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NewsForge: ThinkFree Office? Think Again

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Bruce Byfield
Sep 9, 2005

“Despite its name, ThinkFree Office 3.0 is a proprietary office
suite. Written in Java, it has found a niche on the Windows and
Macintosh platforms, especially in China, Korea, and Japan. It
comprises three applications: Write, a word processor; Calc, a
spreadsheet; and Show, a presentation program; as well as a
separate Setup program. It is available in both desktop and
intranet server editions. Recently, its developers released a
GNU/Linux version. Unfortunately, judging from the pre-release code
that I reviewed, the results are subpar…”

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