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OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X Alpha Released!

Posted by Zonk on from the copy-and-paste-how-do-you-break-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nearly 6 years after announcing a Mac port, OpenOffice.org has released the first release of OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X that can finally run without X11!! An alpha is available for download today, but a lot of help is still needed to make OpenOffice.org available for Mac OS X. The site is very blunt: 'WARNING: THIS SOFTWARE MAY CRASH AND MAY DESTROY YOUR DATA DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE FOR REAL WORK IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT. This is an alpha test version so that developers and users can find out what works and not, and make comments on how to improve it.' Currently missing functionality includes printing, pdf export, copy/pasting, and multiple monitors. That said, if you're interested in participating you can visit the Mac team to figure out how you can help today."

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  1. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    pirst fost?

  2. Dead link, pre-Slashdot Slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Download link is dead, .torrent file is 0 bytes. Hmmm... just could resist running OOo/OSX on their server. Could they?

  3. A Massive Waste Of Resources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OpenOffice can easily be run under either BootCamp or Parallels. Going through the massive hassle of making a custom native version of OO just for the tiny Mac platform is just plain dumb. With more and more companies looking at phasing out their native Mac applications this is complete waste.

    There is no reason to bother writing native OS X apps anymore.

  4. No outliner. No reliability. Lame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously, people are expected to use this?