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Re: [LUG] OpenOffice 3.1 released

 

On Friday 08 May 2009 18:16, Rob Beard wrote:
> Tom Potts wrote:
> > On Friday 08 May 2009 16:25, sam tarling wrote:
> >> Anyone tried it? Whats it like? PLEASE tell me it hasn't gone Word
> >> 2007 ribbon-y!
> >
> > ribbon-y ?don't know what that means. I use linux so it wont polute my
> > menus etc.
> > I have no need for a word processor - other than a good HTML editor.
> > I have very little need for a spreadsheet
> > I have no need for an image sequencer/bad animation setup (or whatever
> > you call impress and similar.
> > The drawing package is just as bad as it was
> > Base seems to be the same - I'd like an Access equiv but its not there by
> > a long shot.
> >
> > Seems to be just another wannabe imitation of something that people
> > shouldn't be using in the first place!
> >
> > Office software: the red flag walking slowly in front of your computer.
> >
> > At least OO doesnt drag you to the cashpoint every five minutes.
> > Tom te tom te tom
>
> But just because you won't use it doesn't mean that others won't use it.
I know - office is a bit like flares in the 70's - everyones going to look 
back and go 'did I really do that?'
Tom te tom te tom


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