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Opening the Potential of OpenOffice.org

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the coming-a-long-way dept.

[vmlinuz] writes "O'Reillynet is running an article about 'Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org' which explores how anyone can contribute to argubly one of the most important Open Source projects. The article also discusses the importance of a shorter release cycle."

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  1. One of the most important open source projects? by tha_mink · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    C'mon now. One of the most important open source projects in the world? I suppose that assumes that MS Office is one of the most important programs (suite...whatever) in the world? For real?

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  2. Indeed by Nimrangul · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Argubly indeed, I don't even use the damned thing. It's only important to nutjobs that like these annoying office applications. vi works just fine, I've yet so see a single reason to use anything but plain text.

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  3. Why not just focus on OO2? by FatalChaos · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why even have split development? Most ppl who don't use the current OO aren't not using it b/c of some small bugs, but b/c it lacks major abilites like being able to competantly convert MS formats. Also, when using OO, it needs to be able to produce MS files that are the same in MS office as in OO (usually it does a pretty good job in this aspect, but not always).