Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Mar 2008 20:07 UTC, submitted by irbis
"OpenOffice.org 3.0 is 167 days away, but who's counting? Maybe the software developers are counting because they have a whopping 2,278 issues targeted for this release. Even though OpenOffice.org 2.4 is not yet out the door, let's see how far they've come with OpenOffice.org 3.0."
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Member since:2006-05-11
Add no other feature except Firefox2-like updates and you will have solved your no.1 problem.
I don't think it's the number one problem for OO.o but it is a significant one. We really need delta updates, it's such a huge package to download on a slow connection. And I have frequently experienced problems with instability and broken features do to a failed upgrade, and have found it necessary to delete my OO.o profile directory and install from scratch.
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2005-11-10
And an update system that's still stuck in the stone age meaning many users will never get to see this new version.
OpenOffice is sowing a security nightmare by having an incredibly lax and painful upgrade experience, it's just as bad as Firefox 1, where you'd get a totally unnoticeable toolbar button that would require you to download the whole app again and reinstall it for every minor point update. I am getting tired of upgrading customer's machines to try keep them up to date.
Add no other feature except Firefox2-like updates and you will have solved your no.1 problem.