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Where is Openoffice going?
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Why has MS always had the right to sue Open Office users? Its something about a patent, but the article is so vague, only brushing along the surface of the details, that they seemed to left out "some" important points, and by important points, I mean the main point.
As part of their settlement, Sun and Microsoft have made an agreement not to sue each other for patent infringements for the next 10 years. Microsoft wanted OpenOffice excluded from that... reason being that if they hadn't, then theoretically, some open-source programmers could add some copyright-violating code into OpenOffice, and Microsoft couldn't sue them. They're just covering themselves... though I'm sure they don't mind all this press coming out making it sound like if you use OpenOffice, you'll get sued...
NusuniAdmin said:
i would say appleworks is the equivalent of microsoft works (which is in the version i've seen a year ago not really bad )
The only thing I really use from AW is the database, pretty easy, quick and clean, of course for Home registers... my wife likes it, she has been writing and preparing some material with it, intuitive she says, but looks ugly (Compared to other apps), that's her only remark... until now!
I don't consider a Appleworks a match for even Microsoft Works. Whenever I am forced to use AW, I feel like I'm using my father's computer with win3.1. It feels cludgy. My opinion... I know others use it and like it.
There were rumors that Sun and Apple were in talks about Apple using StarOffice for a new productivity suite. For some reason, the deal with Microsoft deep sixed it though. Like I said, it was just a rumor.
There were rumors that Sun and Apple were in talks about Apple using StarOffice for a new productivity suite. For some reason, the deal with Microsoft deep sixed it though. Like I said, it was just a rumor.
I like Appleworks. MS Office is way too bloated for my needs. I'm still wondering about Apples rumored office suite, iWorks. 
I use Text Edit for my word processing needs. It did just fine. I do have Office v.X for when I need to do powerpoint presentations and whatnot.
Hector said:text edit forever
BAH! Vi forever!
$ vi letter.tex
i
/documentclass[11pt]{letter}
/begin{document}
...
/end{document}
ESC
ZZ
$ pdflatex letter.tex
UNIX Office
vi is your Word
bc is your Excel
banner is your Powerpoint
mail is your Outlook
awk is your Access
All free from your friendly Mac UNIX prompt. Type man and give it one of those commands for online help.
vi is your Word
bc is your Excel
banner is your Powerpoint
mail is your Outlook
awk is your Access
All free from your friendly Mac UNIX prompt. Type man and give it one of those commands for online help.
BornAgainMac said:
That was Geek!
... I'll give vi a try.. Openofffice should push harder for advertising... IMO, at least on this site of the atlantic...
My first semester of college I took all my notes in Appleworks -- generally good, though a wee bit clunky. I used RTF for everything except running backups, where CWK format was the only option.
Then for second semester I needed a slideshow program to make visual aids easily for public speaking. Not being able to try Keynote (which would have been cheaper and evidently a bit superior), I rushed out after the technology assurance announcement at the MWSF 04 Stevenote and bought Office v.X Academic, which I used until 2004 came. Word for Mac is probably the best word processor I've ever seen...but LyX on Linux is pretty good, and you can't beat OOo for free.
Then for second semester I needed a slideshow program to make visual aids easily for public speaking. Not being able to try Keynote (which would have been cheaper and evidently a bit superior), I rushed out after the technology assurance announcement at the MWSF 04 Stevenote and bought Office v.X Academic, which I used until 2004 came. Word for Mac is probably the best word processor I've ever seen...but LyX on Linux is pretty good, and you can't beat OOo for free.
