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OpenOffice.org 2.0 Preview

Posted by Zonk on from the second-verse-different-than-the-first dept.

Reader lord_rob the only on wrote in to mention a preview of the upcoming OpenOffice.org 2.0 running on tectonic. From the article: "It is not too bold to say that OpenOffice.org 2.0 will usher in a new era of functionality, reliability, compatibility and ease of use. The extensive changes and enhancements which are to be included in the upcoming release are all the evidence needed to justify this assertion." As we mentioned earlier this week, the beta candidate is currently available.

13 of 609 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Are you proud that you're a loser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You work for a woman? Who's the loser now?

  2. Re:The only question I have is by cozziewozzie · · Score: 4, Funny

    drop kde, its not worth it. try using a true lightweight window manager like fluxbox or xfce.

    Drop the car, dude, it's not worth it. Try using a true lightweight tyre, like Pirelli or Michelin.

    My Michelin SX-LE4 tyre feels much more lightweight than any Honda Civic I've ever seen. It makes me much more productive.

  3. Re:Double page spread? by generic-man · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you for requesting a new feature (which I will call "feature X") in an open source product. Please choose from the following responses for the community to give you.

    1. Insult the user. Feature X is only used by pointy-haired bosses for stupid reasons. I don't think anyone ever needs to use feature X outside your braindead company.
    2. Insult the reporter. Why the hell do you need feature X? Other Open Source product already does it, and everyone on our mailing list hates other Open Source product. Go use other Open Source product if you want feature X.
    3. Claim the feature already exists. I know it's not as simple as with your so-called "closed source product," but you can actually do feature X already. Just install plugin Y, extension Z, run the script at some broken URL, and recompile. Voila!
    4. Cite a future release. Thanks for asking for feature X. We already have it in our beta branch. You can use it for now, but there's a long list of bugs in the branch. It's beta and it's free; what do you expect?
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  4. Re:Yeah - So Who's Lovin' It? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    (Score: -1, Commenter admits to having experience with Microsoft Office)
    (Score: -1, Commenter refers to Microsoft e-mail program as "Outlook" and not "Lookout" or "Outhouse")
    (Score: -1, Commenter suggests using Outlook for some reason without any sarcasm)

  5. Re:Double page spread? by kebes · · Score: 5, Funny

    you forgot:

    5. Reverse request. Thanks for suggesting feature X. Please let us know when you've finished coding it, so that we can merge it into the official release of this open source project.

  6. Re:Yeah - So Who's Lovin' It? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But Gimp is as good as Photoshop! Really it is!! Honestly! Its Great! Its ta bong! You just dont know how to use it! thats the ticket! Yeah! Its you! Damn N00b, I bet I own j00 on UT2003 too! Yeah!

  7. I dunno... by nxtr · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you can only type Latin in it. Just look at the screenshot. Damn these beta versions...

  8. Dirty and relatively clean? by Jeff85 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean that it's only as much relatively dirty as it is relatively clean?

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  9. Re:If it's so good... by Anarke_Incarnate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not just make it more functional at 10?
    "But...it goes to 11..."

  10. Spellchecker test by thenetbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you type 'muderfocker' in OpenOffice it corrects it to the actual curse phrase. When you type 'muderfocker' in Word 2003 is has no suggestions.

    OpenOffice 2.0 is CLEARLY superior!

  11. Re:Good enough for most people by b17bmbr · · Score: 3, Funny

    part of the problem is that while linux, OO.org, etc., is fine for 95% of the needs of 95% of people, there is always something. and truth be told, most people who want office, get it for free. businesses pony up because they feel they have to and they're all like lemmings. nobody wants to be the first. and they all know that sending somebody a .sxw file is like sending them a chunk of moonrock. it's really cool, but really useless, except that it's really not cool.(unless you're in the spiderman cartoon, where it turns you into werewolf or something.)

    hell, i use OO.org too, but people are wed to office, like it can cure the common cold. for example, here's the crap we get at my school. there'll be 9 kids leaving on some choir field trip and we get an email with an excel attachment. WTF!! it's crap like that. now, can most people familiar with office spend 20 minutes and not miss a beat. sure.

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  12. Re:Yeah - So Who's Lovin' It? by yuri+benjamin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love your sig:
    So, the $500 iMac... NO, not for you - your parents! Imagine XMAS dinner without having to run AdAware first...

    I get out of it by only knowing linux. My brother-in-law is the windows support guy in the family.

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  13. Re:Interface redesign by rastos1 · · Score: 2, Funny


    That is cluttered?
    THIS is cluttered!
    </voice>