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NeoOffice 3.0.1 (Mac)

NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice.org, NeoOffice, Office Suite, OpenOffice, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...

Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOfficeHave BothI have both and the short comings are slim but there are a few items that stand out for me. In iWorks there is not a way to use an external database like Filemaker--a user is limited to importing fields only from...

Tags: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, NeoOffice

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

OpenOffice plugs code execution vulnerability

OpenOffice plugs code execution vulnerabilityNot black and white[i]Bottom line: If you're running any version other than OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 you should upgrade.[/i]... assuming that HSQLDB is installed, which isn't by any means certain. For those of us who don't use it, the bug is a non-issue.RE: OpenOffice plugs code execution...

Tags: OpenOffice, execution vulnerability, NeoOffice

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for MacRemind me again.. of what the Microsoft faithful have to say about office suites that aren't 100% round-trip file exchange compatible with MSOffice for MSWindows?Here's hoping it's better than Office 2k4[b][/b]RE: Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for MacWho...

Tags: NeoOffice, Office 2008, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

Leopard to include iWork and iLife?

Leopard to include iWork and iLife?Could be a good moveIf their new iLife suite does a lot more, it's a way to get it into the hands of all new users and drive demand from those with older machines. And if they're upgrading the iLife suite, they might just...

Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Sales force management, NeoOffice, Apple iLife, Apple iWork, Leopard, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

Additional Resources

Snow Leopard Blues - Users of Exchange 2003 should avoid this update

I've read a great deal about Apple's update to Mac OS X called Snow Leopard.  It seemed very attractive and the addition of Exchange compatibility was the clincher. So, I order the release and installed it this morning. The update was very easy to do.  I backed...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Zimbra, Apple Inc., Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-29

File format blues

Routinely suppliers of technology and services send me a presentation deck. This deck is to meant to be the central focus of a conversation about their products or services. One would expect that these suppliers, or their public relations firms, would do their best to make sure that these presentations...

Tags: Format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, OpenOffice, Channel Management, Management, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Spreadsheet 2.1 (Mobile)

Spreadsheet is a comprehensive spread sheet program for the iPhone, supporting the XLS format. It is compatible with Excel, Numbers and any other XLS-based Spreadsheet program. Spreadsheet provides the following features View, create, edit and save Excel files (.xls format), compatible with Excel, and Numbers, zoomable, scrollable cell grid, landscape...

Tags: Mobile, Spreadsheet, Cell, Softalk, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-21

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?

The last week has seen a lot of speculation about the future of Sun's open source projects now that the company has been absorbed by Oracle. Most of the fallout from Oracle's latest acquisition falls outside my realm of expertise or even interest. Some of my university readers...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Why aren't schools using open source software?

The BBC asked a similar question as they covered the British Education Training and Technology show. With Open Source Software OSS freely available, covering almost every requirement in the national curriculum, a question has to be asked why schools do not back it more fully, possibly saving...

Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-28

10 things Linux does better than OS X

Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...

Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-12-19

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough

There is a reason that the OpenOffice.org 3.0 servers are struggling to keep up with demand. OO.org 3.0 really is a serious upgrade over version 2.4 and makes NeoOffice irrelevant for Mac OS X users (previously, OpenOffice only worked within X11; While NeoOffice did a great job porting OO.org...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., OO.org 3.0, OpenOffice, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Is OpenOffice good enough?

Is OpenOffice good enough?For the vast majority of users, it works fine.For the vast majority of users, it works fine. There are occasional features that it doesn't do so well at, but it has all of the standard word processing features that most people need.If you need to use some...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, object-oriented, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Is OpenOffice good enough?

Yes. OK, obviously there's more to this story than my tongue-in-cheek answer. This came up after one of our supercool, power user secretaries (who is an Office 2003/2007 wiz) ran a training session for the other secretaries in the district. The other secretaries are largely...

Tags: Secretary, Training, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers

Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homeworkVista needs a better UIBut I wouldn't know that personally as I have never used it and instead relied on the anecdotes of others (well I have fiddled with it in stores and found it was very different yet had no compelling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

ChronosX 1.2 (Mac)

=== ChronosX is Fully Automated === Unlike other time tracking solutions, ChronosX automatically determines when you have been working by monitoring your activity on the computer. No more wasting time pressing "Start" and "Stop" buttons all day. No more worries about losing billable hours just because you forgot to press...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Invoice, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Construction, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-29

Reasons to buy a Mac

Reasons to buy a MacPerspective from iMac and Parallels owner1. If a business is supporting a Mac with Parallels environment, you're probably right. As long as the user doesn't have to support the updates and patches for the systems involved, you've increased the business support overhead without doing anything to...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, windows notebook, cheap windows notebook, Sun xVM, Mac Book, Apple Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

So about that Microsoft licensing

Anyone else licensed Microsoft software lately? I've been trying to avoid it. We already have some "Open Academic" licenses in place for the high school computer lab software (Office 2007) and for some Vista testing. Since we added "Software Assurance" we've been able to install Office 2008...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computer, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-02