BRANDON MOL  I've been using Go-OO http://go-oo.org/ which is an improved-upon build of OpenOffice 3.1.1 with native aqua interface. After installing the newest NeoOffice on Snow Leopard, I noticed immediately that NeoOffice feels LESS Mac-Like and has LESS native GUI gadgets than the Go-OO build of OpenOffice. The NeoOffice build launches a half second faster or so but lacks many features from Go-OO. All of the things that the NeoOffice team point out on their wiki as differentiating themselves from OpenOffice are no longer valid (save a few very minor things that affect only a small number of users), particularly with Go-OO as of version 3.1.1.

I used to be a big fan of NeoOffice, but now its dead. I just don't see any reason to use it rather than Go-OO.

Besides, which, NeoOffice is always at least one major version behind.  
(Version 3.0.1)

LUBA  Snow Leopard "... caused all previous versions of NeoOffice to fail to install or fail to launch. This release is the first NeoOffice release that should install and launch on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard."

Well, I've been running NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 14 and I seem to not been having any issues whatsoever with Snow Leopard.  
(Version 3.0.1)

KLAGRECA  New version effectively leaps past OpenOffice with new features and performance enhancements. Nice work!   
(Version 3.0.1)

JAZZADDICT  Can't use the app. When I start typing it hangs and I get a popup saying it can't contact the Spell Checker. Not sure what's up. I have the latest build running on 10.5 on my PPC. I disable my firewall and little snitch but to no avail. Any ideas what's causing this behavior. Thanks. :-)  
(Version 3.0 patch 7)

EASER  My wife is taking a course that requires her to access her professor's PowerPoint lectures. Those lectures require the use of special international fonts. I installed those fonts on her MacBook Pro and opened the lectures using MS PowerPoint for Mac. Nothing came out correctly, no matter what I tried. Restarts. Permission repairs. You name it. In desperation, I opened the lectures in Neo Office. Everything worked perfectly. This tells me all I need to know about whether I intend to keep investing in Microsoft. I don't think so. If you've never encountered the FREE Neo Office, give it a look.   
(Version 3.0 patch 7)

OPETER  NeoOffice website is down (I think because they cannot pay for the domain and webspace, thats why they are asking for donation).

In the meantime, here is a website, where you can download NeoOffice:

ftp://ftp.uio.no/pub/neooffice/

Please consider to donate some money to the team of NeoOffice.  
(Version 3.0 patch 7)

DOKTER_MAC  Yesterday I tried to patch NeoOffice, which is by the way a very good program and I use it a lot, and the patch failed to update. It was patch 6.

Then I installed version 3.0 from scratch, because patch 6 messed up the program, and I was getting a message that patch 7 was out. So there was something wrong with patch 6 like I've thought and experianced...

Anyway, I installed patch 7 with succes and now NeoOffice (patched to 7) crashes almost all the time on startup... Sometimes the program starts normal after 6 or 7 crashes and works normal?

I believe this patch 7 is a quick fix for patch 6 and that a patch 8 will follow very soon because something is wrong with the last two patches (6 and 7).

So for the moment I installed a clean 3.0 again (works like a charme on 10.5.8) and I'm waiting for patch 8.

Again, NeoOffice is one the programs I'm often use and I Iove it!!! So 5 stars from me!!!

It's always possible that something is going wrong during an update, we are only humans and we all make mistakes ;-). So no harm done, I'm still a big fan of the NeoOffice Project and all the great developers!!! Thanks a lot for the effort, the great program, etc. !!!

Greets.  
(Version 3.0 patch 7)

MAXEMOM   An interesting thing has happened to me: I have practically "lived" in MS Excel and MS Word during most of my work days for 12+ years now, finding MS Office somewhat bloated and not the most nimble software, but useable and getting the job done nonetheless for the most part, then I sort of "stumbled" upon NeoOffice (more or less by accident) several months ago (as a favor to one of my family member who had asked me to evaluate the whole suite for her).

Not only was I able to transition seamlessly on a wide variety of large Excel sheets, as well as MS Word brochures, booklets and contracts, but I've had (and felt) no need to "return" to MS Office... for 2 months now.

NeoOffice (and the docs you feed it) are quite nimble and stable, plenty powerful for my (probably above average) needs, and has not left me wanting for features to get my work done. At this time, I can't find a reason why I would need to "go back"...

Also in my opinion, comparing the iWork suite to NeoOffice is a bit like comparing a BMW to a Kia Rio: iWork is fine if you just need a car to go to your local supermarket everyday, butI can assure you that, for my professional needs, Pages and Tables would barely get me out of the driveway !

Staying with the same analogy, The MS Office suite is probably a Hummer !

We need to be extremely grateful to the people behind NeoOffice.org: They've put together a superb set of intuitive, productive and stable tools, which are basically free !

The frequent updates are a (very mild) inconvenience, and I appreciate the ongoing improvements.

Just my 2 cents... (In case you are wondering: I am not connected in any way to the NeoOffice people, except as a grateful recipient of all their hard work).  
(Version 3.0 patch 7)

DONMONTALVO  I have to agree. I'm a contributor to the NeoOffice application. But the frequent updates are a little disappointing. I would rather see quarterly patches.

I'm getting used to Pages and Numbers. Hoping to see a database solution rolled in as well (Bento is NOT a database solution - and FileMaker Pro is overkill for iWork).

Don Montalvo  
(Version 3.0 patch 6)

WASTEDYUTHE  I stopped using this and use Apple's own iWork- this software is constantly updating, which some might see as a good thing. But it got to the stage that when ever I'd load it up, there'd be a new update to download, and it got very annoying.  
(Version 3.0 patch 5)