Associated Press Reviews OpenOffice

blacklily8 writes "Peter Svensson of the Associated Press has reviewed OpenOffice and declared it a Microsoft Office killer: 'Microsoft Corp. killed off the competition for office software suites and became a de facto monopoly in the area, with what result? The competition is back and, this time, it's free!' Svensson thinks the better Word/WordPerfect file conversion, ability to save as PDF, and new BASE database component make the beta a better candidate for success than the previous versions--and when the kinks get worked out, step back!"

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Re:Um, where is this?

[KatTran]

By lines are not usually in the body of the article. But as a slashdot reader I can only assume you are new to RTFA.

In the case of print media (the AP is still essentially a print media company), the by line follows the title or the body of the article.

In this particular case, it immediately follows the title:
By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

The Sun is Setting.

[foorilious]

What has Sun every done for the community, anyway? I have zero reason to trust them, and you can be sure they're only looking for a way to line their pockets. I will breathe a sigh of relief when they finally die and we can say there is one less evil corporation in the world. Thank goodness there are corporations on the other hand like IBM that Love Linux and promise not to enforce their patents for preventing unauthorized access to a rotating shaft against us.