Novell OpenOffice for other distros?

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Aug 23 14:58:00 UTC 2007


Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>   
>> My understanding is that Novell contributes their changes back to the
>> community, so they should eventually appear in other versions.
>>     
> This is correct AFAIK. However, I'm aware of the speed at which OOo
> operates, and I' d like to use the features this decade. Also, it' s not
> certain that all Novell submissions will be accepted -- some of the
> Microsoft compatibility features are philosophically contentious and may
> possibly be rejected on political grounds.
>
>   

Have you tried installing it?  the RPMs are availalble and if that 
fails, there's always the source.


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