I have been using Open Office 2.2 for some time. I am quite happy with the program. I always upgrade on all programs that I employ, and I enjoyed the prospect of upgrading to OO2.3. However, I am on a Mac, and the comments from the Users Group caused me to wait for the upgrade to OO3.0. Then came the comments by Neil Gardner. I went and downloaded NeoOffice, and was so please with the results that I sent in a contribution. It is a wonderful program, specifically designed to work on the Mac (Operating System 10.5). I would highly recommend it to all Mac users.
On 10/31/07, Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2007/10/30, Neil Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Just remind all Mac users out there, if you want an application that > > behaves almost like a Mac app with the same Aqua look and feel and > > with the same key bindings, then NeoOffice ( > > http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php ) is the only realistic > > Free and Open Source choice. X-11 is like running Wine (or Xine). > > It's fine for a few niche applications you only need occasionally, I > > use it for Inkscape, which IMHO is in the same league as Adobe > > Illustrator, but it's not something I'd recommend for something as > > essential as a Word Processor. NeoOffice 2.2.2 is very stable in my > > wee MacBook, indeed a colleague with whom I'd been happily exchanging > > documents was absolutely convinced I was a Microsoft Word for the > > Mac. NeoOffice uses Java for some of its frontend inegration, but > > then Eclipse (another workhorse app for me) and Limewire are written > > almost entirely in Java. I often have all three running happily side > > by side. The real reason Sun shuns the small NeoOffice team is > > because it's licensed under GPL rather than LGPL. > > > > When the OpenOffice team release the beta version of their new Aqua > > build, I might try it again on my Mac. On my ageing Simply Mepis > > desktop I use OpenOffice as it integrates fine with the rest. > > > > Neil > > Neil, > > I use OOo on X11 daily in a quite productive environment and encounter > very few problems. > My colleagues are also still on MS Word for Mac and texts go back and > forth. > > -- > Guy > using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger > and brazilian OOo 2.3 RC 3 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger > -- please reply only to [email protected] -- > Dodoes can't afford to have headaches > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Louis Solomon (240) 631-2576 Home/Office (301) 613-5776 Cell
