OpenOffice.org 2.0 Preview

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.

Comments

Re:a few things

[cmstremi]

On the list of the four most important things you could think of and you include "Kinda Ungly Icons"?

I'm confused because the others don't seem like jokes (even if they are generalized and non-constructive). Did you intend this post as a joke (cliche/sarcasm/etc.)?

Oh Great!!!

[Madcapjack]

2.0 is great and all, but shucks, I just spent a whole night downloading and installing the current stable version. couldn't wait, you know, to update from MS Office '97.

Re:Yeah - So Who's Lovin' It?

[generic-man]

OpenOffice is ugly. OpenOffice is slow compared to Microsoft Office. OpenOffice has no native Mac OS X version (blah blah NeoOffice/J any day now blah blah blah). OpenOffice produces Excel files that are incompatible with other open source Excel parsers (such as the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel module for Perl). OpenOffice Calc has 32,000 rows in a spreadsheet compared with 65,000 rows for Excel.* OpenOffice can't parse macros written in VBA. OpenOffice Writer opens a Word document then writes out a Word document that doesn't look the same.** OpenOffice doesn't include a lightweight database system for quick development, like MS Office includes Access.* OpenOffice's file format is not widely accepted and has already changed a few times, requiring users of older versions to upgrade.** OpenOffice's full name is "OpenOffice.org" or "OOo," which sounds stupid.

* Blah blah wait for version 2.0 it will be so great blah blah blah.
** Blah blah Microsoft Office 97 versus 2000 versus 2002 versus 2003 blah blah.

If you're just going to reply by taking each of my sentences, pasting them into your reply, italicizing them, and making smarmy one-sentence rebuttals to each, then don't bother. I will reply with the sound a cat makes when it is bored.