Openoffice update.

[Derick Centeno]

Andres, I checked the ppc page for open office.  The release for the PPC 
is at 1.1.2.  The current release is at 2.0.3

To acquire the source for 2.0.3 means downloading just over 300MB.  If 
there existed a T1 or better a T3 connection I might consider 
downloading it and passing it to you, but it doesn't exist (not between 
us anyway) so this idea of yours won't work.

Regarding TSS, I would suggest you follow their official announcements 
posted clearly on their website.  I personally have no idea what happens 
next as Apple has left the PowerPC field entirely. 

I admire your positive spirit Andres; I know working on a G4 is way 
ahead of working on a G3... I still own an old 233Mhz Beige G3 currently 
worth all of $15.  There are interesting stories on the new incarnation 
of the PowerPC here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4242447.stm

but this has nothing to do with an incarnation as a laptop. :-(


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Andres Tello Abrego wrote:
> I know that Derick... is that I´m very happy with my Ibook g3, and 
> yellodog. I only need openoffice 2.0, and I haven't found a copy for ppc.
>
> I tried to build openoffice, but I ran out of space, and I wasn´t able 
> to work on anything else while building openoffice, my processor 
> workload was over 15-19... And there area  alot of dependecy and 
> source code to download to all the right things to build it.
>
>
> So, for what you say about linux & x86, I suppose Terrasoft will no 
> longer support mac laptops?
>
> As you pointed, I was hoping somebody provides a clean ppc machine to 
> build the new openoffice 2.0 for ppc :) but... No luck.
>
> And yes, is a pity about the ppc laptops...
>
>
> P.D. you don´t need to be a corporation or research center, I can also 
> work with your G4 laptop :)
>
> Derick Centeno wrote:
>> 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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