I read somewhere in M$ site that they're creating one new .NET stuff to replace Sun's JAVA...
IMHO They'll get a lot of trouble, because JAVA is an awesome language that have been developed for years...

But about the Staroffice... I tried when it was freeware...I didn't like it. ok ok I used it in M$ Windows...This can make it different... In *nix should run fine... It looks like the M$ Works... that is almost the same price of S.O. (here, is cheaper)....


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