At Long Last, NeoOffice/J 1.1 Released

VValdo writes "After nearly five years of development, NeoOffice/J has made it to its first stable release. NeoOffice/J 1.1 is a Mac OS X-integrated office suite based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing applications. Key Macintosh features include a standard Mac OS X installer, a native Aqua menu bar, use of the native printing system, full clipboard support, drag-and-drop, Mac "command" key shortcuts, mouse scrolling, integration with major Mac email clients and native support for Mac fonts. The full announcement is here."

That's nice, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

does it run on Linux?

Just when they get if finished....

[steveyT]

Apple go and change the architecture they're running on :D

They recommend MS Office :)

[mgkimsal2]

The NeoOffice/J 1.1 release is now available for download. Warning: all NeoOffice/J development and testing is done by volunteers so there are always some missing features and bugs. So if you expect software to be absolutely perfect before you install it, we recommend that you purchase a commercially supported office suite like Microsoft Office. (emphasis mine)

Hrm - maybe Office on the Mac is much better than the Windows version. I've been hearing that for awhile, but it's still from Microsoft, and will still have some of the same issues that people have on the Windows version, or it'd have compatibility problems (key commands, etc).

Still, I thought that comment about something being 'absolutely perfect' then recommending Office was pretty funny.

Re:What's with the J?

[Ford Prefect]

Stands for Java. Five guesses as to what the majority of NeoOfficeJ was written in. First 4 don't count.

C++, of course!

What do I win... ;-)

Re:What's with the J?

[CleverNickedName]

It's the next version up from Apple's iVersion.

I think this shows that

[Anonymous Coward]

NeoOffice isn't the one.

and that quite possibly
there is no server.

Linux: The bleeding edge of user interface

[Anonymous Coward]

The interface is good for Windows user and Linux users who are use to sucky interfaces

What are you talking about ? Stop it ! Take Eterm and those kewl patterns man, they are just so cool and fresh. Apple doesn't stand a chance.

Linux is the king of GUIs. After all it comes with about twelve different ones installed.

I'd give NeoOffice/J a try but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Try as I might I can't seem to locate a crack anywhere on the internet.

Define Niche

[Anonymous Coward]

A Java Office program (with dubious file format compatability) on a mac....

Re:Very much a Mac Application

[Seumas]

I'd rather download Microsoft Office for OSX. They've released it for free now on BitTorrent, apparently. At least, I see it available all the time there, so it must be. You have to really appreciate that kind of gesture from Microsoft. Not only do they innovate, but they share with the competitor's customers!

More importantly, no amount of money could be placed on the quality and reliability of a corporately-developed product like this. After all, would you rather drive a car built by Ford or a car built by some acne-riddled kid down the street?

I for one only want expensive corporate products in my environment. Otherwise I wouldn't have spent all that money on a Mac. I suppose a program like this does have its place, though. Maybe among all of those poor people who can't afford robust Microsoft or Apple systems and have to settle for the third-rate world of open-source software and Linux operating systems.

I'm also eagerly awaiting Avalanche, which Microsoft assures will be a revolutionary no offering that will make free programs like Bit Torrent seem childish. Just another example of how pay-for software will always rival cheap stuff made by poor people in their basement for use by other poor people who can't afford stuff like PowerBooks and iMacs and iPods and WindowsXP and bread and rent and tennis shoes.

Re:They recommend MS Office :)

[k96822]

Microsoft Office for Mac OS X is to Microsoft Office for Windows as Chevy is to Ford. No matter which you use, you should have bought a Toyota.

Re:Just when they get if finished....

[R.Mo_Robert]

More like....just when they get it finished, OpenOffice.org 2 is almost out!