And the Winner is…
Jaime, as the Angry Granny!
Thanks to everyone who voted in the 7th Annual Small Dog Halloween Costume Contest. The winner of the orange iPod shuffle will be notifed by email on Friday, November 2.
We can’t wait until next year!
And the Winner is…
I’ve been using OpenOffice.org and its predecessor StarOffice for for about 10 years or so now. I use it on its original platform OS/2 (now eComStation) since it was Star Office and on the Mac when it was an XWindow app, then NeoOffice. No MicroSoft anything here. Of course Microsoft will come out with a new fix to make its formats incompatible yet again, but then they end up making them incompatible with their own products as well. 🙂
It will certainly do 80-90% of whatever anyone needs doing, and for regular folks it is more then capable to do basic word processing, presentations, drawing, and spreadsheet work. And what is truly great is that it is continuously being developed and supported by a large open source community. And being able to read and write the m$ formats is a big bonus.
Everyone owes a debt of gratitude to Sun Microsystems for having purchased StarOffice and releasing it as an open source project. Now to see how stable the OO.org 3.0 beta is on the Mac. 🙂
Mark
Using OpenOffice’s native file format, called ODF, is becoming more common. It’s a smart choice too, since ODF is recognized as an international open standard, which means your data will be safe and accessible for a long time to come. (MS Office’s formats are secret and they change, often making documents unreadable after a few version changes.) ODF is also used in more and more programs, like Google Docs, IBM Lotus Symphony, KOffice, TextMaker, and even TextEdit on OS X 10.5 or newer. This means your coworkers and friends can choose their favorite program from among ODF supports without sacrificing compatibility.