[KLUG Advocacy] [Fwd: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X (X11)]

[Adam Williams]

Does this mean Microsoft will now cancel Office for the Mac like they
canceled IE?  Since a better product is available...

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Louis Suarez-Potts <louis@openoffice.org>
To: announce@openoffice.org
Cc: discuss-openoffice.org <discuss@openoffice.org>
Subject: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X (X11)
Date: 23 Jun 2003 07:25:27 -0700

All,
After two years of work OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X (X11) is golden 
master and ready for immediate download by all Mac OS X users.  Credit 
goes to Ed Peterlin, Dan Williams, and the Mac porting team.

This release marks a major milestone. It uses the Unix standard X 
Window and takes advantage of the immense wealth of open-source 
material.  To name but one feature, fonts are anti-aliased, making 
documents look smooth and clean and wholly professional.

If you use Mac OS X there is no reason to wait. This will address your 
needs.  And, as with all in the OpenOffice.org 1.0 family, this free 
release reads and writes Microsoft Office documents and works freely in 
heterogeneous environments where one might find Linux, Windows, and Mac 
OS X machines working side by side.

The next step is to finish the Aqua version.  If you wish to help, 
contact the Mac porting sub-project, http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/
.

To download it, please go to 
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html .

To read the official press release, go to 
http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/osx11_pressrelease.html

To read the Press FAQ, go to 
http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/pressfaq_ooo-osx11.html

Louis Suárez-Potts
Community Manager
OpenOffice.org


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