

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  1. Apple + M$ gives Open Office a chance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple can easily prodce a kick ass iOffice package that would make M$ Office look like the cluttered piece of junk that it is. Actually a fully working copy is probablly already in the software basement at Apple anyway.

    Appleworks is purposely kept lame all these years for a reason, the Apple/MS relationship which is competitive, but not hostile. After all Apple does want Virtual PC to be continued.

    So this uneasy reationship gives neutral party Open Office a chance to really take hold on the Mac platform and out produce Appleworks and be done cheaper than M$ Office.

    So to you Open Office programmers: Get a investor and some real interface/ease of use programmers and charge $20 or so for your product on Mac's.

    From there port to the Windows platform and kick M$ in the nuts pernamently.

    Just don't forget to keep it cross platform.

    Well? What the hell are you waiting for? My CC is ready, along with millions of other Mac users.

    Get busy

  2. Re:Open Office is a joke on the Mac by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 0, Troll

    So why is it that OpenOffice for Aqua is so far off?

    Because Office 2004 is a set of pretty darned good programs, while Open Office is... well, poop.

    Why waste time trying to put lipstick on a pig?

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    I write in my journal