Neooffice?

javacowboyjavacowboy
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Does anybody know what happened to Neooffice? They haven't released an update since August 29th.

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    hugodraxhugodrax Posts: 116member
    Probably lost interest. The problem with the open source movement is most of the stuff is done as a hobby. When the authors lose interest it pretty much dies.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    adventadvent Posts: 3member
    I think there are only two guys who do most of the coding. The fact that they release any updates at all is pretty amazing.



    That said, the latest release I know of is November 1st. Beta 3 Patch 8. The August release is just the straight Beta 3.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    hugodraxhugodrax Posts: 116member
    Thats the problem with the whole OSS movement. Where do you get support once the folks who wrote something realise they are spending enough time writing software for free and watching others packaging it and making a profit using free labor that they get tired of the whole thing and move on.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    jeffdmjeffdm Posts: 12,951member
    Patch 8 is pretty good.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Where do you get this "patch 8"? It just says beta 3 Aug 2006 on their page.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    jeffdmjeffdm Posts: 12,951member
    Odd, I thought there were some direct links on the site.



    What happens is you install beta 3 and if there's a new patch when you start it up, it sends you to this page:

    http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/patch.php



    Basically, you install Beta 3, then install the latest patch.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    canadiandudecanadiandude Posts: 38member
    Don't confuse the Beta number with the patch when talking about releases. The latest NeoOffice is 2.0 Beta 3 released on Aug.29th as mentioned above. But then updates are mentioned and a patch is an update....the latest patch brings NeoOffice to 2.0 Beta 3 Patch 10. If you look at the NeoWiki site, it will tell you what each patch addresses.



    http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/inde..._Release_Notes
  • Reply 8 of 8
    jeffdmjeffdm Posts: 12,951member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CanadianDude


    Don't confuse the Beta number with the patch when talking about releases. The latest NeoOffice is 2.0 Beta 3 released on Aug.29th as mentioned above. But then updates are mentioned and a patch is an update....the latest patch brings NeoOffice to 2.0 Beta 3 Patch 10. If you look at the NeoWiki site, it will tell you what each patch addresses.



    http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/inde..._Release_Notes



    I don't think anyone got that confused, but it was a good idea to make it clear.



    It looks like they patch it as often as I use the software.
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