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Re: [News] Novell and Microsoft Are Poisoning OpenOffice.org

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____/ Homer on Tuesday 16 September 2008 00:00 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>> * Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>> In article <rhtup5-1le.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>, Homer <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
> 
>>>> Oh crap. Don't tell me OOo is being poisoned by Mono too now.
>>>> 
>>>> Time to switch to KOffice.
>>> 
>>> KOffice has poor ODF support, so what document format will you use?
>> 
>>    http://wiki.koffice.org/index.php?title=KOffice_and_ODF
>> 
>> They're working on it.
> 
> If it comes down to a choice between KOffice's native format, or
> poisoning my systems with Mono for the sake of ODF compatibility,
> then I'm afraid OOo is getting flushed down the pan.

I think the blame lies with go-oo, which is Novell's filthy branch (arguably
fork) of Sun's work. You can download the vanilla OOo from Sun and install
that instead. Some people say it's better and more reliable (I have links for
that).

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