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Tag Archives: OpenOffice.org
Daily Links for Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Open Source Oracle gives open source a patent pass Computer Business Review Oracle has vowed not to assert its patents against open source projects such as the Linux operating system kernel and the MySQL and PosgreSQL databases by entering into … Continue reading
Daily Links for Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Open Source Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So ComputerworldUK / Glyn Moody This confirms what many of us have been warning about for some time: that Microsoft’s new-found eagerness to “engage” with open source has nothing to do with … Continue reading
Upcoming OpenOffice.org 2009 Conference in Orvieto, Italy
The next incarnation of the OpenOffice.org 2009 Conference will be held in a couple of weeks in Orvieto, Italy. The exact dates are November 3, 2009 – November 6, 2009. In addition to OpenOffice.org specifically, the conference will include discussions … Continue reading
No-cost office suites for the Mac
This article and something I saw earlier on the web today reminded me that not everyone is aware of office productivity suites for the Mac that are available for no cost. Microsoft grants Mac Office 11th-hour reprieve ComputerWorld / Gregg … Continue reading
Daily Links for August 11, 2009
VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure InfoWorld: Why Microsoft is sabotaging desktop virtualization Analysis: Microsoft’s licensing makes VDI unaffordable, to keep its stranglehold on desktop Windows licenses intact “There’s no other way to cut this: It’s simply way more expensive to … Continue reading
Daily Links 07/21/2009 (p.m.)
An Antic Disposition: ODFDOM 0.7 Released “I’m pleased to report that the 0.7 release of the ODF Toolkit Union’s ODFDOM library has just been released. This is an open source (Apache 2.0 license) Java toolkit for programmatically reading, writing and … Continue reading
links for 2007-05-10
WordPress Automattic Stats « Extend › Plugins New WordPress statistics plugin. (tags: wordpress plugin blogging statistics stats) Sun eWeek: Can JBI 2 Succeed Where JBI 1 Did Not? “As Java Business Integration 1.0 failed to become the success its supporters … Continue reading
Posted in News, Open Source, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Java, OpenOffice.org, real estate, Solaris, Sun, WordPress
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My 2006 BOBBY Awards
It’s the end of the year and it’s time for my first annual BOBBY awards – Bob’s Open Blog Best of the Year. The categories and winners were chosen after careful consideration and all decisions of the judge (me) are … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Dylan, Open Source, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Bob Dylan, ECMA, Firefox, Linux, Mint, ODF, OOXML, OpenOffice.org, PHP, Python, Ubuntu, WordPress
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Student paper management via online writing and grading
My daughter Katie uses OpenOffice for her high school papers and saves her papers in ODF. She is one cool kid, if you ask me. I did not force this choice upon her. In August when I spoke at the … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, Education, Open Source, Software
Tagged AJAX, ODF, Office 2.0, OpenOffice.org
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links for 2006-10-27
Open Source OpenOffice ships version 2.0.4, seeks extensions, turns six Direct export to LaTeX is a cool idea – gives you professional quality typesetting. (tags: openoffice sun opensource latex) Geek to Live: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks – Lifehacker Via … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, News
Tagged browser, Firefox, OpenOffice.org, real estate, UK
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links for 2006-09-19
PDF Adobe Builds on Acrobat Strengths “eWEEK Labs Review: With Acrobat 8 Professional Beta 1, Adobe makes it even easier for users to create, share and secure documents.” (tags: adobe acrobat pdf) Nuance – PDF Solutions (tags: pdf) OpenOffice conference … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, Education, News, Open Source
Tagged Adobe, OpenOffice.org, PDF, South Africa
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Dr. ODF: Examining OpenDocument Format with Python, Part 1
There’s been so much talk over the last 18 months about ODF, the OpenDocument Format, that I decided that I wanted to take a look inside a file in that standard format. In particular, I wanted to take a very … Continue reading
links for 2006-07-10
Lotus Notes on Linux CRN | IBM To Release Full Notes For Linux “A Notes client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3, will be available on July 24, with a version for Novell SUSE Linux Desktop for Enterprise … Continue reading
Posted in News, Open Source
Tagged browser, conference, Firefox, Linux, OpenOffice.org, PDF
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How do you share documents?
I want to discuss how documents, specifically text documents versus spreadsheets or presentations, are shared. In particular, I think people often make a mistake when they send word processor documents around. Let me explain. In the beginning, people created documents … Continue reading
OpenOffice and Java
Since I pointed to the original article mentioning the dispute, here is a follow-up from Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at eWeek: “OpenOffice, Free-Software Supporters Make Peace over Java”. I didn’t know this until the article made me wonder about it, but … Continue reading
Some links for 9 May, 2005
alphaWorks : Emerging Technologies Toolkit Quotes of the Day – The Quotations Page At 10, Java’s wild success, missed chances | InfoWorld | News | 2005-05-05 | By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service IBM delivers Tivoli identity software | InfoWorld … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Programming
Tagged alphaWorks, Apache, Germany, Java, OpenOffice.org
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