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Office Delayed, Too
turnitover writes "And you thought calling it 'Office 2007' was just to make it seem all future-like -- but according to eWEEK.com's Mary Jo Foley, turns out calling it is truth in advertising: Office 2007 won't ship until 2007. What does this mean for Microsoft and its reputation as a company that can eventually ship software? What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets? Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?"
Couldn't say admit once and for all that they're thinking MS-Windows and MS-Office are now mature products and that they won't release new versions anymore ? :)
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No because no salesperson came by from open office and gave them a rolex/airplane tickets/golf clubs.
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What is this Office stuff everyone's always on about, anyway? Is that like some pre-school version of LaTeX and Emacs?
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Tell me an opensource solution which matches this as seamlessly.
You could always use the "meeting" system, using the "talking" communications protocol. Suppliment this by the "go over and chat" concept using "voice over voice" chat.
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StrawberryFrog
AFAIK java is only used for advanced things that most people dont use, like macros ,live content or other stuff.
Wow, bloated software with things that "most people dont use"??
OpenOffice has REALLY come a long way to catch up with Microsoft products features!
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We should tell Linus and his team about this software. I'm sure it could help kernel development, which happens online all over the world. As they can't have a lot of face to face meetings, this Office 12 looks like a good solution for them.
Serge
Meanwhile, back in the Capitalist world..
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A thousand pardons sir, I had no idea you took your MS Office versioning so seriously and personally.
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believe me most componies here in lithuania already have both MS Office and OpenOffice installed on most desktops. The only reason to keep MS Office on them is it is still widely used while sending odt (ope office docs) files between organizations has not become a prefered format yet
To quote the MS person: "There is no slip in schedule, just a change in delivery for the benefit of consumers and retailers." Now how someone can say that with a straight face is beyond me.
Hobby Robotics
I think the correct answer is, "No."
Disclaimer: I use OO and like it, but I just don't see it going to the mainstream. I don't have any logic, that's just my gut feeling.
Who makes the decisions on whether to pay more for Microsoft Office instead of Sun StarOffice (the commercial version of OOo)? And what kind of collaboration on documents do you need that a wiki and an IRC channel cannot provide?
The number of levels of nesting that Excel allows in formulas
Old Limit: 7
New Limit: 64
this could explain some frustration I have had as of late...!
--meh--