where can i download open office?

[mcveigh]

I have been trying for a couple weeks now to download open office1.0 from the openoffice.org site using their mirrors listed. My download always fails.

Does anyone know of another list of mirrors?

 

[MedicBob]

Just downloaded it there yesterday.

Are you D/Ling via HTTP or FTP?

Also, I found the europe mirror's significantly faster, both HTTP and FTP.

 

[mcveigh]

thanks! I tried both but not europe

 

[mcveigh]

got the linux and windows versions!

both downloaded @ 130+kbs from netherlands2

 

[Blayze]

how good is the windows version? the file I downloaded is only 49 megs is this the right file?

 

[mcveigh]

yes the windows version is smaller, it works great!! I just installed it on xp -pro

 

[Blayze]

thanks... this is excellent. and only 49 meg file to download.

 

[owensdj]

Is OpenOffice 1.0 better than Sun's StarOffice 5.2? StarOffice 5.2 is what I'm using now.

 

[mcveigh]

open office 1 is what sun will be releasing as staroffice 6.0 in a few days.
staroffice will have a databse app and better spell checking I think though.

trust me and download openoffice it is a thousand times better than staroffice5.2

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: owensdj
Is OpenOffice 1.0 better than Sun's StarOffice 5.2? StarOffice 5.2 is what I'm using now.

While SO 5.2 is better than nothing, a lot of folks regard it in a similar light as they do Netscape 4.x

It's big and bloated, useful only if you have no alternatives.

 

[ttn1]

I downloaded it the day after it was released. Had major issues with the download. I downloaded it 4 times and every download was corrupt. Luckily I was able to hack 2 downloads together and make one good one. I'm not sure what the issue was.

I would highly recommend Open office 1.0 from the little that I've used it, I am very impressed. And since I use MySQL as a database, there is absolutely no need for me to get star office.

OS 1.0 seems to load much faster than SO 5.2. And finally no integrated deskcrap.