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Free NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta 3 now available

Monday, August 28, 2006 - 03:32 PM EST

NeoOffice is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) for Apple's 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 Office.

Screenshot: http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/images/sample.jpg

Released as free, open-source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL), NeoOffice is fully functional and stable enough for everyday use. The software is actively developed, so improvements and small updates are made available on a regular basis.

It is available for free from the NeoOffice download page: http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/download.php

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Tim" for the heads up.]

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Aug 28, 06 - 02:33 pm Comment from: me

they did a good job making the interface look nice.

Aug 28, 06 - 02:42 pm Comment from: Tim

I'm the guy that tipped MDN to it... and after playing with it a little more... I think M$ Office might be getting stripped from my hard drive

Aug 28, 06 - 02:45 pm Comment from: Cubert

Anything but Office!

Aug 28, 06 - 03:10 pm Comment from: Biscuit

i tipped them about it too...thanks for not mentioning me, MDN!

Aug 28, 06 - 03:15 pm Comment from: Dean

I like how the dialog boxes have been Aqua-ized. The first alpha versions still had that X11 look. I wish they could do this to Gimp and Inkscape.

Aug 28, 06 - 03:36 pm Comment from: Brandon

Now they need to get an aqua-style icon!!

Aug 28, 06 - 03:37 pm Comment from: Brandon

... and website

Aug 28, 06 - 03:46 pm Comment from: macaholic

i bet M$ is pulling their "hair" (MW) out ;P

Aug 28, 06 - 05:32 pm Comment from: :S

how do u tip MDN?

but yea. looks exactly like office. lucky for me i have iWork

Aug 28, 06 - 05:38 pm Comment from: tHE dUDE

Aqua? Why? Aqua is so 2001. Why hasn't the GUI gone Pro? Why are we stuck with an interface that looks like it's designed for toddlers. Stupid blue candy buttons. Blech.

Aug 28, 06 - 05:54 pm Comment from: LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son

Open Source apps, particularly Open Office, can help insulate Apple from unresponsive or perhaps hostile to the Mac, in Microsoft's case, software vendors. If MS holds back, they will only be screwing themselves.

Open source is good for Apple.

Aug 28, 06 - 07:32 pm Comment from: Wow

The interface looks pretty decent.

Too bad its Aqua...but its free.

Check this out peeps...for some really cool free offers.

http://www.vmcsatellite.com/?aid=257357

Aug 28, 06 - 11:55 pm Comment from: Screw "Wow"

Posting spam in an MDN comment... go fsck yourself "wow"

Aug 29, 06 - 12:23 am Comment from: Reality Check

When Microsoft copy ideas from others, they get slammed for it. When the open source world spend man years generating a practical clone of Office from the mid 1990's everyone applauds. Go figure.

Aug 29, 06 - 01:17 am Comment from: emaN

For those of you are looking for a better looking version of GIMP, check out Seashore: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/download.php. It is in a very early state right now, but with time (and a little help) it could become a great, full-featured app.

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