OpenOffice.org 2.1 Released With New Templates

Several readers wrote in to mention the release of OpenOffice.org 2.1. It includes support for 64-bit Linux and a number of other improvements, including multiple monitor support for Impress, improved Calc HTML export, and automatic notification of updates. Also, all of the templates and clip-art that were submitted for the template contest are available to download.

Comments

Re:64bit?

[77Punker]

I knew the compile would take a long time, but months sounds excessive!

Re:Does OpenOffice 2.1 have the MSFT Word bug?

[megaditto]

Thank you for supporting OpenOffice.
Have you considered submitting a Feedback/Feature Request to support the latest ZeroDays?

Other than that, you'll just have to wait since, unfortunately, OpenOffice is not yet sufficiently compatible with Microsoft Office to replicate the latter's vulnerabilities in their entirety. But we are working on it!

Re:My Suggestion to OO Developers

[melikamp]

<Boring RMS voice>
This exercise is not futile because using a free application is better than using a non-free one, even if the latter is functionally superior. Excel is going the way of the dodo, if only because it is a non-free commodity application. On economic grouds only, it has no chance of beating free software in the marketplace (give it some time). And when it finally fizzles, the free alternative will be much better than anything that could be possibly produced by Microsoft. In fact, this is one of the reasons why it will finally go away.
</Boring RMS voice>

Re:My Suggestion to OO Developers

[RealGrouchy]

know nothing sales people...without understanding the math or the relationships between the data and gave wrong prices to customers

Did this company happen to be Verizon?

- RG>

Summary of the most damning OO complaints thus far

[Dystopian Rebel]

"OpenOffice sucks because it does not have my critical feature! Until it does, I'm sticking with Ami Pro!"

"OpenOffice sucks because of a serious bug that those commie hippies haven't fixed yet! At least when I file a bug with Microsot, they get right on it! Sometimes, they will even patch the bug 10 times. THAT, my friends, is professional service!"

"OO sucks because it doesn't appeal to my aesthetic values at all! I'm going back to EMACS for all my office needs!"

"The curse word 'Java' appears somewhere in the installation! I want to be free, I'm going back to Microsot Woid!"

"OO sucks because it takes so long to compile! How in the world do those Windohs users find the patience?!"

"OO is grotesquely bloated! I installed it and it used more than 0.02% of my hard disk, forcing me to move some crucial porn and tunes to my NAS box!"