On Saturday, 23 April 2005 03:46, Andrew Cassels wrote: > OpenOffice has two versions, the official release and the > development version, If you want the newest features but accept a > risk of having problems (bugs, things not working, ...) install the > Beta 2.0, but if you want something that work's well, with less > features but less problems then install the official release (the > stable, version number 1.1.4) > > As you might know the ".com" is for "commercial", and openoffice is > definitely not a commercial software (all the contrary) it is a > free, open source (anyone can contribute or modify it) software. > The ".org" is for "organisation", open office is definitely much > more of an organisation that a commercial company, there is also > the ".net" but that doesn't describe at all what sort of thing it > is. I don't know if this is the real reason, but it is the most > probable (I think).
I comes from internet domain names: .com for commercial companies, .org for non-commercial organisations, .net for network infrastructure companies like ISPs and so on. The name "OpenOffice" is already taken by a South Korean company and so can't be used for OOo. Therefore the OpenOffice.org name, which very accurately describes exactly what it is. alan > > I hope you'll be happy with OpenOffice, > > Andrew > > on 23.04.2005 00:17 norman jacobs said the following: > > I was recomended to you by www.csanola.com > > <http://www.csanola.com> and I do not know anything about you. I > > had Microsoft Office and it was only A 60 temporary version. I > > have not Deleted it off my Add & Remove Programs yet. I see you > > have 2 versions. Is their anyway to take A tour of > > www.openoffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> I see you have > > the [ org ] Why the ORG ?? I also have another E-Mail address > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or the > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> norman jacobs -- Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] +27 82 337 1935 (C) +27 86 110 2411 (W) +27 12 349 9277 (F) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
