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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

Additional Resources

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

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

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

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

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

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

(OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta)

(OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta)be very caefulI had a crash and had to reload my OS (Windows XP. That went okay, but I had no backup for Windows Offoice. I was on deadline so I downloaded had no backup for Office so I downloaded Open Office 2.3. When...

Tags: OpenOffice, OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta, OpenOffice.org 3.0, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, object-oriented

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta

First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 betaOLD NEWS: Don't expect OpenOffice to develop more perfect compatibilityI gave up on OpenOffice a long long time ago and I'm not surprised that the compatibility is still pitiful. OpenOffice's Presentation could never handle PowerPoint files properly. OpenOffice's Writer could handle simple documents,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned

OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learnedIt taught Microsoft that its days are numberedas an all powerful monopoly, and that it cannot just run roughshod wherever it likes without an equal and opposite reaction.It's taught us, the community, that maybe it's time to start lots of lobbying of our own. Perhaps lots...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Lessons Learned, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standard

Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardOk..."...argue there is no need for a rival standard to the widely used Open Document Format ODF..."I don't know a single person who uses it.RE: Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardMicrosoft does not need a "standard" for companies to be able...

Tags: Open XML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Gets, open standard

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Microsoft's Office Live Workspace: What it is and isn't

Microsoft's Office Live Workspace: What it is and isn'tMommy! Make the world stop CHANGING!!Poor Microsoft is seeing their empire crumble a little at the edges as people discover ways of doing things that they either never anticipated or dismissed as insignificant. I believe the only reason people are...

Tags: MSFT, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live

Discussion threads 2007-12-10

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

IBM Symphony falls on deaf ears without open source e-mail, calendar

IBM Symphony falls on deaf ears without open source e-mail, calendarAdd-on?Hardly, Paula. This is functionality that's baked into Notes 8. Corporate customers looking for collaboration will find that this is a lot more integreated than the Office + Outlook + OneNote + Exchange kludge, at around a $100 per...

Tags: Groupware, E-mail servers, Enterprise software, Mozilla Corp., IBM Symphony, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., open source, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Sun/Google and Adobe now gunning for Microsoft Office

Sun/Google and Adobe now gunning for Microsoft OfficeOpenOffice.org MacThis sheds some light on why suddenly Sun has fired up much more active development of OpenOffice for Mac in spite of what is being done and the huge lead the NeoOffice project has.Lip stick doesn't change the fact its a pig.Sorry,...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Better living without MS Office

Better living without MS OfficeAll beside the pointNone of the above matters, because Microsoft is well on its way to making MSOffice2K7 file formats (ECMA-376) a [i]de jure[/i] standard required for all interactions with government and by extension just about anything else (quite possibly including filing your taxes.)Since ECMA-376 is...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., OOXML, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

Microsoft delays Office 2008 for Mac until... 2008

Microsoft delays Office 2008 for Mac until... 2008Don't be too surprised hereWhy exactly would software for Mac be at the top of Microsoft's "to do" list?Seems to me like Mac users should be pleased that Microsoft even writes Office software for Macs, instead of bitching that they don't do it...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-08-02

Microsoft’s 4th of July Trans-Atlantic assault on document standards

On what is normally a slow period for news, Microsoft launched a concerted campaign to displace ODF and PDF as document access and retention standards on both sides of the Atlantic. Microsoft has proposed and lobbied for OOXML as an alternative to ODF and XPS as an alternative to Adobe’s...

Tags: Standards, OOXML, ODF, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-07-09