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| <h1>OpenOffice Awards</h1> |
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| <p>Welcome to the <strong>OpenOffice Awards</strong> page.</p> |
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| <p> |
| <em> |
| If you know of a publication, magazine, institution, organisation or other body which has given OpenOffice |
| an award recently, and you would like to let more people know about it, send us an email with all the details to: |
| <a href="mailto:marketing@openoffice.apache.org">marketing@openoffice.apache.org</a>. |
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| <h2 style="clear: both;">Award from GIGA.de</h2> |
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| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.giga.de/"> |
| <img style="float: left;" src="images_awards/giga_award_2015_1176254_software.png" |
| width="100" height="100" alt="GIGA.de award 2015"/> |
| </a> |
| GIGA.de and their users rated OpenOffice as #25 in Germany with >20 Mio. visits per month. |
| </p> |
| <br /><br /> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">CHIP Top-Downloads of the Year - January 2014</h2> |
| |
| <p> |
| <img style="float: right;" src="images_awards/CHIP-Top-Downloads-2013.png" |
| alt="CHIP award 2013"/> |
| CHIP Online reported their Top 100 downloads from 2013, including proprietary and open source downloads. We were |
| <a href="http://www.chip.de/bildergalerie/Top-100-Downloads-des-Jahres-Galerie_53514176.html?show=91"> |
| #9 overall with over 4.3 million downloads</a> from their website.</a>. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">InfoWorld's Bossie (Best Of Open Source) |
| Awards - September 2013</h2> |
| |
| <p>We won in the category of <a href="http://podcasts.infoworld.com/slideshow/119867/bossie-awards-2013-the-best-open-source-desktop-and-mobile-software-226979#slide8">Best Open Source Desktop and Mobile Software </a>. |
| The citation said, "OpenOffice 4.0 proved to be a solid step forward from its predecessors -- and a good sign that the Apache Foundation's stewardship was all for the better"</p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">About.com Readers' Choice Award - April 2013</h2> |
| |
| |
| <p><img style="float: left;" src="images_awards/Readers Choice Awards 2013 Winner for Office Software.png" |
| alt="Award"/>We won in the category of <a href="http://office.about.com/od/ReaderResponse/ss/Readers-Choice-2013-Award-Winners-In-Office-Software_3.htm">Favorite Business Office Software</a>. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">InfoWorld's Bossie (Best Of Open Source) |
| Awards - September 2012</h2> |
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| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">CHIP Online Top Download Award - December 2012</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: left;" src="images_awards/chip2012.png" |
| alt="Award" />A <a href="http://www.chip.de/bildergalerie/Top-100-Downloads-des-Jahres-Galerie_53514176.html?show=91"> |
| Top-10 performance for OpenOffice</a>, made more impressive by the fact that this |
| was looking at downloads of both open source and proprietary software packages.</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">InfoWorld's Bossie (Best Of Open Source) |
| Awards - September 2012</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: right;" src="images_awards/bossie-2012.png" |
| alt="Award" />We received two Bossie Awards in 2012, both in the Desktop |
| category.</p> |
| <p>The first award was for the <a |
| href="http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/64914/bossie-awards-2012-the-best-open-source-desktop-applications-202288#slide4">Apache OpenOffice |
| application</a> and the second was for the <a |
| href="http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/64914/bossie-awards-2012-the-best-open-source-desktop-applications-202288#slide5">OpenOffice Templates repository</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">UpdateStar Editor's Choice 2012 Award - July |
| 2012</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: left;" src="images_awards/ec2012.png" |
| alt="Award" />The <a href="http://openoffice-org.updatestar.com/"> |
| UpdateStar Editor's Choice Award</a> is given only to a small group of top |
| software products leading in their field.</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">PC för Alla, Number 4 on Top 20 List - July 2012</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: left;" src="images_awards/pcforalla2012.png" |
| alt="Award" />PC för Alla, Sweden's largest computer magazine, awarded us a medal for |
| being on their <a href="http://pcforalla.idg.se/2.1054/1.456823">Top20 List</a> for free downloads.</p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Journal 2011 Readers' Choice Award for |
| <em>Best Single Office Program</em></h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: right;" src="images_awards/ReadersChoice2011.png" |
| alt="Award" /><em>Award given to OOWriter</em> - see the <a href= |
| "http://www.linuxjournal.com/slideshow/readers-choice-2011">full article</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Journal 2010 Readers' Choice Award for |
| <em>Best Office Suite as well as Best Single Office Program</em></h2> |
| |
| <p><em>Two awards: OpenOffice.org as Best Office Suite and Writer as Best Single Office Program.</em> - see the <a href= |
| "http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/readers-choice-awards-2010">full article</a>.</p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Journal 2009 Readers' Choice Award for |
| <em>Favorite Office Program</em></h2> |
| |
| <p><a href="images_awards/linuxJournal_rc_5.pdf"><img style="float: right;" |
| src="images_awards/readerschoice2009_102x180.jpg" alt= |
| "Award" /></a><em>OpenOffice.org, bolstered no doubt by its recent 3.0 |
| release, retains its crown as your Favorite Office Program with the same |
| share of your vote as last year, 85%.</em> - see the <a href= |
| "http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10451">full article</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Computerbild Top 250 Download Award - January |
| 2009</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: right;" src="images_awards/computerbild_top250.jpg" |
| alt="Award" />The German magazine Computerbild awarded us their "Top 250 |
| Download Award" in January. They offer OpenOffice.org for download <a href= |
| "http://www.computerbild.de/download/OpenOffice.org-904173.html">on their |
| website</a> and it has been one of the most downloaded programs in their |
| repository. Thanks, folks!</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">SOHO AWARDS 2008 for OpenOffice.org</h2> |
| |
| <p>OpenOffice.org was awarded the <a href= |
| "http://www.soho-awards.org/jyusyo.html">SOHO AWARDS 2008</a> yesterday. |
| Congratulations to this effort!</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards</h2> |
| |
| <p>OpenOffice.org was awarded three prizes in the <a href= |
| "http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08">SourceForge.net 2008 Community |
| Choice Awards</a>! Thanks to all our users for their votes!</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">IT Reviews Recommended - May 2008</h2> |
| |
| <p><a href="http://www.itreviews.co.uk"><img style="float: right;" src= |
| "images_awards/itr.jpg" alt="Award" /></a> <a href= |
| "http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s607.htm">OpenOffice.org - |
| OpenOffice.org 2.4 review</a> "The maturity of OpenOffice is fast winning |
| over many of those still deep-rooted in a Microsoft Office way of working, |
| and while this latest release isn't likely to tip too many more over the |
| edge, it's a further move forward in the quest to be accepted as the |
| legitimate alternative that it already is."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">CHIP Download of the Day</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: right;" src="images_awards/chip.png" alt= |
| "Award" />OpenOffice.org wins <em>Download of the Day</em>.</p> |
| |
| <p>"CHIP Online is one of the leading computer websites in Europe with more |
| than 30 million users and 200 million page impressions per month. We are |
| pleased to inform you, that your software “OpenOffice” is the Download of |
| the day 27/03/2008"</p> |
| |
| <p><a href="http://www.chip.de/downloads/OpenOffice_13004346.html">Download |
| page</a></p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">2008 Duke's Choice Award</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: right;" src="images_awards/duke.gif" alt= |
| "Award" />OpenOffice.org wins the 2008 Duke's Choice Award for <em>Fans' |
| Choice</em>.</p> |
| |
| <p>"The Duke's Choice Awards program recognizes the year's most influential |
| Java technology-based applications submitted by developers and companies |
| around the world. The winners are chosen by Vice President and Sun Fellow |
| James Gosling, along with a panel of Java technology experts at Sun."</p> |
| |
| <p><a href= |
| "http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-05/sunflash.20080506.1.xml">Press |
| release</a></p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Journal's 2008 Readers' Choice Award - |
| "Favorite Office Program"</h2> |
| |
| <p><img style="float: right;" src= |
| "images_awards/ReadersChoice2008_logo.png" alt="Award" />"OpenOffice.org |
| garnered a whopping 85% of the votes to win Favorite Office Program, while |
| competitors AbiWord and KOffice squeaked in a barely perceptible 3% each. |
| Nor did EIOffice, a program that has received much praise in our pages in |
| the past, register more than a few votes. OpenOffice.org has become the de |
| facto default office suite for Linux." <a href= |
| "http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10065">Linux Journal June 2008</a></p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">IT Reviews Recommended - June 2007</h2> |
| |
| <p><a href="http://www.itreviews.co.uk"><img style="float: right;" src= |
| "images_awards/itr.jpg" alt="Award" /></a> <a href= |
| "http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s489.htm">OpenOffice.org - |
| OpenOffice.org 2.2 review</a> "This is a fully functioning office suite |
| that's compatible with Microsoft Office files, consisting of a word |
| processor (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc) and presentation (Impress) |
| programs, along with a database (Base) and a vector drawing tool (Draw) ... |
| There might not be any such thing as a free lunch, but there most certainly |
| is a free office suite thanks to this excellent effort. In terms of |
| functionality, version 2.2 polishes the various programs up nicely, and |
| OpenOffice really is up there with the big players."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">CHIP Product of the Year 2005 Polish Readers' |
| Choice - February, 2006</h2> |
| |
| <p><a href="images_awards/dyplomooo.jpg"><img style= |
| "border: 0px solid ; width: 95px; height: 133px; float: right;" src= |
| "images_awards/dyplomooo-small.jpg" alt="Award" /></a> "OpenOffice.org 2.0 |
| has won the first prize in category <em>Office applications</em> to loud |
| applause from the gathered prize winners. OpenOffice version 2.0 has won |
| with an extra reserves of votes over other office applications in the |
| famous computer magazine CHIP contest - prestigious Readers' Choice. |
| Openoffice.org provides access to every functionality thanks to open API |
| components and the pioneer, open, XML based file format."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">PC Pro Labs Winner - Office Suites, December |
| 2004</h2> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/pcpro_alist.gif" alt="PC Pro A List" align= |
| "right" border="0" height="34" width="64" /> <strong>Verdict:</strong> "The |
| <a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/122/office-suites/products.html">best |
| all-round office suite</a> is also the cheapest. With excellent Microsoft |
| compatibility, a consistent interface and a good network of ad-hoc support, |
| this is the king of the business tools."</p> |
| |
| <p><strong>Rating:</strong> <img src="images_awards/pcpro_6stars.gif" alt= |
| "6 stars (the highest)" border="0" height="10" width="69" /><br /> |
| "We should point out here that <em>PC Pro</em> isn't throwing its weight |
| behind OpenOffice purely by dint of the fact that it's free. We firmly |
| stand by our assertion that it offers a more compelling proposition than |
| Microsoft Office; its cross-platform support and the speed at which it's |
| being developed leads us to believe that, together with StarOffice, it |
| could - nay should - become the dominant force in office suites within the |
| next three to five years.<br /> |
| "If you don't want to be left behind, now could be the time to switch."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">OSDir.com—Editor's Choice Awards in Open Source, |
| Best Application - Overall Desktop App</h2> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/2003osdirwinnerbadge.gif" alt= |
| "OSDir.com Editor's Choice 2003" style= |
| "margin-left: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;" align="right" border="1" height= |
| "65" width="125" /> "There's a lot of talk about putting Linux on the |
| Desktop across the enterprise next year. I'll give you one guess why this |
| can be done?"</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Best of Platform - Mac and Windows</h2> |
| |
| <p>"Picking any other application for this category is simply negligent. No |
| other project is making inroads with other operating systems (outside of |
| Linux) like the big OO."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Cybia - Reviews—"Best of the Best" Awards, Utility |
| and Non-Graphics</h2> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/cybia-award02.jpg" alt= |
| "Cybia - Quality Software Award" style= |
| "margin-right: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;" align="left" border="1" height= |
| "100" width="80" /> "All the power of an MS-compatible office suite without |
| the high price tag.</p> |
| |
| <p>"For those of you who are familiar with the MS Office suite but can't |
| justify the price tag, then take a look at this free alternative ...</p> |
| |
| <p>"<strong>OpenOffice</strong> is available as a free (but large) download |
| or you can often purchase it on CD from a distributor for a nominal fee. |
| There are versions for most Operating Systems.</p> |
| |
| <p>"The suite consists of several apps, the most useful probably being the |
| word processor which is fantastic! The HTML editor is also handy and the |
| drawing package pretty decent too.</p> |
| |
| <p>"A quality product that boasts plenty of powerful features. You |
| shouldn't need much more than this for all your office needs!"</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Open for Business—Open Choice Awards 2003, Best |
| Office Suite</h2> |
| |
| <p><strong>September 20, 2003</strong></p> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/openchoice2003.png" alt= |
| "OfB - Open Choice 2003" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;" |
| align="right" border="1" height="80" width="200" />"Choosing the best of |
| the best in different sectors of GNU/Linux products and services is not an |
| easy task. In many cases, there was more than one contender that was worthy |
| of an award in any given category. However, we attempted to select the |
| easiest to use, most robust, most promising, and - when possible - most |
| free (as in freedom) products for the <a href= |
| "http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=265">Open |
| Choice Awards 2003</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>"For years, GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems suffered |
| from poor, buggy office suites. Fortunately, |
| <strong>OpenOffice.org</strong> has fixed much of this as <a href= |
| "http://www.sun.com">Sun Microsystems</a> and others work to make it (and |
| its proprietary variant, <a href= |
| "http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.html">StarOffice</a>) |
| the best office suite available. In the most recent releases, |
| <strong>OpenOffice</strong> features improved Microsoft Office file format |
| compatibility, the ability to export to useful internet formats such as |
| Macromedia Flash for Impress presentations and Draw drawings, and |
| dramatically faster startup. Perhaps most exciting is that the suite is now |
| truly able to be a universal office suite in a heterogeneous office |
| environment, with support for UNIX and UNIX-like systems such as GNU/Linux |
| as well as Windows and Mac OS X."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Journal—Reader's Choice Awards 2003, |
| Favorite Office Program</h2> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/ljreaders-2003.jpg" alt= |
| "Linux Journal - Reader's Choice Awards 2003, Favorite Office Program" |
| style="margin-right: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;" align="left" border="1" |
| height="154" width="150" /><a name="linuxjournal" id="linuxjournal"></a> |
| <strong>Linux Journal</strong>, a publication of <strong>Specialized |
| Systems Consultants, Inc. (SSC)</strong>, has announced the winners of the |
| 2003 Readers' Choice Awards. Over 7,500 readers visited the Linux Journal |
| web site and voted on their top choices in 28 categories.</p> |
| |
| <p>"<strong>Linux Journal's</strong> annual Readers' Choice Awards allow |
| members of the Linux community to pick their favorites in a number of |
| categories, write-ins are accepted. Voting in the 2003 Readers' Choice |
| Awards took place between June 30 and July 25, 2003, and was open to |
| everyone. More information about the awards is also available in the |
| November issue of Linux Journal, #115."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Journal—Editors' Choice 2002, Best Office |
| Application</h2> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/linuxjournal.png" alt= |
| "Linux Journal - Editors' Choice 2002, Best Office Application" style= |
| "margin-right: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;" align="left" border="1" height= |
| "272" width="173" />"<strong>Linux Journal's Editors' Choice |
| Awards</strong> are well-known as the premiere forum recognizing |
| outstanding product developments and achievements in the Linux market.</p> |
| |
| <p>"A panel of more than 50 distinguished Linux experts was assembled to |
| nominate products for the awards, which were then sent to the Linux Journal |
| editors who chose the final winners.</p> |
| |
| <p>"Featured in the September 2002 issue of <a href= |
| "http://www.linuxjournal.com" target="_blank">Linux Journal</a>, the |
| winners of the <a href="http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6260" |
| target="_blank">Best Office Application</a> award were <a href= |
| "http://www.sun.com" target="_blank">Sun Microsystems</a> for |
| <strong>OpenOffice.org 1.0</strong>."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">XML Journal—XML-J 2002 Readers' Choice Finalist |
| Award, Most Innovative Application of XML</h2> |
| |
| <p><strong>San Jose, CA, September 30, 2002</strong></p> |
| |
| <p><img src="images_awards/xml.png" alt= |
| "XML Journal - XML-J Readers' Choice 2002, Finalist Award" style= |
| "margin-left: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;" align="right" border="1" height= |
| "197" width="248" /> "<a href="http://www.sys-con.com" target= |
| "_blank">SYS-CON Media</a> announced today the results of its three annual |
| awards programs: the fifth annual <strong>Java Developer's Journal Readers' |
| Choice Awards</strong>; the third annual <strong>XML-Journal Readers' |
| Choice Awards</strong>; and the first annual <strong>Web Services Journal |
| Editor's Choice Awards</strong>. The finalists and the winners will be |
| announced at the Web Services Edge 2002 West–International Web Services, |
| Java, and XML Conference & Expo being held October 1-3 at the McEnery |
| Convention Center in San Jose, California.</p> |
| |
| <p>"Widely referred to as the 'Oscars of the Software Industry', the |
| <strong>JDJ Readers' Choice Awards</strong> program has become the most |
| respected industry competition of its kind.</p> |
| |
| <p>"The full results of this year's JDJ voting will appear in the November |
| 2002 issue of <strong>Java Developer's Journal</strong>. The JDJ polls were |
| open for just under a year, from November 6, 2001, through September 23, |
| 2002, and at least 30,000 <strong>Java Developer's Journal</strong> readers |
| cast their votes. The total of award nominations also reached a new record |
| high, with more than 180 companies nominating over 705 products in 29 |
| different award categories—seven more categories than last year. Many of |
| the new ones reflect emerging trends in the Java space, such as 'Best |
| Wireless Java Application' and 'Best XML Tool'."</p> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Monitor magazine—Best Product Award, InterINFOS |
| Fair, Slovenia</h2> |
| |
| <p><strong>Slovenia</strong></p> |
| |
| <p>"<strong>OpenOffice.org</strong> was awarded the <strong>Best |
| Product</strong> award at the <strong>InterINFOS</strong> fair in |
| Ljubljana, Slovenia, the nation's most important IT event. Each year, |
| <a href="http://monitor.infomediji.si" target= |
| "_blank"><strong>Monitor</strong></a>, the nation's leading IT magazine, |
| selects among the exhibitors a product, which has been available on the |
| market for no more than one year and which has created the most prominent |
| and important appearance on the market. This year, the <strong>Best |
| Product</strong> award was granted to <strong>OpenOffice.org</strong>.</p> |
| |
| <p>"Says Monitor: 'We believe that the award went to the right hands. The |
| winner is <strong>OpenOffice.org</strong> with a Slovenian translation, a |
| project with its roots in the computing community rather than in a |
| particular company. This is a precedent that will show the extent to which |
| open source code can reach, and what can be expected from it in the |
| future.'"</p> |
| |
| <p>More here:</p> |
| |
| <p><a href= |
| "http://www.infomediji.si/s.nsf/vse/7F2CFA9AB0A6610CC1256C5A0062C864">http://www.infomediji.si/s.nsf/vse/7F2CFA9AB0A6610CC1256C5A0062C864</a></p> |
| |
| <p>Overview of <strong>OpenOffice.org</strong>:</p> |
| |
| <p><a href= |
| "http://www.infomediji.si/s.nsf/vse/3774EBF6A3AD6859C1256C21003CB02D">http://www.infomediji.si/s.nsf/vse/<br /> |
| |
| 3774EBF6A3AD6859C1256C21003CB02D</a></p><img src= |
| "images_awards/linuxformat2001.jpg" alt= |
| "Linux Format awards, Overall Winner Best Business Software" style= |
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| "330" width="237" /> |
| |
| <h2 style="clear: both;">Linux Format awards—Overall Winner, Readers' |
| Choice, Category Best Business Software for OpenOffice.org</h2> |
| |
| <p><strong>United Kingdom, April 23, 2002</strong></p> |
| |
| <p>On April 23 2002, <a href="http://www.linuxformat.co.uk" target= |
| "_blank">Linux Format</a>, the UK's best-selling Linux magazine, officially |
| announced that "<strong>OpenOffice.org</strong> was the overall winner in |
| the category Best Business Software in the Linux Format Awards 2001, as |
| voted for by readers of the magazine and registered visitors to the |
| site."</p> |
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