RSSOpenOffice for Mac OS X Now in Alpha
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 5, 2007, 3:02 PM
The OpenOffice.org development team on Tuesday released the first alpha test version of OpenOffice Aqua, which is built specifically for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The previous Mac port of OpenOffice required the use of the X11 system, making the software slow and difficult to run.
Although the release is six years in the making, developers warn that the early alpha is still very buggy, and "it may crash and destroy your data." A number of features are still not functional, including printing, PDF export, copy and paste, and multi-monitor support. In addition, OpenOffice Aqua will crash after quitting.
I wonder what's the point?
NeoOffice works pretty well if you can stand the whole X11 things. Aren't they also working on bypassing X11?
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|The point will be OASIS OpenDocument (ODF) format and the interoperability it brings to Mac users, thus more freedom from Microsoft.
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|NeoOffice, to my knowledge, does not need X11 at all. I believe on my 24" iMac, X11 is NOT installed, but NeoOffice is.
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|NeoOffice does NOT require X11.
/Mikael
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|"A number of features are still not functional, including printing"
If they are going to take on microsoft they are going the right way about it, 6 years in the making, and can crash and lose your data. Is this the paperless office ive heard about ?
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|MAN - that took a LONG time.
NeoOffice has 'em whipped so far. Still, I'm glad they are FINALLY getting off their tail and trying to make it work without X11
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|"it may crash and destroy your data."
Wait.
How is this different from any other FOSS app?
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|There you have it! Absolute proof of flaws in FLOSS applications.....from a proprietary software guru who probably hacks all the software he has.:)
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|OKay, wait....
I know what FOSS stands for...what the hell does FLOSS stand for?
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