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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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On 08/18/2011 09:21 AM, Larry Linder wrote:
> Since openoffice is now an orphan -
> Distribution Watch lists libreoffice 3.2.1 as included in SL.
> Is there any plans to make libreoffice available as a "yum" download.
> We started using StarOffice 4.0 and have adopted openoffice for our office
> suite and are very pleased with what it offers.  There are a few things that
> are obtuse in their operation and some file types it cannot open, but for
> 99.99 % of our needs it works.
>

I don't know why Distrowatch is saying we have libreoffice, we use 
openoffice.  It looks like they just made a bit switch and changed the 
names everywhere.

> Any plans as to which way SL may go.
>

We will follow The Upstream Vendor.

Troy
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