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ONLamp: (Open) Office Party
Feb 5, 2006, 01 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (8757 reads)

(Other stories by Kurt Cagle)

"I'll admit it ... I'm one of those poor saps who inevitably, when given the chance, roots for the underdog. I can't help it. For several years, I rooted for the Seattle Mariners, that perennial underdog that has, in its thirty odd years of existence, never made it to the World Series. Its perhaps for this reason (though there many others) that I've been a long time fan of Open Office. The open source office suite has come from rather dismal beginnings (the early Star Office incarnations were truly dreadful) into being a solid, capable, and performant alternative to Microsoft Office not only in the Linux space but even on MS Office's home turf of Windows..."

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Since I don't use Windows or a Mac,  ...   No alternative at all   
Bob Robertson
Feb 5, 2006, 02:34:00
 
OO.org would not be where it is today if ...   this is why openness matters   
wildpossum
Feb 5, 2006, 07:00:31
 
But to send some of these people a resum ...   Re: No alternative at all   
Hyper L
Feb 6, 2006, 13:27:22
 
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