[Buddha-l] OOo (was: Is this guy an, er, budding bodhisattva of IT?)

[jkirk]

Thanks about OOo---I will try it. If one wants to play a DVD on it, does it 
accommodate?
How about MP3s?  CDs?
Joanna
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>
> It also says, on the website:
> "So he decided to save the world from Windows. "
> and
> "Shuttleworth is sending Ubuntu (already translated into 35 languages) to 
> anyone who asks, anywhere in the world. "
>
>         How does any one ask for it?
>
>         Talking about open source programs as competition to Windows,  I 
> heard the rumor that the Sun computer company (the fame of many servers) 
> founder and CEO starts up every morning with a cup of coffee and the 
> words: "What can I do today to defeat Windows and destroy MicroSoft.  That 
> was only rumor.  However, in reality, he started the StarOffice.  It was a 
> free download.  You could use it independently or install and run it on 
> top of Widows.  It could do almost everything  the Windows and the MS 
> Office (MSWord, MSExcel, MS...) could.  I used to have that version.  Now 
> it is not free download any more but the home version of SunOffice is not 
> expansive.  It has many language modules.
>
>         The interesting thing is that there is an ***open source*** 
> version came out of it.  It is call the OpenOffice.org.  Go to their 
> website and you will find out I wasn't kidding.  Click on "about" and read 
> up on their history.  Click on download and do serious work.  The product 
> is called OOo.  I bought a laptop and it has Windows Vista (horror) on it. 
> It also had the "trial version" of MSOffice Suite which went expired in a 
> month (or five uses or something like that).  I cic not send in the big 
> check to renew it.  Instead, I downloaded OOo 2.1 and am using it 
> (including a word processor ...) happily.  It can read .doc files and can 
> save in .doc (MSWord readable) files.  The current version is OOo 2.2.
>
>         In case you cannot find Ubuntu (like me), try OOo.  Wish you be 
> saved from Windows and happy Ubuntu or happy OOo.
>
>
> Best Regards, Shiangtai
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