Moreover, the NeoOffice team provides free, annonymous CVS access and step-by-step build instructions, so this is _nothing_ like MS charging for a Beta.īy joining the EAP, you are paying for the packaging, early access and the time that it saves compiling yourself. The full source code is already available under the GPL. The EAP is a voluntary fundraiser for the developers. NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha 4 and the earlier 1.22 are already available for free download. *pretending to be that charity person from tv* Open Source developers need love, because without them the computer world would be a lot different than it is today. It helps lower the developers cost and gives the developer a larger incentive to spend more time on the project. How is that greed? I think thats mighty freaking awesome of them.Īs an open source developer, I totally support the idea of asking for donations for open source projects. This means they are spending their OWN money to work on a project thats available to everyone for free. Guys… these people are donating their time and resources for this project. What amazes me are the people who sit here and think that the NeoOffice team asking for donations has ANYTHING to do with greed. I think thats mighty nice of them to be honest. These guys are trying to give something in return for your donation (you know, besides their time and work)… the ability to check out the new NeoOffice Beta before its public release. All they are doing is asking for donations. Regarding the ‘paid’ beta… Its a fund raising event guys. The app in general does look a lot nicer that it used to however. One thing though… although I like the new look… I can’t help but to think that the toolbars seem a little out of place still. Right now there are not all that many ‘real’ alternatives to MS Office on the Mac. MacOS truly needs something like OpenOffice. It also was not horribly stable at the time either… I love OpenOffice… but the thing that prevented me from really using NeoOffice was just how… disconnected… it felt from MacOS. I am glad to see they are trying to better integrate NeoOffice with MacOS.
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