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OpenOffice 3.1 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-a-strange-topic-icon dept.

harmonise writes "OpenOffice 3.1 has been released. According to the release announcement, this update received 'The biggest single change (half a million lines of code!) and the most visible is the major revamp of OpenOffice.org on-screen graphics.' See the OpenOffice 3.1 New Features page for a full list of changes."

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  1. .5 million lines of code by zindorsky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Having a lot of lines of code is not necessarily something to brag about. In fact, it's more likely to be an indicator of badness than goodness.

    If the product works great, people won't care how many lines of code it has. If it's buggy or sluggish or in other ways wonky, people might look at the code line count and point to that as the problem. ("It's bloated!" "It's so big no one can understand it or fix it!")

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  2. Congratulations by Abreu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Screw the naysayers, congratulations to everybody working in OpenOffice.org

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  3. Improved looks? by B5_geek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have heard for a long time how horrible OOo looked. Personally, I never understood what the problem was. The icons were clear and easy to dostinguosh between them, and the text-buttons were obvious.

    Compared to the newest version of MS Office, I'd say that any version of OOo wins hands down.

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