Just downloaded and installed Open Office 2.0 Beta and have been playing around with it this morning. It has several improvements over 1.1, the most major of which, is the addition of dbase. You can now create databases, forms etc without having to install MySQL or another dbase application. You will need Sun Java JRE 1.4 or above (also free). The dbase works similar to Access, complete with wizards to help out. Nice!!! Open Office so far, has worked flawlessly with editing or creating documents that can be used in Microsoft Office. Seems that it will be a complete office solution in the very near future, and at a cost of $0, damn sure beats the hell out of $279 for MSOffice.
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19 years ago