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Old 8th May 2008
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There are some uno packages I can use with Linux or Windows which are not ported on other OSes. The PostgreSQL interface to name one.
So, I see it as, "you can run crippled versions of OpenOffice on the BSDs".
Other available specific applications do the job better than an OO module.

Makes me remember, in the ole days, StarOffice took over the whole Windows window management. A breakthrough at that time. Why did OpenOffice abandonned that single user interface for a complete desktop?
Question is not " why isn't there a package referenced for FreeBSD ?".
Question should be, why do I still need an OS or even a window manager to run OpenOffice?

There are 300+ Linux distros competing on the way they make it simple to install Firefox and OpenOffice (where did the StarOffice browser go?).
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