Openoffice update.

[Derick Centeno]

Andres,

If you visit open office.org you'll see that open office itself, because 
it is open source, is free!  You only pay for it if you purchase CDs 
from them!
Open Office is provided free as part of YDL together with hundreds of 
other packages, you can't make the pitch you are attempting because it 
is just easy to get for one's self.  Or perhaps nearly everyone else can 
get it, except you -- for some reason.  You've my sympathy, and what 
assistance I've provided here, but that is it.  I don't run a 
corporation, a research center or anything of that sort to even consider 
assisting you as you've asked.

Considering that Apple has abandoned the PPC market it appears that the 
last laptop with a PPC in it will be the Powerbook G4.  It runs YDL 4.1 
rather nicely, however I received this G4 as a gift.  Depending on where 
you are the Powerbook G4 may not even be available anymore. 

I have no way of knowing if any company will produce a PowerPC laptop in 
the future.  A realistic view of the current market is that there may 
not be a PowerPC laptop ever again, which means that your next laptop 
will be the vanilla variety from Intel and it's knockoffs.  And that 
means, if you stick with Linux, it will be a Linux running on an Intel, 
which is not this list.

Sadly, that's a probability coming closer to becoming the reality every day.

Best wishes.....
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Andres Tello Abrego wrote:
> What about a test ride? :)
>
> Plug that thing, give me a shell account and an access to it from the 
> Internet, I will build openoffice as a performance test.
>
> If the test performance is right. I buy it :) if not, at least the 
> community will have a new relase of openoffice :)
>
> :)
>
> Btw, any chance that there will be ppc laptops any time soon?
> The hardware looks nice, but I´m really a laptop guy...
>
>
> Derick Centeno wrote:
>> Well, Andres at least you have a sense of humor!
>>
>> Regarding YDL the current official release is YDL 4.1.
>>
>> As for the rest, that is called a "gift".  Are you a minister of a 
>> church or a non-profit organization in the US?  If so, there are many 
>> donations to such organizations.  If you were a student, in the US, 
>> you could qualify for certain grants or other assistance from within 
>> a university.
>>
>> So.... unfortunately outside of that, you may have to rely on 
>> whatever is used in the standard release of YDL.
>>
>> How about thinking good and happy thoughts that things progress along 
>> to your benefit, yes?? :-)
>> To Hope, then!
>>
>> How about this option for a more powerful processor you may be able 
>> to afford?
>>
>> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/index.php?submit=hardware&submitimg[hardware][genesi]=1 
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