On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Nestamicky wrote:
> On 8/29/09 12:53 PM, diane wrote: >> Bruce rocks > Like a rock band he rocks! I'm downloading now myself, but based on > Diane's experience, I'd pitch in and say, yes, Bruce is a rocking, > rocking rocker. Thanks Bruce, I thought OO left us PPC behind until > now. > Thanks! Here's the link to a discussion on the Open Office boards explaining why there's no official English 3.n version for (even though there are thing's like a FInnish version that IS official) <http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=191470> I believe they're being overtly lame in this process, and elsewhere in the boards I've found people pointing out (quite rightly) that if you bury the english/PPC versions deep in obscure places, you're not going to get enough testers to make it official. Also, I believe that there's nothing so processor dependent in the OO code that the difference between the PPC and Intel versions are so different as to require entirely different testing; after all it's the localization issues that are holding it up and localization is not processor dependent. I suspect internal politics and a collision with Sun bureaucracy which always tends to be a factor in corporate sponsored open source development. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
