Tag Archives: OpenOffice.org

IBM to donate Symphony code to Apache for consideration

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Bob Sutor

Six weeks ago I noted here that Oracle had to decided to offer the codebase for OpenOffice.org, the open source word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software suite to the Apache Software Foundation. Two weeks after that, Apache voted to accept … Continue reading →

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Some remarks on OpenOffice going to Apache

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Bob Sutor

Earlier today, Oracle announced that they would be donating source code for OpenOffice to the Apache Software Foundation to start a new incubator project. It’s been an interesting road to get to this point over the decades, with well and … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/19/2010

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Bob Sutor

7 Places to Find Free, Legal Images for the Web | BloggingPro “Everyone knows that the Web is a visual medium and that posts/pages with images stand out better than those with just text. However, finding images can be tricky, … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/14/2010

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Microsoft Gives its Blessing to OpenOffice.org – Open Enterprise “The criticisms made in the video are not really the point – they are mostly about OpenOffice.org not being a 100% clone of Microsoft Office, and compatibility problems with Microsoft’s proprietary … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 10/05/2010

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Bob Sutor

UK Government goes open source | THINQ.co.uk “The Government has made an important move towards opening its data for public use with the launch of the Open Government Licence, its answer to Creative Commons.” tags: uk government Open Source data … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 02/09/2010

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Microsoft’s Office business faces more competition – MarketWatch “However, the business division’s quarterly decline – which took some of the shine off an otherwise blockbuster performance by Microsoft’s Windows operating system – also underlines the software giant’s need to maintain … Continue reading →

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Daily Links for Friday, January 1, 2010

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Open Source Seeking Profit in Open-Source Search SoftwareThe New York Times / Ashlee Vance In the case of Lucid, the company hopes to profit from an open-source software package called Lucene. When paired with some other software (another open-source package … Continue reading →

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