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Long time linux user. Tend to stay behind the times in terms of distros, 12.04 is still one of my development machines. I tend not to keep up on the news list
by beilabs 11y ago
Long time linux user. Tend to stay behind the times in terms of distros, 12.04 is still one of my development machines.
I tend not to keep up on the news lists in terms of the politics around stable software that gets the job done. I had no idea IBM pulled the plug on OpenOffice.
For my Mac laptop, I've Open Office installed. Thanks to this open letter I immediately converted to Libre Office. Thanks Christian...
- beginpanic 11y agoI had no idea IBM pulled the plug on OpenOffice either, because I'm sitting here with my IBM-issued Red Hat laptop and I'm doing project documentation in OpenOffice, which came pre-installed. I think what they mean is "IBM stopped developing their own fork of OpenOffice (called IBM Lotus Symphony) and switched back to regular OpenOffice".
- buovjaga 11y agohttp://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruc... "Much of OpenOffice's recent decline may be due to IBM's withdrawal from the project. An anonymous informant alleges -- and web searches appear to confirm -- that IBM did nothing to publicize OpenOffice 4.1.1 when it was released on August 21, and that, since then, IBM developers have disappeared from the OpenOffice mailing lists."
- beginpanic 11y agoWonder when I will be upgraded to Libre Office then. We've definitely had OS and software updates since 2014...
- davidgerard 11y agoAre you able to ask for software?
- beginpanic 11y agoYeah there's a repository. Most of my clients ask for Microsoft Office documents though, so most of my actual deliverables are done in my Windows VM.