Re: OpenOffice beta 3 - Goodbye NeoOffice?

On Fri, 09 May 2008 20:39:58 -0700, William Yeo wrote:

> I downloaded it and tried it out. Using 10.5.2 and my multi-plane income

> tax spreadsheet (i.e. something nice and complicated to start with) as 
> test material. After switching from one sheet to another, OO3.0 started 
> blanking out some of the sheets (i.e. cells showed but no more data 
> values). I have to quit and re-open the file to get the data back.

Great test. I hope that you also submit bug re****ts ;-)

My requirements for using an Office suite are mostly Text and Draw
centric. So far I haven't struck any issues, but today is the first time
that I've had to try the new beta. I'm looking forward to the RC's.

> In other words, it's really not ready for prime time yet (it is still a
> beta), so NeoOffice will be around for a while. I'm eagerly looking
> forward to Aqua OpenOffice's inevitable debut in a working (and faster)
> invocation.

I think September this year is when it finally will go gold. All is on
track to date AFAIK.

> I've already donated to NeoOffice and I will do so for OpenOffice when
> it comes out. I'm grateful to both projects for making such diverse and
> capable facilities available for free.

This is one project that deserves such sup****t too.. Thanks for the input.

-- 
dee