> > binary. sun's site is incredibly slow from me
> > 
> > 
> I just stumbled onto Open Office web site.
> 
> Open office is the open source follow-on of startoffice 5.2. The latest 
> version is now 627. However, I notice that they still are working hard 
> ironing out bugs and stuff. Is it ready for prime time yet?
> 
no. i've tried. it has more bugs that code ;)