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| <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-top: 4.23mm; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=5><B>OpenOffice.org |
| News Highlights</B></FONT></FONT></P> |
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| <P STYLE="margin-top: 4.23mm; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>Table |
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#1.October 2004|outline">October |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#1.1.Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer |outline">Replacing |
| FrameMaker with OOo Writer </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#1.2.Germans claim Linux lowers costs|outline">Germans |
| claim Linux lowers costs </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#1.3.Open approach offers Mindef more choice|outline">Open |
| approach offers Mindef more choice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#1.4.Ballmer calls for horse-based attack on Star Office|outline">Ballmer |
| calls for horse-based attack on Star Office </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#1.5.Open for Business - The 2004 OfB Choice Awards|outline">Open |
| for Business - The 2004 OfB Choice Awards </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#2.September 2004|outline">September |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.1.OpenOffice.org reveals marketing ambitions|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| reveals marketing ambitions </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.2.Nonprofit brings Linux and open source to Hawaii|outline">Nonprofit |
| brings Linux and open source to Hawaii </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.3.UK charity builds Linux network on a shoestring|outline">UK |
| charity builds Linux network on a shoestring </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.4.NSW opens door to Linux offers|outline">NSW |
| opens door to Linux offers </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.5.Leading Edge Forum Report 2004 - Open Source: Open for Business|outline">Leading |
| Edge Forum Report 2004 - Open Source: Open for Business </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.6.Linux growing on SMB desktops: Yankee Group|outline">Linux |
| growing on SMB desktops: Yankee Group </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.7.'Independent' report used MS-sourced data to trash OSS|outline">'Independent' |
| report used MS-sourced data to trash OSS </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.8.OpenOffice.org Conference Presentations|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| Conference Presentations </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.9.Open Office XML May Satisfy ISO|outline">Open |
| Office XML May Satisfy ISO </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.10.UN drive to boost free software|outline">UN |
| drive to boost free software </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.11.OpenOffice Set for Larger African Effort|outline">OpenOffice |
| Set for Larger African Effort </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#2.12.A strong OpenOffice.org community is the key, argues Sun's Danese Cooper|outline">A |
| strong OpenOffice.org community is the key, argues Sun's Danese |
| Cooper </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#3.August 2004|outline">August |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.1.OpenOffice.org Art Project|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| Art Project </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.2.Norwegian Native-Lang Project announced (NO)|outline">Norwegian |
| Native-Lang Project announced (NO) </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.3.OpenOffice.org in three SA languages for Software Freedom Day|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| in three SA languages for Software Freedom Day </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.4.U.K.'s NHS licenses Sun's Java Desktop System|outline">U.K.'s |
| NHS licenses Sun's Java Desktop System </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.5.Novell SA implements wall-to-wall Linux|outline">Novell |
| SA implements wall-to-wall Linux </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.6.(Vietnam) Students get free access to StarOffice software|outline">(Vietnam) |
| Students get free access to StarOffice software </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.7.Sun Deals Desktops Down Under|outline">Sun |
| Deals Desktops Down Under </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.8.OpenOffice.org Team Cautiously Optimistic On AOL Office|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| Team Cautiously Optimistic On AOL Office </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.9.UN body releases desktop Linux guide|outline">UN |
| body releases desktop Linux guide </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.10.LinuxWorld San Francisco Awards|outline">LinuxWorld |
| San Francisco Awards </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.11.New Book: "OpenOffice.org Macros Explained"|outline">New |
| Book: "OpenOffice.org Macros Explained" </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.12.Linux overtakes Mac OS_|outline">Linux |
| overtakes Mac OS? </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#3.13.Desktop Linux offers challenge to "Microsoft world"|outline">Desktop |
| Linux offers challenge to "Microsoft world" </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#4.July 2004|outline">July |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.1.OpenOffice.org learns Welsh|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| learns Welsh </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.2.Canadian university picks Xandros Linux desktop for laptops|outline">Canadian |
| university picks Xandros Linux desktop for laptops </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.3.Press release: Allied Irish Bank Selects Sun Microsystems Java(TM) Desktop System|outline">Press |
| release: Allied Irish Bank Selects Sun Microsystems Java(TM) Desktop |
| System </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.4.The Psychiatry in the County of Aarhus switches to OpenOffice|outline">The |
| Psychiatry in the County of Aarhus switches to OpenOffice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.5.Yatirimlar, Inc|outline">Yatirimlar, |
| Inc </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.6.Gov't unveils open source solutions for SMEs, schools|outline">Gov't |
| unveils open source solutions for SMEs, schools </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.7.HP unveils 4-user computer with OpenOffice.org|outline">HP |
| unveils 4-user computer with OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.8.OpenOffice is a workable and flexible alternative to Microsoft Office|outline">OpenOffice |
| is a workable and flexible alternative to Microsoft Office </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.9.Free online OpenOffice.org support program available|outline">Free |
| online OpenOffice.org support program available </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.10.UK government backed open source CMS supports OOo|outline">UK |
| government backed open source CMS supports OOo </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.11.Replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice|outline">Replace |
| Microsoft Office with OpenOffice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#4.12.Microsoft offers the French 60 per cent off software licences|outline">Microsoft |
| offers the French 60 per cent off software licences </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#5.June 2004|outline">June |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.1.OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.2 - HAKONE|outline">OPENOFFICE.ORG |
| ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.2 - HAKONE </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.2.OOoConv : 10,000 conversions|outline">OOoConv |
| : 10,000 conversions </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.3.Ontario offers Sun's StarOffice to students|outline">Ontario |
| offers Sun's StarOffice to students </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.4.Case Study: Hentzenwerke Publishing switches to Linux|outline">Case |
| Study: Hentzenwerke Publishing switches to Linux </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.5.Sun lands bank deal for Java Desktop System|outline">Sun |
| lands bank deal for Java Desktop System </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.6.Munich Seeks Bids For Municipal Linux Migration|outline">Munich |
| Seeks Bids For Municipal Linux Migration </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.7.City of Treuchtlingen|outline">City |
| of Treuchtlingen </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.8.City of Wolfsburg evaluates Linux Desktop|outline">City |
| of Wolfsburg evaluates Linux Desktop </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.9.France looks to open-source in challenge to Microsoft|outline">France |
| looks to open-source in challenge to Microsoft </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.10.Successful migration to OOo|outline">Successful |
| migration to OOo </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.11.Battle of the giants|outline">Battle |
| of the giants </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.12.PC Gemilang: Linux outsells Windows|outline">PC |
| Gemilang: Linux outsells Windows </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.13.NSW Roads kicks out Exchange for Sun, deploys Mozilla|outline">NSW |
| Roads kicks out Exchange for Sun, deploys Mozilla </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.14.Novell Australia leads global Linux migration, dumps MS Office|outline">Novell |
| Australia leads global Linux migration, dumps MS Office </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.15.StarOffice slashes seat costs|outline">StarOffice |
| slashes seat costs </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.16.OpenOffice.org in 5th FISL (International Open Source Forum) in Brazil|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| in 5th FISL (International Open Source Forum) in Brazil </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.17.EU eGovernment policy-makers encourage the uptake of open document formats|outline">EU |
| eGovernment policy-makers encourage the uptake of open document |
| formats </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#5.18.European Commission's IDA TAC Publishes Recommendations on Open Document Formats.|outline">European |
| Commission's IDA TAC Publishes Recommendations on Open Document |
| Formats. </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#6.May 2004|outline">May |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.1.OOoCon 2004: Call For Papers|outline">OOoCon |
| 2004: Call For Papers </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.2.Hungarian Native-Lang project|outline">Hungarian |
| Native-Lang project </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.3.Azeri Native-Lang project|outline">Azeri |
| Native-Lang project </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.4.Upcoming Native-Lang projects|outline">Upcoming |
| Native-Lang projects </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.5.Linux in action: A public library's success story|outline">Linux |
| in action: A public library's success story </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.6.Brussels embraces OpenOffice.org|outline">Brussels |
| embraces OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.7.Sonneburgh: OpenOffice.org deployment in Rotterdam|outline">Sonneburgh: |
| OpenOffice.org deployment in Rotterdam </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.8.Scottish schools get help with StarOffice|outline">Scottish |
| schools get help with StarOffice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.9.Migration Study: Health First|outline">Migration |
| Study: Health First </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.10.StarOffice: ready for the big time|outline">StarOffice: |
| ready for the big time </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.11.New White Paper about the OpenOffice.org XML File Format|outline">New |
| White Paper about the OpenOffice.org XML File Format </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.12.Article: Programming with the StarOffice 7 Software Development Kit|outline">Article: |
| Programming with the StarOffice 7 Software Development Kit </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.13.Star Wars: StarOffice Vs MS office|outline">Star |
| Wars: StarOffice Vs MS office </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#6.14.Sun-Microsoft deal: Questionable significance for OpenOffice.org|outline">Sun-Microsoft |
| deal: Questionable significance for OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#7.April 2004|outline">April |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.1.New Native-Lang Projects to be created|outline">New |
| Native-Lang Projects to be created </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.2.Talk-shows & Politics|outline">Talk-shows |
| & Politics </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.3.Localizations|outline">Localizations </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.4.Development & Software|outline">Development |
| & Software </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.5.Marketing & Communication|outline">Marketing |
| & Communication </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.6.Wal-Mart teams with Sun on Linux PCs|outline">Wal-Mart |
| teams with Sun on Linux PCs </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.7.OpenOffice.org at Ministry of Health|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| at Ministry of Health </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.8.310,000 copies of Catalan version distributed|outline">310,000 |
| copies of Catalan version distributed </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.9.10,000 Seats in Finance|outline">10,000 |
| Seats in Finance </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.10.The Israeli finance ministry plans to distribute 150,000 copies of OpenOffice|outline">The |
| Israeli finance ministry plans to distribute 150,000 copies of |
| OpenOffice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.11.Gati Limited (India) uses OpenOffice.org|outline">Gati |
| Limited (India) uses OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.12.French OpenOffice.org Add-ons|outline">French |
| OpenOffice.org Add-ons </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#7.13.Linux User & Developer Awards - Best Open Source Project: OpenOffice.org|outline">Linux |
| User & Developer Awards - Best Open Source Project: |
| OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#8.March 2004|outline">March |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.1.OASIS Milestone Reached|outline">OASIS |
| Milestone Reached </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.2.OpenOffice.org BizDev Project|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| BizDev Project </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.3.OpenOffice.org 1.1.1RC3|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| 1.1.1RC3 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.4.OOo 1.1 Portuguese Native-Lang translation|outline">OOo |
| 1.1 Portuguese Native-Lang translation </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.5.FontOOo 1.0|outline">FontOOo |
| 1.0 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.6.OOo Education Mascot Competition|outline">OOo |
| Education Mascot Competition </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.7.Microsoft Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment|outline">Microsoft |
| Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.8.City of Haarlem moving to OpenOffice.org|outline">City |
| of Haarlem moving to OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.9.Singapore Ministry of Education and Argonne National Laboratory Turn To Java(TM) Enterprise System for Dramatic Cost Savings|outline">Singapore |
| Ministry of Education and Argonne National Laboratory Turn To |
| Java(TM) Enterprise System for Dramatic Cost Savings </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.10.City of Lille considering migration to OpenOffice.org|outline">City |
| of Lille considering migration to OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.11.French Officials Eye Open-Source Apps|outline">French |
| Officials Eye Open-Source Apps </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.12.Haryana goes the open-source way with Sun|outline">Haryana |
| goes the open-source way with Sun </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.13.ICICI OneSource Dumps Microsoft Office For Sun|outline">ICICI |
| OneSource Dumps Microsoft Office For Sun </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.14.BharateeyaOO.o Gives Open Office a 'Desi' Push|outline">BharateeyaOO.o |
| Gives Open Office a 'Desi' Push </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.15.Namibian OSS workshop produces Kiswahili dictionary|outline">Namibian |
| OSS workshop produces Kiswahili dictionary </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.16.German distributor sells more than a million copies of Sun's StarOficce|outline">German |
| distributor sells more than a million copies of Sun's StarOficce </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.17.OpenOffice.org Magazine|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| Magazine </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.18.OpenOffice debuts bizdev community|outline">OpenOffice |
| debuts bizdev community </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.19.Pravakta Plug-in for OpenOffice.org 1.1 Writer|outline">Pravakta |
| Plug-in for OpenOffice.org 1.1 Writer </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.20.XML Matters: XML for word processors|outline">XML |
| Matters: XML for word processors </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.21.Microsoft releases OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide|outline">Microsoft |
| releases OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.22.Comments/opinions reg. the OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide|outline">Comments/opinions |
| reg. the OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.23.Microsoft Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment|outline">Microsoft |
| Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.24.Third package announced for PC Gemilang project|outline">Third |
| package announced for PC Gemilang project </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.25.StarOffice takes on Microsoft|outline">StarOffice |
| takes on Microsoft </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.26.Linux Saves Big Money|outline">Linux |
| Saves Big Money </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.27.HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux|outline">HP |
| Starts Pushing Desktop Linux </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.28.Novell to offer users a Windows experience on a Linux desktop|outline">Novell |
| to offer users a Windows experience on a Linux desktop </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#8.29.Life after Microsoft - One firm's complete conversion to open source|outline">Life |
| after Microsoft - One firm's complete conversion to open source </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#9.February 2004|outline">February |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.1.Lao Native-Lang Project announced|outline">Lao |
| Native-Lang Project announced </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.2.Arabic & Hebrew Projects announced|outline">Arabic |
| & Hebrew Projects announced </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.3.Misc Native-Lang Project News|outline">Misc |
| Native-Lang Project News </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.4.Japanese Announcement|outline">Japanese |
| Announcement </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.5.ISO announcment|outline">ISO |
| announcment </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.6.Linux and OpenOffice.org at the City of Paris|outline">Linux |
| and OpenOffice.org at the City of Paris </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.7.Indian insurance company shifts 10,000 desktops to StarOffice|outline">Indian |
| insurance company shifts 10,000 desktops to StarOffice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.8.Apache Forrest Support for OpenOffice.org|outline">Apache |
| Forrest Support for OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.9.OpenOffice.org Flash Intro|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| Flash Intro </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.10.20%25 for OpenOffice.org|outline">20% |
| for OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.11.StarOffice 7 review by PC Magazine|outline">StarOffice |
| 7 review by PC Magazine </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.12.Opening Open Formats with XSLT|outline">Opening |
| Open Formats with XSLT </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.13.Microsoft's Office XML lags on Mac|outline">Microsoft's |
| Office XML lags on Mac </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.14.StarOffice 7 available for Solaris x86|outline">StarOffice |
| 7 available for Solaris x86 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.15.KDE integrates OpenOffice.org|outline">KDE |
| integrates OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.16.Sun Lends Support to OpenOffice.org|outline">Sun |
| Lends Support to OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#9.17.Star Can Save Millions; But Look Before You Leap|outline">Star |
| Can Save Millions; But Look Before You Leap </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#10.January 2004|outline">January |
| 2004 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.1.Texan city runs 'nonemotional' Linux pilot|outline">Texan |
| city runs 'nonemotional' Linux pilot </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.2.Sun touts contract with Office Depot|outline">Sun |
| touts contract with Office Depot </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.3.Norwegian soon to become a native language project!|outline">Norwegian |
| soon to become a native language project! </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.4.Kinko and OpenOffice.org|outline">Kinko |
| and OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.5.Government open source deployments you don't hear about|outline">Government |
| open source deployments you don't hear about </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.6.2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Announced|outline">2003 |
| LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Announced </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.7.OSNews 2003 Awards -- Our Favorites This Year|outline">OSNews |
| 2003 Awards -- Our Favorites This Year </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.8.2003 OSDir Editor's Choice Award|outline">2003 |
| OSDir Editor's Choice Award </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#10.9.Product of the Year 2003|outline">Product |
| of the Year 2003 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#11.December 2003|outline">December |
| 2003 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.1.OpenOffice.org got a new "face"|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| got a new "face" </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.2.Russian Native-Lang Project Announced|outline">Russian |
| Native-Lang Project Announced </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.3.Sun Microsystems launches enterprise support for OpenOffice.org|outline">Sun |
| Microsystems launches enterprise support for OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.4.Scripting Framework is Available|outline">Scripting |
| Framework is Available </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.5.AOL ships PCs with OpenOffice.org based office suite|outline">AOL |
| ships PCs with OpenOffice.org based office suite </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.6.OpenOffice.org reduces the invoice of the police officers|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| reduces the invoice of the police officers </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.7.Retirement Pension Tool for Excel AND OpenOffice.org|outline">Retirement |
| Pension Tool for Excel AND OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.8.UK’s Office of Government Commerce evaluating Sun Java Desktop System|outline">UK’s |
| Office of Government Commerce evaluating Sun Java Desktop System </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.9.More money for patients through OpenOffice.org and Linux|outline">More |
| money for patients through OpenOffice.org and Linux </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.10.Schoolweb Targets 40 Institutions|outline">Schoolweb |
| Targets 40 Institutions </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.11.New Linux distribution "Impi" including OpenOffice.org|outline">New |
| Linux distribution "Impi" including OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.12.Israeli employment agency switches to OpenOffice.org|outline">Israeli |
| employment agency switches to OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.13.Sun lands 500,000 desktop Linux deal|outline">Sun |
| lands 500,000 desktop Linux deal </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.14.Government plans to distribute computers to 5,000 schools nationwide|outline">Government |
| plans to distribute computers to 5,000 schools nationwide </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.15.Microsoft Loses to Linux in Thailand Struggle|outline">Microsoft |
| Loses to Linux in Thailand Struggle </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.16.Sewing machine giant Janome adopts OpenOffice.org|outline">Sewing |
| machine giant Janome adopts OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.17.Victorian government evaluates OpenOffice.org and StarOffice|outline">Victorian |
| government evaluates OpenOffice.org and StarOffice </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#11.18.Study: Save up to 25%25 with open source technologies|outline">Study: |
| Save up to 25% with open source technologies </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 3mm"><FONT SIZE=4><A HREF="#12.November 2003|outline">November |
| 2003 </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.1.API@OOo Newsletter|outline">API@OOo |
| Newsletter </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.2.Sun Java Desktop System ISV/Developer Early Adopter Program|outline">Sun |
| Java Desktop System ISV/Developer Early Adopter Program </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.3.OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| Market Share Analysis </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.4.Denmark urges government support for open source|outline">Denmark |
| urges government support for open source </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.5.International Forwarding Agent Heinz Huber|outline">International |
| Forwarding Agent Heinz Huber </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.6.Midsize German firms say ja to Linux|outline">Midsize |
| German firms say ja to Linux </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.7.OpenOffice.org 1.1 at Italian Schools|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| 1.1 at Italian Schools </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.8.Israel slams the door on Microsoft|outline">Israel |
| slams the door on Microsoft </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.9.Life Insurance Corporation wants to switch to OpenOffice.org|outline">Life |
| Insurance Corporation wants to switch to OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.10.Vietnam embracing open-source products|outline">Vietnam |
| embracing open-source products </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.11.Australia's history archived in OpenOffice.org|outline">Australia's |
| history archived in OpenOffice.org </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.12.Sun shines on NSW government desktops|outline">Sun |
| shines on NSW government desktops </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.13.The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines|outline">The |
| IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.14.Migration Guide by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior|outline">Migration |
| Guide by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.15.OpenOffice.org XML Essentials|outline">OpenOffice.org |
| XML Essentials </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.16.XML Interoperability Test|outline">XML |
| Interoperability Test </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.17.Office 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey - Germany|outline">Office |
| 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey - Germany </A></FONT></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-left: 4.99mm; margin-bottom: 1.99mm"><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#12.18.Office 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey – Switzerland|outline">Office |
| 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey – Switzerland </A></FONT></P> |
| </DIV> |
| <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-top: 4.23mm; page-break-after: avoid"><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="1.October 2004|outline"></A>October 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="1.1.Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer |outline"></A> |
| Replacing FrameMaker with OOo Writer |
| </H2> |
| <P>"I began comparing FrameMaker and Writer when a regular on |
| the OpenOffice.org User's list asked what it would take to give |
| Writer the power of FrameMaker. When I started, I mentally pictured a |
| scale with Microsoft Word on one end and FrameMaker on another, with |
| Writer in the middle, but closer to Microsoft Word. As I proceeded, I |
| found Writer was a much stronger contender than I had expected. At |
| the end of the comparison, I had to conclude that the two products |
| compare quite closely, depending on what features are more important |
| to a given user." |
| <BR><A HREF="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207">http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/04/150207</A> |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="1.2.Germans claim Linux lowers costs|outline"></A> |
| Germans claim Linux lowers costs</H2> |
| <P>"The greatest cost saving opportunities that Soreon Research |
| found were in the adoption of a variety of office applications on |
| work-stations. Over three-years, a 2000-seat organisation would save |
| around €525,000 with office applications, €57,000 with |
| servers, €32,000 with content management systems and €21,000 |
| with databases. For a €1,000,000 budget, the use of |
| OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office would provide a 20 per |
| cent cost advantage."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19006">http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19006</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="1.3.Open approach offers Mindef more choice|outline"></A> |
| Open approach offers Mindef more choice</H2> |
| <P>"The Defence Ministry installs Open-Office, an open source |
| productivity suite, in 5,000 new computers as an alternative to |
| proprietary software.</P> |
| <P>The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) has installed the OpenOffice |
| productivity suite on 5,000 new desktop computers. This move is aimed |
| at giving employees in the ministry an additional choice in |
| productivity software. It will also help Mindef make 'significant' |
| savings in terms of capital costs."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/news/story/0,5104,2868,00.html">http://computertimes.asiaone.com.sg/news/story/0,5104,2868,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="1.4.Ballmer calls for horse-based attack on Star Office|outline"></A> |
| Ballmer calls for horse-based attack on Star Office</H2> |
| <P>"In a question and answer session after his closing speech a |
| delegate asked what he should do faced with public sector customers |
| interested in Star Office, Sun's budget rival to Microsoft Office. |
| Ballmer replied: “Email me immediately and we’ll send in |
| the cavalry. I’m joking...but I’m not. There is no reason |
| to lose business to Star Office - it’s as good as what we were |
| shipping seven years ago, it’s not compatible with Microsoft |
| Office and it’s missing key applications like Outlook.”"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/06/ballmer_staroffice_charge/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/06/ballmer_staroffice_charge/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="1.5.Open for Business - The 2004 OfB Choice Awards|outline"></A> |
| Open for Business - The 2004 OfB Choice Awards</H2> |
| <P>"Best Office Suite: OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 OpenOffice.org |
| remains the only serious contender to replace Microsoft Office on |
| Windows or GNU/Linux desktops. There are</P> |
| <P>some competitors, such as Abiword on Windows and GNU/Linux as well |
| as Corel WordPerfect Office on Windows; OpenOffice.org seems to have |
| a unique hold on progress toward offering comprehensive compatibility |
| with Microsoft Office in an interface that should minimize adjustment |
| time for users migrating to it."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=330">http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=330</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.September 2004|outline"></A>September |
| 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.1.OpenOffice.org reveals marketing ambitions|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org reveals marketing ambitions</H2> |
| <P>"The organisation behind the office suite for Linux has |
| released a marketing plan which explains how it plans to promote its |
| open-source product.</P> |
| <P>The developers of OpenOffice.org, the open-source office |
| productivity suite, have unveiled details of a major marketing push |
| to coincide with the OpenOffice.org Conference, which has been taking |
| place in Berlin, Germany, this week."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39167856,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39167856,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.2.Nonprofit brings Linux and open source to Hawaii|outline"></A> |
| Nonprofit brings Linux and open source to Hawaii</H2> |
| <P>"Schools in Hawaii, affected by lean budgets like many other |
| US states this year, are upgrading their computer systems with help |
| from the open source community and Linux. A local nonprofit, the |
| Oahu-based Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation (HOSEF), has |
| supplied over a dozen Hawaiian schools with computers "recycled" |
| with the Linux operating system and raised awareness of open source |
| software (OSS). |
| </P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>"We have an obligation to reciprocate that which we receive, |
| if possible. OSS (open source software) has been very good to me. I |
| have used it to help employers save money. I have used |
| [Openoffice.org] for my college degrees, and I use it daily on my |
| computers. If I can take my entrepreneurial, economic, and business |
| interests and channel my passion for OSS through them, then I |
| should," Belford enthuses."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6201542989.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6201542989.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.3.UK charity builds Linux network on a shoestring|outline"></A> |
| UK charity builds Linux network on a shoestring</H2> |
| <P>"Homeless charity Alone in London spent less than £2,000 |
| to set up a network of 30 PCs from scratch, compared to a |
| similar-sized charity which spent £30,000 on building a network |
| using proprietary solutions and new PCs, according to James Holland, |
| who ran the project at Alone in London.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>The only other cost was less than £250 for the cable, |
| connectors, crimper and switches of the network infrastructure - in |
| total, the network cost under £2,000. The PCs on the network |
| run Red Hat Linux 9, OpenOffice, Evolution for email and Mozilla for |
| browsing, saving Alone in London further costs on licences for |
| desktop applications."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39166840,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39166840,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.4.NSW opens door to Linux offers|outline"></A> |
| NSW opens door to Linux offers</H2> |
| <P>"THE NSW Department of Commerce has released its eagerly |
| anticipated Linux tender, calling for a panel of suppliers to provide |
| enterprise-level software and services for government agencies. The |
| contract, reportedly worth $40 million, is seen as a major step |
| forward for open source lobbyists, as it requests suppliers to |
| provide Linux software for both desktop and server environments.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>In keeping with the NSW government’s push for openness |
| within its IT environment, the tender document states submissions can |
| be lodged in file formats that can be read by |
| OpenOffice.org/StarOffice Write and Microsoft Word."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10916500%255E15306,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10916500%255E15306,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.5.Leading Edge Forum Report 2004 - Open Source: Open for Business|outline"></A> |
| Leading Edge Forum Report 2004 - Open Source: Open for Business</H2> |
| <P>"Desktop software such as OpenOffice, while still reaching |
| maturity, could offer significant savings for large organizations. |
| Office suite software can cost roughly $300 per seat—or $3 |
| million in an organization of 10,000 people. That creates real |
| savings when going to acquisition costs of $0.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Meanwhile, OpenOffice has climbed to a 14 percent share of the |
| large enterprise office systems market. Microsoft, however, still |
| holds a 94 percent share of the overall office market. "It is a |
| David and Goliath story, to be sure," the report says, "but |
| David is getting stronger.""</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.csc.com/features/2004/48.shtml">http://www.csc.com/features/2004/48.shtml</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.csc.com/features/2004/49.shtml">http://www.csc.com/features/2004/49.shtml</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.6.Linux growing on SMB desktops: Yankee Group|outline"></A> |
| Linux growing on SMB desktops: Yankee Group</H2> |
| <P>"Pay attention to the less-than-20-employee size market |
| segment because that is where the early Linux versus Windows desktop |
| wars will play out, she said. The very small business segment shows |
| the greatest interest in Linux desktop adoption in the next 12 or |
| more months (at 10 per cent), outpacing the intent of larger SMBs by |
| four to six percentage points.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>But YG also said SMBs ought to consider Linux as an alternative, |
| lower cost desktop OS to Windows. The price of a Linux-loaded system |
| with, for example, Sun's StarOffice productivity suite will be less |
| than a system preloaded with a Windows operating system and Microsoft |
| Office."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.integratedmar.com/ecl-usa/story.cfm?item=18755">http://www.integratedmar.com/ecl-usa/story.cfm?item=18755</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.7.'Independent' report used MS-sourced data to trash OSS|outline"></A> |
| 'Independent' report used MS-sourced data to trash OSS</H2> |
| <P>"Microsoft, incidentally, has a long and inglorious history |
| of reverse-process studies (i.e. starting with the conclusions then |
| sourcing the data appropriate for arrival at it). There are many, |
| many examples but we feel this blast from the past is particularly |
| appropriate to current circumstances. Regrettably, the link to Linux |
| Myths no longer works, but it was sort of release 1.0 of Get the |
| Facts."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/09/ms_capgemini_newham_report/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/09/ms_capgemini_newham_report/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.8.OpenOffice.org Conference Presentations|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org Conference Presentations</H2> |
| <P>The OpenOffice.org Conference presentations can be found at:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2004/thursday.html">http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2004/thursday.html</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2004/friday.html">http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2004/friday.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.9.Open Office XML May Satisfy ISO|outline"></A> |
| Open Office XML May Satisfy ISO</H2> |
| <P>"A letter to Sun Microsystems' COO Jonathan Schwartz by the |
| European Commission (EC) this week may set the stage for the |
| International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to adopt the |
| Open Office XML format (also known as OO.o XML) as an ISO standard. |
| If it does, the stamp of approval would mark the largest ever |
| validation of Sun's work on the desktop."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3414101">http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3414101</A></P> |
| <P>Weblog:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/09/24/SmartEC">http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/09/24/SmartEC</A></P> |
| <P>Slashdot story:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/09/27/1111202.shtml?tid=117&tid=102&tid=1&tid=218">http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/09/27/1111202.shtml?tid=117&tid=102&tid=1&tid=218</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.10.UN drive to boost free software|outline"></A> |
| UN drive to boost free software</H2> |
| <P>"The United Nations is holding events across Asia to |
| encourage the region to adopt free and open source software.</P> |
| <P>The UN's International Open Source Network (IOSN) is organising |
| the first annual Software Freedom Day on 28 August, giving out CDs |
| and booklets about the technology."</P> |
| <P>"These include the operating system Linux, OpenOffice, the |
| Mozilla web browser and e-mail project, mySQL database and the Apache |
| web server.</P> |
| <P>Computer users in South Africa are joining in too, and will be |
| able to take their computers to one an "install-fest" |
| station to have free software installed."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3601710.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3601710.stm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.11.OpenOffice Set for Larger African Effort|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice Set for Larger African Effort</H2> |
| <P>"As part of Software Freedom Day, set for August 28, |
| OpenOffice will be translated into three African languages for the |
| first time. After Saturday, the open-source desktop suite will be |
| available to speakers of the South African languages of Zulu, Sepedi |
| and Afrikaans. The new versions have been prepared by |
| Translate.org.za, a South African translation project that spent two |
| years developing the software."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/openoffice-zulu-36172.html">http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/openoffice-zulu-36172.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="2.12.A strong OpenOffice.org community is the key, argues Sun's Danese Cooper|outline"></A> |
| A strong OpenOffice.org community is the key, argues Sun's Danese |
| Cooper</H2> |
| <P>"You may have read some of the articles, blogs, and newsgroup |
| postings about excerpts from Sun's settlement with Microsoft that |
| appear in our SEC filing. The discussion centered around the |
| protection we secured for the StarOffice brand, and implications for |
| the OpenOffice.org community."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;815001838;fp;4;fpid;4">http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;815001838;fp;4;fpid;4</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.August 2004|outline"></A>August 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.1.OpenOffice.org Art Project|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org Art Project</H2> |
| <P>The OpenOffice.org Art Project has been formed to create and |
| maintain an art portfolio for use by all OpenOffice.org projects.</P> |
| <P>Initial and ongoing activities include collating existing |
| OpenOffice.org artwork and liaising with other OpenOffice.org |
| projects that have or need artwork.</P> |
| <P>The Art Project (http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/) web site |
| displays the artwork and graphics in galleries, provides information |
| about licenses, requesting graphics, and how to participate.</P> |
| <P>The Art Project is currently seeking designers and graphical |
| artists to create icons, logos, banners, labels, and fulfill future |
| requests from other OpenOffice.org contributors. The artwork and |
| graphics are to be seen and used throughout the OpenOffice.org |
| product and community.</P> |
| <P>If you are interested, please visit the Art Project web site for |
| further information.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/">http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.2.Norwegian Native-Lang Project announced (NO)|outline"></A> |
| Norwegian Native-Lang Project announced (NO)</H2> |
| <P>"We are very pleased to announce the opening of the Norwegian |
| Native-Lang Project (http://no.openoffice.org) led by Gaute Hvoslef |
| Kvalnes. This project is an offspring of the prestigious Skolelinux |
| community who is a major player in many fields of the Free and Open |
| Source Software thanks to its Linux distribution, its solution |
| platform and its community.</P> |
| <P>The localization of OpenOffice.org to the Norwegian languages |
| Bokmål and Nynorsk has resulted in many schools and |
| institutions using OpenOffice.org. This in turn has led to several |
| providers offering books, courses and other teaching materials. As |
| OpenOffice.org is becoming very popular among Norwegian speakers, the |
| Native-Lang Confederation is greeting an important new member in its |
| family.</P> |
| <P>Good luck to the Norwegian Native-Lang Project!"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=13">http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=13</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.3.OpenOffice.org in three SA languages for Software Freedom Day|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org in three SA languages for Software Freedom Day</H2> |
| <P>"In celebration of this weekend's global Software Freedom |
| Day, Translate.org.za is planning the release of the OpenOffice.org |
| suite in three South African languages. The popular free software |
| office suite will be available in Zulu, Afrikaans and Sepedi. Tswana |
| is also included but in beta form."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=327">http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=327</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.4.U.K.'s NHS licenses Sun's Java Desktop System|outline"></A> |
| U.K.'s NHS licenses Sun's Java Desktop System</H2> |
| <P>"The U.K.'s National Health Service said this week that it |
| purchased 5,000 licenses for Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java Desktop |
| System (JDS) as an alternative to Windows, in a move that could |
| potentially open the door to greater use of the open-source software |
| by the health agency.</P> |
| <P>The NHS is implementing a $9 billion program to upgrade its ailing |
| IT infrastructure. It began evaluating the potential use of Sun's |
| open-source desktop system last December. JDS includes the company's |
| StarOffice productivity suite, a GNOME desktop and the Mozilla Web |
| browser, which Sun has touted as a comprehensive open-source |
| alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/desktops/story/0,10801,95531,00.html">http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/desktops/story/0,10801,95531,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.5.Novell SA implements wall-to-wall Linux|outline"></A> |
| Novell SA implements wall-to-wall Linux</H2> |
| <P>"Novell has not only become the biggest thing in Linux |
| lately, but the company has taken the decision to implement open |
| source solutions on its internal systems. Novell SA, however, is |
| pioneering this worldwide decision by being the first to implement |
| total wall-to-wall Linux and open source solutions from servers to |
| desktops.</P> |
| <P>The global company recently passed a mandate whereby the company |
| would have to pursue the adoption of OpenOffice across all of its |
| regions. Novell SA, under the leadership of Stafford Masie, has taken |
| it a step further and has decided to implement Linux and open source |
| software across its entire enterprise."</P> |
| <P>""We will be running OpenOffice as our office |
| environment and have loaded all the filters needed to ensure that |
| people can still access and open Microsoft documents. With OpenOffice |
| they can even save these documents as a .doc. We have also |
| implemented SuSE 9 desktops on a Ximian desktop environment and the |
| Evolution e-mail client," states Singh"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2004/0408040805.asp?A=BAP&S=Business Applications&O=FPIN">http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2004/0408040805.asp?A=BAP&S=Business%20Applications&O=FPIN</A></P> |
| <P>Additional reporting:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=319">http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=319</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.6.(Vietnam) Students get free access to StarOffice software|outline"></A> |
| (Vietnam) Students get free access to StarOffice software</H2> |
| <P>"Vietnamese students and teachers can use StarOffice 7 |
| software free-of-charge in compiling documents, calculating, drawing |
| and saving data at home or schools.</P> |
| <P>An agreement to this effect was signed on Monday by Sun |
| Microsystems Director Andrew Lim in charge of South Asian education |
| and research and Vice Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu |
| Luan."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=32&NEWS_ID=114025">http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=32&NEWS_ID=114025</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.7.Sun Deals Desktops Down Under|outline"></A> |
| Sun Deals Desktops Down Under</H2> |
| <P>"Initially, Sun will install its StarOffice software in 1,500 |
| desktops in 120 offices. The goal is to connect up to 3,000 users to |
| the new system. Sun said its future plans include stocking the RTA's |
| back-end infrastructure with its other software products including |
| the Sun Java System Portal Server, Sun Java System Access Manager, |
| Sun Java System Identity Manager and Sun Java System Directory |
| Server Enterprise Edition software."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3397671">http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3397671</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.8.OpenOffice.org Team Cautiously Optimistic On AOL Office|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org Team Cautiously Optimistic On AOL Office</H2> |
| <P>"Members of the OpenOffice.org community are greeting |
| yesterday's announcement of a new version of OpenOffice.org with |
| cautious optimism."</P> |
| <P>"As more product information is revealed about AOL Office, |
| the OpenOffice.org team is sure to get the answers they seek. And |
| the community will get a lesson in the pros and cons of open source |
| commoditization."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004081301526NWDTSW">http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004081301526NWDTSW</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.9.UN body releases desktop Linux guide|outline"></A> |
| UN body releases desktop Linux guide</H2> |
| <P>"A UN-funded organisation has produced a Linux desktop user |
| guide to encourage the take-up of Linux in developing countries.</P> |
| <P>A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a |
| UN-funded organisation, the International Open Source Network (IOSN). |
| The manual has been produced to encourage developing countries to use |
| open-source software. It includes basic information on how to manage |
| files, browse the Web and produce OpenOffice documents on a Linux |
| PC."</P> |
| <P>"The Linux user manual is available online in OpenOffice and |
| PDF format."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39164367,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39164367,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.10.LinuxWorld San Francisco Awards|outline"></A> |
| LinuxWorld San Francisco Awards</H2> |
| <P>"Winners of Product Excellence Awards Announced at LinuxWorld |
| Conference & Expo; Awards recognize the best products and |
| services on the exhibit floor |
| </P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Best Productivity/Business Application<BR>Sun Microsystems: |
| StarOffice and Migration Tools"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040804005205&newsLang=en">http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040804005205&newsLang=en</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.11.New Book: "OpenOffice.org Macros Explained"|outline"></A> |
| New Book: "OpenOffice.org Macros Explained"</H2> |
| <P>"This book provides an introduction to the creation and |
| management of macros in OpenOffice. Numerous examples and |
| explanations demonstrate proper techniques and discuss known problems |
| and solutions. The underlying data structure is discussed and |
| techniques are introduced to evaluate OpenOffice objects, |
| facilitating the use of returned objects in the absence of sufficient |
| documentation."</P> |
| <P>More information about the book can be found at:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pitonyak.org/book/">http://www.pitonyak.org/book/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.12.Linux overtakes Mac OS_|outline"></A> |
| Linux overtakes Mac OS?</H2> |
| <P>"One analyst at IDC believes that this has already happened. |
| "Linux captured the number two spot as desktop operating system |
| in 2003," said IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky in a recent interview.</P> |
| <P>By 2007 IDC estimates that Linux will have 6 per cent of the |
| desktop market in terms of units, Kusnetzky said. "</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9336&Page=1&pagePos=1">http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9336&Page=1&pagePos=1</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="3.13.Desktop Linux offers challenge to "Microsoft world"|outline"></A> |
| Desktop Linux offers challenge to "Microsoft world"</H2> |
| <P>"MIT Technology Review has published an informative article |
| about the current state of Linux on the desktop and the challenge it |
| poses to Microsoft. Wade Roush examines the usage and market share |
| Linux is realizing in the enterprise and public sector worldwide. |
| Reiterating IDC estimates that Linux now claims more desktops |
| worldwide than Apple, the article suggests that Linux's 3 percent |
| market share will double by 2006."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8719735054.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8719735054.html</A></P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.July 2004|outline"></A>July 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.1.OpenOffice.org learns Welsh|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org learns Welsh</H2> |
| <P>"OpenOffice.org, Sun’s open source office software |
| package, is now available in Welsh from Meddal.com. The package |
| includes a word processor, spreadsheet, drawing and presentations |
| package, and a Welsh language spell checker."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/22/mewngofnodi/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/22/mewngofnodi/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.2.Canadian university picks Xandros Linux desktop for laptops|outline"></A> |
| Canadian university picks Xandros Linux desktop for laptops</H2> |
| <P>"Xandros has announced that Canada's Acadia University has |
| selected the Xandros Desktop Operating System (OS) as the Linux |
| offering for its undergraduate program. The Nova Scotia-based |
| facility, credited as the first university in Canada to integrate |
| notebook computers into the curriculum, is offering a customized |
| version of Xandros on Dell D600 laptops through a three year program |
| that is expected to outfit 9,000 laptops to students and faculty."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7130153723.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7130153723.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.3.Press release: Allied Irish Bank Selects Sun Microsystems Java(TM) Desktop System|outline"></A> |
| Press release: Allied Irish Bank Selects Sun Microsystems Java(TM) |
| Desktop System</H2> |
| <P>"Global Trend Continues as One of Ireland's Biggest Banking |
| and Financial Services Groups Turns to Sun's Java(TM) Desktop System |
| for a Secure, Reliable and Affordable Desktop Platform"</P> |
| <P>"Key features of the Java Desktop System include Sun's |
| StarOffice productivity suite, a familiar look and feel and file and |
| printing interoperability."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/06-29-2004/0002201956&EDATE=TUE+Jun+29+2004,+11:33+AM">http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/06-29-2004/0002201956&EDATE=TUE+Jun+29+2004,+11:33+AM</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.4.The Psychiatry in the County of Aarhus switches to OpenOffice|outline"></A> |
| The Psychiatry in the County of Aarhus switches to OpenOffice</H2> |
| <P>"Why OpenOffice? The Psychiatry has to change its office |
| suite as the Corel office |
| </P> |
| <P>suite is no longer supported/upgraded in Danish language and the |
| file exchange format in the public sector is Word97 .DOC format. |
| OpenOffice is an open-component product based on APIs and an |
| XML-based file format. By changing to OpenOffice the Psychiatry saves |
| an initial investment of DKK 4,8 mill. in license expenses to |
| Microsoft Office. During 2004 the IT-department designs new templates |
| and macros, program setup, and plans education, etc. in cooperation |
| with a test group and our superusers. Finally, on 2 February 2004 |
| OpenOffice 1.1.1 in Danish is introduced on all workstations. By Mid |
| May 2004 OpenOffice is the sole office suite in the Psychiatry in the |
| County of Aarhus."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://ph.auh.dk/ookompetence/openoffice_uk.htm">http://ph.auh.dk/ookompetence/openoffice_uk.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.5.Yatirimlar, Inc|outline"></A>Yatirimlar, |
| Inc</H2> |
| <P>"Turkish OpenOffice.org project group (tr.openoffice.org) has |
| announced another success story with Yatirimlar, Inc. Yatirimlar |
| publishes an adjudication newspaper every Monday in Turkish and |
| English, and this newspaper is distributed to thousands of readers |
| throughout Turkey. All the editors work with OpenOffice.org, so we |
| decided to have an interview with Filiz Keskin from Yatirimlar. It |
| can be reached at: tr.openoffice.org/yatirimlar.html (in Turkish)."</P> |
| <P>Source: Görkem Cetin</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.6.Gov't unveils open source solutions for SMEs, schools|outline"></A> |
| Gov't unveils open source solutions for SMEs, schools</H2> |
| <P>" THE ADVANCED Science Technology Institute (ASTI), the |
| research and development arm of the Department of Science and |
| Technology, has developed several open source solutions designed for |
| small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and schools, INQ7.net learned over |
| the weekend. The agency has released the latest version of its Linux |
| desktop system called Bayanihan Linux 3.0, which features a graphical |
| user interface (GUI) similar to Microsoft Windows, according to |
| Chivas Sicam, ASTI senior science specialist.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>However, a CD package is available for 200 pesos. This package |
| contains an OpenOffice suite, a browser, multimedia applications, |
| e-mail software, and a Bluetooth synchronization module, among other |
| items."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.inq7.net/inf/2004/jul/27/inf_1-1.htm">http://www.inq7.net/inf/2004/jul/27/inf_1-1.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.7.HP unveils 4-user computer with OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| HP unveils 4-user computer with OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"HP has introduced a multi-user desktop PC with |
| MandrakeLinux. Dubbed the "441" solution, the concept |
| system can be used by four users simultaneously.</P> |
| <P>This new PC, available from HP for 'emerging markets' targets the |
| education market and ships with productivity applications including |
| OpenOffice.org, educational software, developer tools, and role-based |
| customized graphical user interfaces. The 441 boasts cost savings at |
| 50% of acquisition costs and 65% of maintenance costs, according to |
| the HP website."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3020785172.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3020785172.html</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?action=view&id=310&topic=Open Source">http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?action=view&id=310&topic=Open%20Source</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=316">http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=316</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.8.OpenOffice is a workable and flexible alternative to Microsoft Office|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice is a workable and flexible alternative to Microsoft Office</H2> |
| <P>"All this by way of introduction to my pitch for |
| OpenOffice.org, an open-source software suite that at best is a lot |
| more program than Works and at worst only a little less functional |
| than Microsoft Office.</P> |
| <P>OpenOffice.org, which was popularized as Star Office from Sun |
| Microsystems, is more than adequate for perhaps 95 percent of users. |
| Most interestingly, it is the only free Office-style program that |
| runs on both Windows and Linux, as well as the Macintosh, and its |
| files are mostly (more on that later) compatible with Microsoft |
| Office. You can buy Sun's version, which includes product support, |
| for $79."</P> |
| <P>"Problems with Word are usually pretty simple to fix, but |
| complex formulas in Excel occasionally generate outright spurious |
| results. Setting up a mail list in OO isn't as bonehead simple as it |
| is with Works. A fair number of users would like to see an integrated |
| e-mail program and personal information manager, a la Outlook.</P> |
| <P>But the price is right, and the program is more than adequate for |
| casual users. If you're doing anything complicated, evaluate the |
| program yourself."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-txdolinar3880443jul04,0,5568469.column?coll=ny-news-columnists">http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-txdolinar3880443jul04,0,5568469.column?coll=ny-news-columnists</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.9.Free online OpenOffice.org support program available|outline"></A> |
| Free online OpenOffice.org support program available</H2> |
| <P>"Enfobridge has announced a free support program for the |
| OpenOffice.org application suite, along with the launch of a new |
| website that offers users a way to register for support and download |
| OpenOffice.org software. The program is available to new and existing |
| OpenOffice.org users.</P> |
| <P>Free professional support is available online for up to 30 days, |
| through a trial program from Enfobridge. Through |
| DownloadOpenOffice.org, the company is offering two levels of |
| software support. A free version gives users unlimited access to the |
| online support staff for 30 days, and an extended 90 days support |
| subscription provides 90 days of support for US $13.95."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2978835938.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.10.UK government backed open source CMS supports OOo|outline"></A> |
| UK government backed open source CMS supports OOo</H2> |
| <P>"APLAWS is an Open Source Content Management System developed |
| to assist UK local authorities deliver services online as part of the |
| Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Local e-Government Programme.</P> |
| <P>New Functionality in the latest (July 2004) release:</P> |
| <P>* Allow searching of Word, Excel, PDF and OpenOffice.org |
| attachments</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://aplaws.sourceforge.net/">http://aplaws.sourceforge.net/</A>"</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.11.Replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice|outline"></A> |
| Replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice</H2> |
| <P>"Spend a few days getting familiar with OpenOffice. Pretty |
| soon you'll discover that it has no real liabilities. Begin |
| exchanging documents with customers and friends, and they won't |
| notice the difference. Once everyone in the office is familiar with |
| the programs, you can uninstall MS Office and save yourself a bundle |
| on licensing or renewal fees."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3374141">http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3374141</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="4.12.Microsoft offers the French 60 per cent off software licences|outline"></A> |
| Microsoft offers the French 60 per cent off software licences</H2> |
| <P>"Microsoft has offered a 60 per cent cut off the prices of |
| its licences for three years to the city of Paris. It's a tactic that |
| bore no fruit in Munich when the German city government opted for |
| open-source software on 14,000 desktops earlier this month. Will the |
| software giant be more convincing in Paris and stop the French making |
| the swap? Faced with the possibility of losing the French capital, |
| Gates and chums have opted for the same tactic that they used in |
| Bavaria when confronted with customers making eyes at Linux or |
| OpenOffice: agreeing to take a knife to the cost of licences. |
| According to French daily Libération, in January, Microsoft |
| made an offer to Philipped Schil, the Paris mayoral authorities' |
| director of information technology and systems – an offer |
| cutting licence prices by around 60 per cent for the local |
| government's computers, which meant some 15,000 PCs. In financial |
| terms, the bill for three years would drop from €13.27m to |
| €5.65m. "</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39121786,00.htm">http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39121786,00.htm</A></P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.June 2004|outline"></A>June 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.1.OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.2 - HAKONE|outline"></A> |
| OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 1.1.2 - HAKONE</H2> |
| <P>"18 June, 2004 - 20H00 UTC</P> |
| <P>OpenOffice.org is proud to announce the immediate availability of |
| the new 1.1.2 version of the award-winning open source office suite, |
| codenamed Hakone.</P> |
| <P>This new version is initially available on the Windows |
| (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), GNU/Linux (X86 and PowerPC) and Solaris (SPARC |
| and X86) platforms.</P> |
| <P>In addition to English, builds for Czech, Danish, French, German, |
| Japanese and Slovak are immediately available with other |
| localisations following shortly."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="//servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=206">//servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=206</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.2.OOoConv : 10,000 conversions|outline"></A> |
| OOoConv : 10,000 conversions</H2> |
| <P>OOoConv has passed 10,000 conversions !</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.oooconv.de/">http://www.oooconv.de/</A></P> |
| <P>This is a very nice performance for this tool which has been |
| online since the 1st of January of this year. It was developed by |
| Laurent Godard, and is hosted in Germany thanks to Patrick Prasse who |
| has offered the hosting and the domain name.</P> |
| <P>This tool is now translated into 17 languages with the help of the |
| whole OpenOffice.org community. The highest conversion rate is in the |
| english language (about 40%), however some languages have only been |
| available for a short time.</P> |
| <P>The stats given on the site show a wider use of the convertor from |
| Writer to Word (more than 50%).</P> |
| <P>Many thanks to Laurent Godard for this tool that allow a larger |
| availability of OOo file format, but also to Patrick Prasse, Simon |
| Tosser, Fred Labbe and all the translators.</P> |
| <P>[Submitted by Sophie Gautier]</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.3.Ontario offers Sun's StarOffice to students|outline"></A> |
| Ontario offers Sun's StarOffice to students</H2> |
| <P>"The Ontario Ministry of Education has acquired Star Office 7 |
| licences from Sun Microsystems Canada for all the province's 72 |
| public and Catholic school boards, The Star Office productivity suite |
| is being described as part of a movement to deliver superior |
| technology to students while keeping spending in check. It is the |
| largest- StarOffice 7 delivery in North America, with more than 2.5 |
| million students having access to the alternative office suite on |
| Windows.</P> |
| <P>Schools at all levels have chosen the interoperable Star Office |
| suite instead of more expensive office productivity products because |
| they can re-invest saved funds into other projects for students, the |
| ministry stated.</P> |
| <P>StarOffice software is an open-source based, comprehensive office |
| productivity suite that runs on Solaris, Windows and Linux and is |
| compatible with Microsoft Office file formats. The StarOffice suite |
| has an intuitive interface and includes word processing, spreadsheet, |
| presentation, drawing and database capabilities."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040527.gtsun0527/BNStory/Technology/">http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040527.gtsun0527/BNStory/Technology/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.4.Case Study: Hentzenwerke Publishing switches to Linux|outline"></A> |
| Case Study: Hentzenwerke Publishing switches to Linux</H2> |
| <P>"The third function was to determine if we were going to get |
| hung up with exchanging data with outside entities. As with internal |
| data conversion, this step turned out to be a non-issue. |
| OpenOffice.org reads Microsoft Office files with ease, although we're |
| finding more and more people are sending files in Adobe .PDF format, |
| which is also readable by a variety of open source tools that come |
| standard with popular distributions. And the graphical images that we |
| exchange are also platform-independent."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/05/28/1936211.shtml?tid=132&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94">http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/05/28/1936211.shtml?tid=132&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.5.Sun lands bank deal for Java Desktop System|outline"></A> |
| Sun lands bank deal for Java Desktop System</H2> |
| <P>"Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System (JDS) is to be |
| deployed on 7,500 desktops throughout Allied Irish Bank's (AIB) |
| branches. The network will run the Linux-based JDS software, and the |
| deployment includes the migration of branch applications. The |
| roll-out is planned for next year as part of AIB's New Branch Banking |
| Platform."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computing.co.uk/News/1156272">http://www.computing.co.uk/News/1156272</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1618126,00.asp">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1618126,00.asp</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.6.Munich Seeks Bids For Municipal Linux Migration|outline"></A> |
| Munich Seeks Bids For Municipal Linux Migration</H2> |
| <P>"The city of Munich in Germany will officially kick off its |
| much publicized Linux migration project on July 1 but it remains |
| unclear which vendors will nail the $40 million contract, a spokesman |
| said."</P> |
| <P>"The project entails the migration of 14,000 desktop and |
| notebook computers from Microsoft Windows and Office software to |
| Linux and OpenOffice."</P> |
| <P>"In the same press release, the city said it had entered a |
| pilot project with German applications giant SAP to adapt SAP for |
| OpenOffice."</P> |
| <P>"Meanwhile, Novell announced a major Linux win with another |
| European city even as Munich begins the vendor selection process for |
| its 40,000 seat migration. On Tuesday, Novell's SUSE Linux subsidiary |
| announced it had landed a contract to migrate the server |
| infrastructure of the largest city in Norway " Bergen -- from |
| Unix and Windows servers to a Linux infrastructure based on SUSE |
| Enterprise Server 8 platform. The deal will impact 50,000 users, |
| according to a statement released by SUSE."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.internetwk.com/allStories/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22100148">http://www.internetwk.com/allStories/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22100148</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.7.City of Treuchtlingen|outline"></A>City |
| of Treuchtlingen</H2> |
| <P>The City of Treuchtlingen is using StarOffice in a Sun Ray |
| ultra-thin client environment. The interesting part of the German |
| article below is the link to an end user survey. According to the |
| survey the users are very happy with the new environment. Here is one |
| sample statement from the survey: |
| </P> |
| <P>"Compared with the former equipment (MS Windows |
| NT4/Novell/Zen 1997-2001) I like the new environment</P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <P> 0% absolutely not</P> |
| <P> 25% similarly well</P> |
| <P> 50% better</P> |
| <P> 16,67% I would like to have it at home, too."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2004/6925.html">http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2004/6925.html</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.open-government.org/index.php?id=93">http://www.open-government.org/index.php?id=93</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.8.City of Wolfsburg evaluates Linux Desktop|outline"></A> |
| City of Wolfsburg evaluates Linux Desktop</H2> |
| <P>According to the articles mentioned below the City of Wolfsburg |
| will have 21 employees testing a Linux desktop in parallel to their |
| existing Windows desktop.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pressebox.de/index.php?boxid=20858&sid=searchengine_sid">http://www.pressebox.de/index.php?boxid=20858&sid=searchengine_sid</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.golem.de/0406/31511.html">http://www.golem.de/0406/31511.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.9.France looks to open-source in challenge to Microsoft|outline"></A> |
| France looks to open-source in challenge to Microsoft</H2> |
| <P>"Civil Service Minister Renaud Dutreil told Reuters that |
| France wants to use open-source software providers to resupply part |
| of the almost 1 million state computers under a government |
| cost-cutting drive designed to trim a bulging public deficit. "The |
| competition is open," he said. "My estimate is that we can |
| cut the state software bill at least in half."</P> |
| <P>At stake, in the case of office suite software alone, is about |
| $362.5 million worth of software to be introduced to state computers |
| over three years. Savings on operating systems could be of a similar |
| amount, officials said. "</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,93946,00.html">http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,93946,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.10.Successful migration to OOo|outline"></A> |
| Successful migration to OOo</H2> |
| <P>Summary of article into English from Dutch:</P> |
| <P>The CIBG (Brussels, Belgium) switched about 100 users to |
| OpenOffice.org for practical reasons rather than the basis of |
| ideology. The migration went smoothly.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cibg.irisnet.be/ci/NL/Supports/Communicatie/Press">http://www.cibg.irisnet.be/ci/NL/Supports/Communicatie/Press</A> |
| (Dutch)</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.11.Battle of the giants|outline"></A>Battle |
| of the giants</H2> |
| <P>"COMPUTER giants Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are battling |
| it out for dominance in the Hungarian education sector.</P> |
| <P>On May 4, Sun announced that it had concluded a deal with the |
| Hungarian Education Ministry which would make the application suite |
| StarOffice 7 available for free to staff and students at all of |
| Hungary's 5,500 schools and 67 higher education institutions.</P> |
| <P>The program has previously operated successfully in other |
| countries, but has only now been introduced in Hungary."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId={7DB0F14CAE8349C590672A6DBDC6A5C5}&From">http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId=%7B7DB0F14CAE8349C590672A6DBDC6A5C5%7D&From</A>=</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.12.PC Gemilang: Linux outsells Windows|outline"></A> |
| PC Gemilang: Linux outsells Windows</H2> |
| <P>" Ten thousand PC Gemilang units were sold in the first few |
| months following the brand’s debut, of which more than 7,000 |
| were Linux-based machines. Pikom said the Linux PC generated the |
| highest demand due to its attractive price. |
| </P> |
| <P>The PC Gemilang project was kicked off in March with two models: A |
| RM988 PC running a Linux-based operating system and bundled with the |
| OpenOffice productivity suite; and a RM1,147 desktop with the Bahasa |
| Malaysia version of the Microsoft Windows XP operating system and |
| Works Suite 2004."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/6/23/technology/8282356&sec=technology">http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/6/23/technology/8282356&sec=technology</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.13.NSW Roads kicks out Exchange for Sun, deploys Mozilla|outline"></A> |
| NSW Roads kicks out Exchange for Sun, deploys Mozilla</H2> |
| <P>"The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) will migrate 1500 |
| users across 120 offices from Microsoft Exchange to Sun’s Java |
| Enterprise System messaging and calendar servers for e-mail and |
| calendaring.</P> |
| <P>As part of the contract, the RTA will also deploy Sun’s |
| Staroffice productivity suite for wordprocessing, spreadsheets and |
| presentation development; the open source Mozilla browser will be |
| used for accessing e-mail and calendar information."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;148604439;fp;16;fpid;0">http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;148604439;fp;16;fpid;0</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.14.Novell Australia leads global Linux migration, dumps MS Office|outline"></A> |
| Novell Australia leads global Linux migration, dumps MS Office</H2> |
| <P>"The migration, which will see staff across the globe using |
| SuSE Linux systems running OpenOffice, is partly motivated by broader |
| commercial concerns."</P> |
| <P>"However, Novell Asia Pacific CIO Sam Gennaoui said that |
| there was also a basic financial argument for the shift. "We are |
| like any other company; we still have ROIs to deliver," he |
| said."</P> |
| <P>"Around 90 per cent all of the company's 350 Asia-Pacific |
| staff, half of whom are based in Australia, have started using |
| OpenOffice as a replacement for Microsoft's Office suite.</P> |
| <P>Reaction so far has been positive. "There always tends to be |
| some pushback from users, but there's a sense of willingness to |
| embrace the new technology," Gennaoui said. The local operation |
| is "way ahead of the movement" in the rest of Novell, he |
| added. "We have a smaller base of users and we're more |
| flexible."</P> |
| <P>Novell has also developed a number of custom enhancements to |
| OpenOffice to help migrate common internal document templates. The |
| source code for those enhancements will be made available to the |
| broader OpenOffice community."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;526044789;fp;16;fpid;0">http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;526044789;fp;16;fpid;0</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.15.StarOffice slashes seat costs|outline"></A> |
| StarOffice slashes seat costs</H2> |
| <P>"IT wasn't long ago that Microsoft Office, at $500-plus a |
| seat, was the only option for businesses seeking an integrated office |
| suite. Times are changing, however.</P> |
| <P>Sun Microsystems is slowly winning over large business customers |
| to its StarOffice 7, which costs $50 a user.</P> |
| <P>IDC analyst Megan Dahlgren says Sun's success is based on its |
| reputation for high-quality support, coupled with deep discounting |
| aimed at getting StarOffice widely adopted by government and big |
| business.</P> |
| <P>StarOffice is based on the open-source OpenOffice.org, both of |
| which offer similar functions to Microsoft Office in spreadsheets, |
| word processing and presentations.</P> |
| <P>StarOffice product manager Laurie Wong says Sun Java Desktop is a |
| complete package made up of StarOffice, Ximian Evolution (an Outlook |
| alternative) and the Adabase database.</P> |
| <P>OpenOffice.org and StarOffice claim several technology advantages |
| over Microsoft Office, including the ability to output PDF files from |
| the application without needing extra software, the option of using |
| file formats based on industry-standard XML that are easily readable |
| by other programs, and cross-platform versions of the package for |
| Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris.</P> |
| <P>XML brings an important change in the way office packages work, |
| enabling storage of structured content in a file, allowing the |
| information to be reused easily in other applications.</P> |
| <P>Wong says Microsoft's file format is a binary file wrapped in some |
| XML tags. "It's XML only as long as you use another Microsoft |
| application, or one authorised by the company to read it, which is |
| not in the spirit of XML," he says.</P> |
| <P>In comparison, the OpenOffice.org and StarOffice binary file |
| format is a zipped version of an XML file, allowing other software or |
| users to see the file format in readable XML.</P> |
| <P>Sewing machine maker Janome Australia has found the cost savings |
| of the OpenOffice.org package outweigh the inconvenience of migrating |
| staff away from Microsoft Office, IT manager Scott Langford says.</P> |
| <P>The biggest challenge was educating users to import Microsoft |
| Office documents into the software, he says."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9821373^15382^^nbv^,00.html">http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9821373%5E15382%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.16.OpenOffice.org in 5th FISL (International Open Source Forum) in Brazil|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org in 5th FISL (International Open Source Forum) in |
| Brazil</H2> |
| <P>The coordination of the OOoBr is celebrating the results of its |
| participation in the 5th FISL, held in Porto Alegre, from June 3rd to |
| 5th, 2004.</P> |
| <P>Altogether there were 4 days of activities (one pre-event extra); |
| 3 companies sponsoring the stand of OpenOffice.org.br; 9 hours of |
| panels, meetings and presentations in the pre-event and in the Forum; |
| over 800 users registered in the stand of OooBr, from 23 Brazilian |
| States, Argentina, Uruguay, England, United States, France, Spain and |
| Germany; 100 t-shirts sold in 3 days; 17 raffle winners of books and |
| t-shirts, and 200Kg of food donated by the project, the sponsors and |
| the OOo community to the “Fome Zero” program.</P> |
| <P>More information:</P> |
| <P>[english]<A HREF="/.br/saite/conteudo.php?inc=noticias/ver_noticia&id_aba=57&id_noticia=14">/.br/saite/conteudo.php?inc=noticias/ver_noticia&id_aba=57&id_noticia=14</A></P> |
| <P>[español]<A HREF="/.br/saite/conteudo.php?inc=noticias/ver_noticia&id_aba=57&id_noticia=13">/.br/saite/conteudo.php?inc=noticias/ver_noticia&id_aba=57&id_noticia=13</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.17.EU eGovernment policy-makers encourage the uptake of open document formats|outline"></A> |
| EU eGovernment policy-makers encourage the uptake of open document |
| formats</H2> |
| <P><A HREF="http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&documentID=2387">http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&documentID=2387</A></P> |
| <P>See also:</P> |
| <P>Advantages of the OpenOffice.org XML File Format Used by the |
| StarOffice Office Suite</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/whitepapers/index.html">http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/whitepapers/index.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="5.18.European Commission's IDA TAC Publishes Recommendations on Open Document Formats.|outline"></A> |
| European Commission's IDA TAC Publishes Recommendations on Open |
| Document Formats.</H2> |
| <P>"You can find some of the materials on the EC Web site. Our |
| basic points were first that the Office XML formats are incomplete |
| (no PowerPoint, missing pieces in Excel), second that the licensing |
| terms are kind of scary (our lawyer's acid-tongued comments have been |
| excised from the online papers), third that the OO.o format is much |
| more reusability-oriented, and finally that Microsoft has iron |
| control over every aspect of their XML, while the OO.o format is |
| well on its way to being an OASIS standard."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-06-17-a.html">http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-06-17-a.html</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.May 2004|outline"></A>May 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.1.OOoCon 2004: Call For Papers|outline"></A> |
| OOoCon 2004: Call For Papers</H2> |
| <P>The second worldwide OpenOffice.org is approaching quickly. The |
| conference team is still looking for more speakers, exhibitors and |
| sponsors. Thus, submit your abstracts today!</P> |
| <P><A HREF="//servlets/SummarizeList?listName=announce">//servlets/SummarizeList?listName=announce</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.2.Hungarian Native-Lang project|outline"></A> |
| Hungarian Native-Lang project</H2> |
| <P>The Hungarian Native-Lang project lead by Andras Timar has opened |
| its doors and is already bringing some fresh air to the Confederation |
| by having been the first to implement fully localized webpages to |
| OpenOffice.org and removing the default english links and navbars.</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.3.Azeri Native-Lang project|outline"></A> |
| Azeri Native-Lang project</H2> |
| <P>"Thanks to the mentoring of Charles-H Schulz, Rail Aliev and |
| Gorkem Cetin, The Azeri project lead by Emin Husyenov has started to |
| work rather quickly after his setup phase and is now almost |
| completed.</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.4.Upcoming Native-Lang projects|outline"></A> |
| Upcoming Native-Lang projects</H2> |
| <P>Bengali (bn) and Croatian (hr) Native-Lang Projects to be soon set |
| up; Armenian (am) and Ukrainian Projects in queue, but they should |
| follow soon after Louis has checked the necessary steps with them. |
| More on the reform of the Native-Lang Confederation, and the common |
| development of right-to-left (RTL) lanuages (currently focused on |
| Thai, Arabic and Hebrew) in the Native-Lang newsletter:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=3143">http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=3143</A></P> |
| <P>Courtesy of Charles-H.Schulz, Native-Lang Confederation</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/">http://native-lang.openoffice.org/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.5.Linux in action: A public library's success story|outline"></A> |
| Linux in action: A public library's success story</H2> |
| <P>"Over the past year, the Howard County (Md.) Public Library |
| has migrated more than 200 public PCs from Windows 98 and Windows NT |
| to Linux. These PCs are used both to surf the Internet and to access |
| the library's catalogues. NewsForge recently spoke with Brian Auger, |
| associate director of the library, and the IT team responsible for |
| the migration. We wanted to learn more about why and how it was |
| accomplished, and how pleased they are with the results.</P> |
| <P>...</P> |
| <P>Using LFS as a starting point, Luis and Mike were able to build a |
| minimal Linux kernel that included only the functionality required by |
| the "kiosk style" machines. They added the Gnome desktop |
| environment, the Mozilla browser, and OpenOffice.org to complete the |
| picture. They call the new distribution "Lumix." It's a |
| combination of their first names, Luis and Mike. By the way, it's |
| pronounced loo-mix, not lummox, which is something else entirely."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://os.newsforge.com/os/04/05/03/1520209.shtml?tid=2&tid=82&tid=94">http://os.newsforge.com/os/04/05/03/1520209.shtml?tid=2&tid=82&tid=94</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.6.Brussels embraces OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Brussels embraces OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>“C.I.R.B has a mission of technological watch driven by the |
| Government of Brussels” says Miss Lökkhana Quaremme, |
| C.I.R.B PR manager, “and will deliver a positioning report |
| about OpenSource opportunities for Local Government Agencies”. |
| The actual feedback seems to be a positive first step.</P> |
| <P>...</P> |
| <P>After a product evaluation period, the 100 users got an dedicated |
| information program, followed by the installation of OpenOffice.org |
| 1.1 on every desktop, and a training. Document templates were |
| migrated and support implemented thru an internal and online F.A.Q.</P> |
| <P>...</P> |
| <P>“We did not face any heavy technical issues, just small |
| details to fix” says finally Miss Lökkhana Quaremme.</P> |
| <P>French article:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.toolinux.com/lininfo/news/news/news20040524005103.htm">http://www.toolinux.com/lininfo/news/news/news20040524005103.htm</A></P> |
| <P>Dutch article:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cibg.irisnet.be/ci/NL/Supports/Communicatie/Press">http://www.cibg.irisnet.be/ci/NL/Supports/Communicatie/Press</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.7.Sonneburgh: OpenOffice.org deployment in Rotterdam|outline"></A> |
| Sonneburgh: OpenOffice.org deployment in Rotterdam</H2> |
| <P>"In 2003 there has been a noticable trend of public |
| organisations considering to migrate (or already migrating) to |
| OpenOffice[.org] (1) . Large-scale examples include the French |
| Ministry of Interior and the city of Munich, but small cases are also |
| common. This paper looks at such a small-scale application in a |
| residential care centre for ill or elderly people, located in |
| Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We look at what has been done and why it |
| makes sense for them to use OpenOffice[.org]."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1799&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-452-470">http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1799&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-452-470</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.8.Scottish schools get help with StarOffice|outline"></A> |
| Scottish schools get help with StarOffice</H2> |
| <P>"The Scottish Executive has signalled a possible move away |
| from Microsoft Office with the signing on Thursday of a deal that |
| will enable it to manage licences for Sun's StarOffice7 suite of |
| office applications.</P> |
| <P>As a result of the deal, any school, college, university or local |
| authority in Scotland will be able to ask the Executive to manage its |
| licences.</P> |
| <P>The Executive has not actually bought any licences -- which are |
| provided at no cost to educational establishments under Sun's |
| StarOffice 7 Education Licensing programme. But the deal will allow |
| it to provide licensing support for 2,833 Scottish schools - which |
| would mean 738,597 students and 50,048 teachers using StarOffice if |
| every</P> |
| <P>school decided to take advantage of the offer."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39153936,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39153936,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.9.Migration Study: Health First|outline"></A> |
| Migration Study: Health First</H2> |
| <P>"There are two big IT projects going on at Health First Inc., |
| and Linux is at the heart of both of them. Health First, a family of |
| Brevard County, Fla., nonprofit health care facilities, is migrating |
| its desktops to OpenOffice[.org] and bringing in many Novell's |
| Nterprise Linux Services. Weaning 6,000 IT users off of Microsoft |
| Office 97 on 3,500 PCs is no small feat. It's manageable, however, if |
| an IT shop takes it one step at a time, according to Danny J. Wall |
| and Daniel Bray, Health First IT network administrators. Their |
| primary pain comes from integrating OpenOffice[.org] with Health |
| First's almost 500 applications.</P> |
| <P>In part 1 of this in-depth migration story, Wall and Bray explain |
| why Health First is backing away from Microsoft Office and choosing |
| OpenOffice[.org]. Next, they describe the OpenOffice[.org] |
| implementation process. Then, in part three, Wall tells us how Health |
| First is bringing in and will be using Novell's new Linux services."</P> |
| <P>Part 1:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci964811,00.html">http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci964811,00.html</A></P> |
| <P>Part 2:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci964821,00.html">http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci964821,00.html</A></P> |
| <P>Part 3:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci964823,00.html">http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid39_gci964823,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.10.StarOffice: ready for the big time|outline"></A> |
| StarOffice: ready for the big time</H2> |
| <P>"StarOffice is already very popular and has become something |
| of a standard on Linux PCs often in the guise of OpenOffice[.org], |
| its open source brother. Sun acquired Star Division GmbH five years |
| ago, with the clear intention of competing directly with Microsoft. |
| It has taken time for Sun to establish a competitive position, |
| though. StarOffice never got strong reviews until version 6, which |
| debuted in early 2002. It is just now in version 7, which is |
| attracting even more attention because of the quality of the |
| release."</P> |
| <P>"For large organizations looking to reduce the costs of the |
| desktop significantly, Star Office looks compelling. Siemens did a |
| trial project to test the Ximian/OpenOffice/Linux combination with |
| office staff in Germany last year. (Open Office has some minor |
| differences to StarOffice, such as fewer fonts and graphics) Siemens |
| concluded that changing to Linux and StarOffice was no more expensive |
| than a Windows upgrade - in terms of training. On top of that, it |
| saved 20 to 30 per cent in administration costs, 50 per cent in |
| hardware costs and 80 per cent in licensing costs. Pretty compelling |
| when you think about it."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/29/staroffice_reaches_maturity/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/29/staroffice_reaches_maturity/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.11.New White Paper about the OpenOffice.org XML File Format|outline"></A> |
| New White Paper about the OpenOffice.org XML File Format</H2> |
| <P>This new white paper explains the advantages of the OpenOffice.org |
| XML file format used by all applications of the StarOffice software. |
| Developers also get a basic introduction to the different tools and |
| resources available for leveraging the XML file format |
| programmatically.</P> |
| <P>The white paper can be found at at: |
| </P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/whitepapers/index.html">http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/whitepapers/index.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.12.Article: Programming with the StarOffice 7 Software Development Kit|outline"></A> |
| Article: Programming with the StarOffice 7 Software Development Kit</H2> |
| <P>"While StarOffice software offers a full-featured office |
| suite, you can make it even better by extending it with the |
| StarOffice Software Development Kit (SDK). You can create customized |
| extensions for your own organization or full-featured plug-ins that |
| other organizations may want to license."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/desktop/reference/techart/staroffice_sdk.html">http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/desktop/reference/techart/staroffice_sdk.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.13.Star Wars: StarOffice Vs MS office|outline"></A> |
| Star Wars: StarOffice Vs MS office</H2> |
| <P>"Mr Pramanik said that StarOffice is fast gaining ground, |
| citing a recent large 10,000 user win from United India and 8,000 |
| units from the Haryana government as an example."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/638623.cms">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/638623.cms</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="6.14.Sun-Microsoft deal: Questionable significance for OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Sun-Microsoft deal: Questionable significance for OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"In January 2001, Corel announced its intentions to spin off |
| its various Linux products and not work on broadening its WordPerfect |
| customer base beyond its existing audience. Now Microsoft has reached |
| an agreement with Sun, settling their $4 billion lawsuit for $1.6 |
| billion. Since Microsoft's total payment to Sun will come to well |
| over 10 times the amount it paid to Corel, I wondered what impact if |
| any this might have on OpenOffice.org? I asked Dr. Louis |
| Suarez-Potts, community mnager for OpenOffice.org and Chair of the |
| Community Council, what the possible repercussions might be for the |
| popular open source office suite."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/19/2117259.shtml?tid=130&tid=82&tid=93">http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/19/2117259.shtml?tid=130&tid=82&tid=93</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.April 2004|outline"></A>April 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.1.New Native-Lang Projects to be created|outline"></A> |
| New Native-Lang Projects to be created</H2> |
| <P>Two new Native-Lang Projects are on their way to be created: The |
| Azeri Project led by Emin Huseynov is at this moment in his pre-set |
| up phase. Emin wanted to start the Localization effort first, but |
| insisted on providing his community a meeting place here on |
| OpenOffice.org. The domain name hasn't been set up yet (no JCA nor |
| ssh keys submitted). However Charles-H. Schulz has spent some times |
| helping out Emin off list and asked Rail Aliev and Görkem Cetin |
| from the Russian and Turkish Project to bring Emin and his community |
| on the right track.</P> |
| <P>Ukrainian Native-Lang Project proposal accepted: Led by Mr Vad V. |
| Mashckoff (Adiel), backed by the Alt Linux Community and OSDN |
| Ukraine, the project will soon start. The Localization effort however |
| is being undertaken by Sergyi Kudryk and will remain a separate |
| initiative on SourceForge.</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.2.Talk-shows & Politics|outline"></A> |
| Talk-shows & Politics</H2> |
| <P>After two months of off list work involving discussions with many |
| native-lang leads, Charles-H. Schulz comes up with what he believes |
| will be the "Next Big Thing" © for the Native-Lang |
| Confederation.</P> |
| <P>Proposal for the Directorates for the Native-Lang Confederation |
| posted and voted on; despite a big majority in favor of the reform |
| Charles-H. Schulz halted the process in order to propose a set of |
| ideas to be implemented that would acknowledge and prevent possible |
| risks of failure.</P> |
| <P>Software Patents not welcomed at all: the Homepage of |
| OpenOffice.org and many native-lang projects as well have displayed |
| their solidarity agains the Software Patents in the European Union. |
| Simon Brouwer, lead of the Dutch (nl) native-lang community launched |
| the momentum and got many followers.</P> |
| <P>Native-Lang Confederation Guidelines revised and augmented by |
| Charles-H. Schulz: new policies on projects'setup and creation |
| processes and dispute settlement policies inside the native-lang |
| projects.</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.3.Localizations|outline"></A>Localizations</H2> |
| <P>Ainu Localization effort started: Despite some cultural issues |
| making the translation of technical terms difficult, the Ainu people |
| will get OpenOffice.org in their own language; Hirano Kazunari, a |
| member of the Japanese Native-lang Project works on it with several |
| other volunteers. Louis proposed to interview the Ainu localization |
| team and sent them questions to the team. The team has answered them |
| so the final interview will soon be published as an article linked |
| from the homepage. |
| </P> |
| <P>Pavel Janik has extracted the Readme files of the upcoming 1.1.2 |
| in order to allow the native-lang projects to translate them and |
| hence provide 100% translated builds in every available language.</P> |
| <P>Many localized 1.1.1 builds released: Prague gets multilingual: |
| French, German, Danish, Turkish, Japanese, Italian and many more |
| available for download.</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.4.Development & Software|outline"></A> |
| Development & Software</H2> |
| <P>OOVirg, FontOO, OOConv get translated in several languages: after |
| having included OOVirg in the OOo software suite, the add-ons family |
| from the Native-Lang projects are getting a widespread use thanks to |
| their translations in several languages. Last to date but not least, |
| OOConv has been translated in Hungarian. Congratulations to their |
| authors and translators!</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.5.Marketing & Communication|outline"></A> |
| Marketing & Communication</H2> |
| <P>Several leads, such as Marko Gronroos (fi) and Davide Dozza (it) |
| expressed the idea to have another web site for marketing and users' |
| support purposes. Albeit the discussion got stopped somewhere, the |
| idea is already implemented in some sense through the many different |
| sites and portals about OOo in specific languages and countries. |
| CollabNet is not that easy to use, after all....</P> |
| <P>German Poster Contest for OpenOffice.org: congratulations to the |
| winners!</P> |
| <P>The OpenOffice.org Schools Project Mascot Competition was won by |
| Andrea Maggioni of Italy. Thanks to Ian Lynch for this contest that |
| was made possible by the OOoEdu initiative |
| </P> |
| <P>(http://marketing.openoffice.org/education/schools/).</P> |
| <P>Live from Japan: The OpenOffice.org's Official Users Guide will be |
| available on the 23rd of April in the bookstores of Japan, thanks to |
| the members of the Japanese Native-Lang Project.</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.6.Wal-Mart teams with Sun on Linux PCs|outline"></A> |
| Wal-Mart teams with Sun on Linux PCs</H2> |
| <P>"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has begun selling PCs manufactured by |
| Microtel Computer Systems Inc. this week featuring Sun Microsystems |
| Inc.'s alternative operating system based on Linux and its StarOffice |
| productivity software, according to Wal-Mart's Web site.</P> |
| <P>Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) is available in Microtel PCs with |
| processors from both Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The |
| systems are being sold on Walmart.com at prices ranging from $298 to |
| $798, depending on configuration."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,91813,00.html">http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,91813,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.7.OpenOffice.org at Ministry of Health|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org at Ministry of Health</H2> |
| <P>By using OpenOffice.org, the Congress of Brazil could save 5 |
| million reals, i.e. 15% of the IT budget. In addition, the Ministry |
| of Health will migrate this year 30% of their computers to free |
| software. Another very interesting initiative: thousand government |
| employees will get training about free software in April so that |
| they can share their knowledge with their colleagues, once the |
| migration has been completed.</P> |
| <P>French Article:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15959.html">http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15959.html</A></P> |
| <P>One of the Spanish source articles explicitly mentions |
| OpenOffice.org and Linux. According to that article Argentina is also |
| not renewing their contracts with Microsoft.</P> |
| <P>Spanish Article:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://softwarelibre.cl/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=311&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0">http://softwarelibre.cl/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=311&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.8.310,000 copies of Catalan version distributed|outline"></A> |
| 310,000 copies of Catalan version distributed</H2> |
| <P>"Next Sunday 25 of April, one of the biggest newspapers in |
| Spain, el Periodico de Catalunya[1] is going to give away for free a |
| copy of a CD-ROM that we at Softcatalà put together with |
| software localised into Catalan. The Catalan government is paying the |
| cost of producing the copies of the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM includes |
| OpenOffice.org 1.1, Abiword, Mozilla, FireFox, and other free |
| software tools and documents localised into Catalan by the people |
| arround the Softcatalà community. Windows and GNU/Linux |
| versions are included.</P> |
| <P>You can see how the CD-ROM looks like at:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.softcatala.org/~jmas/cd.jpg">http://www.softcatala.org/~jmas/cd.jpg</A></P> |
| <P>The newspaper has produced 310.000 copies of the CD-ROM This is |
| the large action never done in Catalonia to distribute free software |
| to end-users. It's so cool to put some many hours of efforts in |
| translation and software developers in the end-users hands!.</P> |
| <P>Regards,</P> |
| <P>Jesús.</P> |
| <P>[1] <A HREF="http://www.elperiodico.es/">http://www.elperiodico.es/</A>”</P> |
| <P>Source: Jesús Corrius (jesus@softcatala.org)</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.9.10,000 Seats in Finance|outline"></A> |
| 10,000 Seats in Finance</H2> |
| <P>"... i am in the middle of a huge OO implementation on a |
| Spanish bank. We are done with the pilot which calls to implement |
| 10.000 OOo suites in a major bank in Spain. Hopefully, within a month |
| I will forward the business case which will be translated into 3 |
| different languages to be used in other countries as an example of OO |
| TCO."</P> |
| <P>Source: aromeo@lared.es (found on the OpenOffice.org marketing |
| list) |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.10.The Israeli finance ministry plans to distribute 150,000 copies of OpenOffice|outline"></A> |
| The Israeli finance ministry plans to distribute 150,000 copies of |
| OpenOffice</H2> |
| <P>"According to the site, the goal of this step, is to |
| encourage free choice, and to lessen the digital gap. It note the |
| need for support of organizations that can help the distribution to |
| the general population using Internet sites, advertising in |
| newspapers and internal distribution within the organizations |
| themselves. There is also a need, according to the site, for training |
| using the Internet and telephone support."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/9576/">http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/9576/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.11.Gati Limited (India) uses OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Gati Limited (India) uses OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Gati Limited – A leader in the express cargo industry |
| in India – is reaping remarkable benefits from its gargantuan |
| 200 man year effort spent in designing its own customized ERP |
| solution, called GEMS (Gati Enterprise Management Solution).</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Describing how Gati has taken the Open Source trend forward, |
| Ravikumar explained, “We have 1000 desktops out of which hardly |
| 10 users are on MS Office. The remaining have migrated to OpenOffice. |
| We are also using iPlanet for our mail server, instead of MS |
| Exchange.”"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=846">http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=846</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.12.French OpenOffice.org Add-ons|outline"></A> |
| French OpenOffice.org Add-ons</H2> |
| <P>"Some new tools are also available in french :</P> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Cart'OOo : a fabulous tutorial assorted with map libraries |
| for the Gallery which allow you to create maps with Draw</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>PincOOo : will allow you to reproduce the style in the same |
| that the brush do it in Microsoft Office</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Multisave : in only one clic, save your documents in the file |
| format of you choice SXW/SXC - PDF - DOC/XLS</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>SHOOo : a PHP class which allow to create a HTML Table and a |
| Calc document from the result of a SQL query or from the content of |
| a PHP table, illustrating the XML file format of OpenOffice.org and |
| how it could be processed out of the suite."</P> |
| </UL> |
| <P>Different web pages with screen shots:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.framasoft.net/rubrique90.html">http://www.framasoft.net/rubrique90.html</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://home.t-online.de/home/gfriege/dmaths/">http://home.t-online.de/home/gfriege/dmaths/</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://soshg.free.fr/cartooo/demo1.htm">http://soshg.free.fr/cartooo/demo1.htm</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://oootools.free.fr/fooox/">http://oootools.free.fr/fooox/</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.jdisoftware.co.uk/pages/epdf-home.php">http://www.jdisoftware.co.uk/pages/epdf-home.php</A></P> |
| <P>Source: Sophie Gautier (<A HREF="mailto:sgauti@firstnet1.com">sgauti@firstnet1.com</A>)</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="7.13.Linux User & Developer Awards - Best Open Source Project: OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Linux User & Developer Awards - Best Open Source Project: |
| OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Linux User & Developer magazine last night announced the |
| winners of this year's prestigious Linux User & Developer Awards |
| at a gala event held in London's Royal Lancaster Hotel. Hosted by |
| comedian and renowned comedy scriptwriter, Barry Cryer, the night was |
| a spectacular success - the biggest and best awards show in the Linux |
| industry. There were 12 panel-nominated award categories, with best |
| Open Source Project going to Sun Microsystems for OpenOffice.org."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.btnsn.com/btnsn/pr_view.asp?id=5276&dt=&cid=8652">http://www.btnsn.com/btnsn/pr_view.asp?id=5276&dt=&cid=8652</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.March 2004|outline"></A>March 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.1.OASIS Milestone Reached|outline"></A> |
| OASIS Milestone Reached</H2> |
| <P>"An important milestone in the evolution of a universal XML |
| file format has been achieved. In a unanimous vote, the OASIS Open |
| Office XML Format TC has formally approved the Open Office |
| Specification 1.0 Draft 12.</P> |
| <P>The completed phase one specification now goes before the OASIS |
| general membership for comment and approval. The discussion period |
| and vote date have yet to be determined."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="//servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgId=1122898">//servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgId=1122898</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.2.OpenOffice.org BizDev Project|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org BizDev Project</H2> |
| <P>"We are proud to announce the opening of the Business |
| Development project of OpenOffice.org (BizDev) The goals of this |
| project are to build a business partners' network around |
| OpenOffice.org .</P> |
| <P>In this regard the BizDev project is the place where commercial |
| leads, and business and consulting information can be discussed. It |
| is a project for services professionals who are looking for |
| customers, projects, and for contributing the way they want. Several |
| companies have already joined the BizDev project. Among them is the |
| Olliance Group, based in Palo Alto, California, a consulting firm |
| pushing the adoption of Open Source Software and open standards in |
| large companies. They believe in this project and think that letting |
| businesses participate and generate wealth around OpenOffice.org is a |
| major asset in today's industry.</P> |
| <P>"We are seeing and hearing a need for a more supportive and |
| integrated approach from the community to address users requirements |
| in deploying Open Source solutions. Creating a project where service |
| providers can present themselves, communicate, and discuss customer’s |
| needs and topics such as “best practices” is a bold, |
| innovative, and needed step by OpenOffice.org” said Andrew |
| Aitken, Managing Partner, Olliance Group, a leading OSS strategic |
| consulting firm.</P> |
| <P>As a first step, the BizDev project volunteers have built a |
| business directory called the Consultants' Directory |
| (http://bizdev.openoffice.org/consultants.html ) where consulting |
| businesses get listed in order to maximize their visibility to the |
| public and the community. This list already provides a large amount |
| of information and is still growing."</P> |
| <P>Source: Charles-H. Schulz (BizDev Project Lead)</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://bizdev.openoffice.org/">http://bizdev.openoffice.org/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.3.OpenOffice.org 1.1.1RC3|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org 1.1.1RC3</H2> |
| <P>"Release Candidate 3 of OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 is ready for |
| download.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="/download/1.1.1rc3/index.html">/download/1.1.1rc3/index.html</A></P> |
| <P>It incorporates numerous bug fixes and is cleaner than RC1. |
| However, we are asking you, the community, to make sure that there |
| are no outstanding issues remaining.</P> |
| <P>Therefore, please download RC3 and test it. If you find any bugs |
| or regressions, file an issue describing it. To learn how to file an |
| issue, visit our QA Project:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html">http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html</A></P> |
| <P>This build is so far in English."</P> |
| <P>Source: Louis Suarez-Potts</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.4.OOo 1.1 Portuguese Native-Lang translation|outline"></A> |
| OOo 1.1 Portuguese Native-Lang translation</H2> |
| <P>The N-L Portuguese team released the OpenOffice.org 1.1 in |
| Portuguese.</P> |
| <P>For about about 4 months we've worked in the glossary and on the |
| HUGE GSI file of OOo1.1. We've faced some problemas with the build, |
| mostly because of the Windows build and some template problems, that |
| Olivier Hallot from the PT-BR Team helped us solve it. For him, one |
| big hug for the important and essential help.</P> |
| <P>Also, the QA released 3 public RC's, on which the last one, had |
| been downloaded in 3 days, 2.000 times for Windows and 400 for Linux.</P> |
| <P>More information can be found here (in Portuguese):</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://pt.openoffice.org/html/ooopt-marketing-pressrelease-1.1f_PT.html">http://pt.openoffice.org/html/ooopt-marketing-pressrelease-1.1f_PT.html</A></P> |
| <P>Source: Louis Suarez-Potts</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.5.FontOOo 1.0|outline"></A>FontOOo 1.0</H2> |
| <P>"Please find here the official announcement of FontOOo 1.0</P> |
| <P>Based on DicOOo principle, this tool let you install free fonts |
| into OOo (no system installation is performed).</P> |
| <P>You'll find FontOOo at: <A HREF="http://oooconv.free.fr/fontooo">http://oooconv.free.fr/fontooo</A></P> |
| <P>This is an official call for testers and translators in the same |
| spirit as DicOOo.</P> |
| <P>For contributing to your native lang translation, please refer to |
| issue</P> |
| <P><A HREF="//issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25372">//issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25372</A></P> |
| <P>Please note also that german team is preparing an HowTo.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.christianmarkgraf.de/ooo/tryouts/FontOOo/fontooo.html">http://www.christianmarkgraf.de/ooo/tryouts/FontOOo/fontooo.html</A></P> |
| <P>Thanks to all translators and hard workers. Especially</P> |
| <P>Kevin Hendricks, Rolf Meyer and Christian Markgraf"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://oooconv.free.fr/fontooo">http://oooconv.free.fr/fontooo</A></P> |
| <P>Source: Laurent Godard</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.6.OOo Education Mascot Competition|outline"></A> |
| OOo Education Mascot Competition</H2> |
| <P>There is a competition to choose the OOo Education mascot!!</P> |
| <P>It only takes a few seconds to vote, and the mascot will help in |
| publicing OOo to schools.</P> |
| <P>Vote here:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/openoffice/mascot/vote.cgi">http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/openoffice/mascot/vote.cgi</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.7.Microsoft Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment|outline"></A> |
| Microsoft Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment</H2> |
| <P>"Forrester's Schadler said his research team recently |
| interviewed officials of 140 major North American companies about |
| their software plans. Of those, 65 are using open-source |
| applications, and 20 are planning to.</P> |
| <P>And 12 of the 140 are using an open-source competitor of Office, |
| known as OpenOffice, while eight are planning to."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6557">http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6557</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.8.City of Haarlem moving to OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| City of Haarlem moving to OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>The city of Haarlem (approx. 150.000 inhabitants) is about to |
| migrate from Office97 to OpenOffice.</P> |
| <P>More information can be found on:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ososs.nl/article.jsp?article=8703">http://www.ososs.nl/article.jsp?article=8703</A> |
| |
| </P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.9.Singapore Ministry of Education and Argonne National Laboratory Turn To Java(TM) Enterprise System for Dramatic Cost Savings|outline"></A> |
| Singapore Ministry of Education and Argonne National Laboratory Turn |
| To Java(TM) Enterprise System for Dramatic Cost Savings</H2> |
| <P>"Coupled with the growing worldwide adoption of Sun's |
| StarOffice(TM) productivity suite, now in use by millions of students |
| and faculty in more than 165,000 school districts, higher education |
| institutions and ministries of education in 21 countries, the |
| compelling advantage of Sun's software solutions is gaining a |
| foothold in the education market. The rapid adoption of StarOffice is |
| fulfilling Sun's vision to equip students and teachers worldwide with |
| access to low-cost office productivity software based on open source |
| technology."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK6.story&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2004/0002120063&EDATE=TUE+Mar+02+2004,+03:01+AM">http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK6.story&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2004/0002120063&EDATE=TUE+Mar+02+2004,+03:01+AM</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.10.City of Lille considering migration to OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| City of Lille considering migration to OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>The City of Lille is requesting proposals for the creation of an |
| OpenOffice.org migration study. French web page:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.lillemetropole.fr/page.php?P=data/services_interactifs/sites_utiles/services/procedures_adaptees/&Item=3293">http://www.lillemetropole.fr/page.php?P=data/services_interactifs/sites_utiles/services/procedures_adaptees/&Item=3293</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.lillemetropole.fr/page.php?P=data/services_interactifs/sites_utiles/">http://www.lillemetropole.fr/page.php?P=data/services_interactifs/sites_utiles/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.11.French Officials Eye Open-Source Apps|outline"></A> |
| French Officials Eye Open-Source Apps</H2> |
| <P>"The French government will install open source software on |
| the desktop as part of Project ADELE, a plan to computerize much of |
| the country's administration by 2007, a government official says."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114759,pg,1,00.asp">http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114759,pg,1,00.asp</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.12.Haryana goes the open-source way with Sun|outline"></A> |
| Haryana goes the open-source way with Sun</H2> |
| <P>"He said the Haryana government had decided to adopt the |
| software because of the 'monopolistic and whimsical behaviour adopted |
| by Microsoft for its Office software.'"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2004/mar/03sun.htm">http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2004/mar/03sun.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.13.ICICI OneSource Dumps Microsoft Office For Sun|outline"></A> |
| ICICI OneSource Dumps Microsoft Office For Sun</H2> |
| <P>[N.B. 1 lak = 100,000. Therefore 72 lakh = 7.2 million. The |
| currency used is rupees]</P> |
| <P>"ICICI OneSource, a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) |
| services provider, has undertaken a bold move of switching its |
| desktops from Microsoft Office to Sun’s StarOffice 7, saving a |
| whopping Rs 72 lakh in the bargain."</P> |
| <P>"Regarding the obvious compatibility qualms that first time |
| users have - as Microsoft Office is by far the established standard |
| used worldwide – Prashanth said, “There are many, but so |
| far we have faced a few with respect to Word and Excel formats when |
| advanced features are employed.”"</P> |
| <P>"Apart from its lower price, another advantage of StarOffice |
| 7 over Microsoft Office is its cross-platform support. Where Office |
| 2003 will run only on Windows 2000 and XP, StarOffice 7 supports |
| Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP, as well as Linux and Solaris. The |
| software offers functionality to enable export to PDF, and the |
| Macromedia Flash format, and supports 10 languages."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=720">http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=720</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.14.BharateeyaOO.o Gives Open Office a 'Desi' Push|outline"></A> |
| BharateeyaOO.o Gives Open Office a 'Desi' Push</H2> |
| <P>"BharateeyaOO.o (BharateeyaOpenOffice.org), a project |
| initiated by Bangalore-based Centre for Development of Advanced |
| Computing (CDAC) - formerly known as NCST – has gained |
| significant headway in making OpenOffice accessible to regional |
| language users in India.</P> |
| <P>The group - founded about two and a half years back – has a |
| primary objective to internationalize and localize OpenOffice, Sun’s |
| Open Source initiative."</P> |
| <P>"The team incorporated Complex Text Layout (CTL) support for |
| Indian Languages into OpenOffice, and Kannada and Telgu versions of |
| the software are next on the agenda."</P> |
| <P>Localisation effort at:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://hi.openoffice.org/">http://hi.openoffice.org</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://ta.openoffice.org/">http://ta.openoffice.org</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ncb.ernet.in/bharateeyaoo">http://www.ncb.ernet.in/bharateeyaoo</A></P> |
| <P>Story at:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=716">http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=716</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.15.Namibian OSS workshop produces Kiswahili dictionary|outline"></A> |
| Namibian OSS workshop produces Kiswahili dictionary</H2> |
| <P>"Kiswahili speakers can now spellcheck documents in their own |
| language. A group of developers taking part in the Africa Source |
| joined forces - and resources - to develop the first-ever Kiswahili |
| dictionary."</P> |
| <P>"During a series of workshops and a skills sharing session at |
| the Africa Source gathering, Githeko and Bailey worked on cleaning up |
| the wordlist and preparing it to create the Kiswahili dictionary. |
| During one of the mid-week sessions the final dictionary was created |
| and released to the world of OpenOffice.org users."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.translate.org.za/">http://www.translate.org.za/</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.tectonic.co.za/default.php?action=view&id=281&topic=Open Source">http://www.tectonic.co.za/default.php?action=view&id=281&topic=Open%20Source</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.16.German distributor sells more than a million copies of Sun's StarOficce|outline"></A> |
| German distributor sells more than a million copies of Sun's |
| StarOficce</H2> |
| <P>"Sun Microsystems says that German OEM software distributor |
| Markement has sold more than one million copies of Sun's StarOffice. |
| The milestone marks more that 40 million copies distributed to date, |
| and puts StarOffice and its open source counterpart, OpenOffice.org, |
| "as one of the most popular choices among consumers, enterprises |
| and governments worldwide," according to the company."</P> |
| <P>"Markement, based in Stuttgart, Germany, sells StarOffice |
| both as a standalone program and as part of its popular PCSuite |
| office bundle. This German productivity package also includes |
| CorelDraw Essentials, Norton Anti-Virus 2004 and Marco Polo |
| TravelRouting Europe 2004, a European travel-planning program."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2163896330.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2163896330.html</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1551056,00.asp">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1551056,00.asp</A></P> |
| <P>Additional reporting:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040318/sfth016_1.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040318/sfth016_1.html</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=744">http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=744</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.17.OpenOffice.org Magazine|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org Magazine</H2> |
| <P>"As I've mentioned before, an OpenOffice.org magazine |
| (one-shot only, not periodical) will be out here in Turkey on |
| Saturday, this week. It mentions OpenOffice.org's most wanted |
| features, along with other practical tutorials about Writer, Calc, |
| Impress, Draw, HTML and Math.</P> |
| <P>You may want to see the cover page on |
| <A HREF="http://www.gorkemcetin.com/kapak.jpg">http://www.gorkemcetin.com/kapak.jpg</A> |
| for informational purposes. It's in Turkish however."</P> |
| <P>Source: Görkem Çetin</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.18.OpenOffice debuts bizdev community|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice debuts bizdev community</H2> |
| <P>"The OpenOffice project has created an online meeting place |
| for developers, consultants and business users of the OpenOffice and |
| Sun's StarOffice office suites.</P> |
| <P>Covering both OpenOffice and Sun's StarOffice the |
| bizdev.openoffice.org site aims build a network and provide a meeting |
| place between all those hoping to develop and use alternatives to |
| Microsoft's Office. As a first step the bizdev group has opened a |
| directory of consultants who specialise in open source office |
| products. The group also allows members to set up their own mailing |
| lists to generate sales leads and possible partnerships."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=54031">http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=54031</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://bizdev.openoffice.org/">http://bizdev.openoffice.org/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.19.Pravakta Plug-in for OpenOffice.org 1.1 Writer|outline"></A> |
| Pravakta Plug-in for OpenOffice.org 1.1 Writer</H2> |
| <P>The Matrubhasha group at CDAC (Formerly NCST) Bangalore India has |
| been working on building Speech Synthesis products for Indian |
| Languages.</P> |
| <P>Pravakta is a speech plug-in that has been developed recently for |
| OpenOffice.org 1.1 Writer.</P> |
| <P>Pravakta can be downloaded from:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ncb.ernet.in/matrubhasha/products.shtml#pravakta">http://www.ncb.ernet.in/matrubhasha/products.shtml#pravakta</A></P> |
| <P>Source: R.K.V.S.Raman (leader of Matrubhasha group at CDAC</P> |
| <P>Bangalore India)</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.20.XML Matters: XML for word processors|outline"></A> |
| XML Matters: XML for word processors</H2> |
| <P>"Free software and XML document formats are a natural |
| pairing. The inherent readability of XML just makes interchange and |
| format specification easier, and the wide availability of XML |
| libraries makes creation of new tools simple. Moreover, looking at |
| these word processor formats has really helped me to see the |
| modularity benefits of namespaces -- when done correctly, namespaces |
| can leverage the work done by many groups of independent developers.</P> |
| <P>However, XML itself only goes so far. For example, Microsoft is |
| also moving towards an XML format for future versions of MS Word; but |
| in contrast to the openness of the OASIS/OpenOffice.org or AbiWord |
| formats, Microsoft is surrounding its format with patent |
| applications, and putting a veil of secrecy around the format |
| variations (plus it uses cryptic tag and attribute names rather than |
| self-documenting ones).</P> |
| <P>XML by itself does not really mean open, but fortunately, the |
| developers of KOffice, AbiWord, and OpenOffice.org have done a |
| generally wonderful job of obtaining openness with XML (albeit, the |
| wild world of community development still leaves occasional impedance |
| mismatches in, for example, DTDs)."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-matters33/">http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-matters33/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.21.Microsoft releases OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide|outline"></A> |
| Microsoft releases OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide</H2> |
| <P>Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/25/1950234.shtml?tid=109">http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/25/1950234.shtml?tid=109</A></P> |
| <P>Microsoft displays fear, uncertainty, and doubt toward |
| OpenOffice.org</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/03/27/0134204.shtml?tid=132&tid=82&tid=93">http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/03/27/0134204.shtml?tid=132&tid=82&tid=93</A></P> |
| <P>Microsoft FUD Machine Aims at OpenOffice.org</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/27/1919256.shtml?tid=109&tid=185&tid=187">http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/27/1919256.shtml?tid=109&tid=185&tid=187</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.22.Comments/opinions reg. the OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide|outline"></A> |
| Comments/opinions reg. the OpenOffice.org 1.1 Competitive Guide</H2> |
| <P>"1. Ease of Use</P> |
| <P>Due to OpenOffice.org's similarity to Microsoft Office most people |
| don't need a lot of retraining. Besides, there is a huge focus on |
| usability for the next major release. On the other hand, |
| OpenOffice.org has some superior tools and concepts like the built-in |
| one-click PDF export, the Navigator and the Stylist.</P> |
| <P>Recently a German computer magazine tested different word |
| processors and came to the conclusion that OpenOffice.org and |
| StarOffice are superior with respect to the creation of long |
| documents like a diploma thesis.</P> |
| <P>With respect to database support, OpenOffice.org provides a |
| powerful database frontend that can be used with many different |
| database systems in the backend. Besides, in many cases the migration |
| to a new desktop platform also turned out to be a good time to |
| consolidate the huge number of hard to maintain local MS Access |
| databases into one web based platform that uses a secure and |
| performant server database in the backend.</P> |
| <P>2. Tailored Solutions</P> |
| <P>Due to the fact that the source code of OpenOffice.org is |
| available for everybody and that the file format for all applications |
| is an open XML file format it is possible to create very tailored |
| solutions based on OpenOffice.org. A list of companies that have |
| already created innovative solutions based on OpenOffice.org can be |
| found on the OpenOffice.org developer web page at |
| </P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://development.openoffice.org/">http://development.openoffice.org/</A>.</P> |
| <P>Integrations and integration prototypes from SAP, FileNet, |
| Software AG and others were demo'd at CeBIT (Hannover, Germany) last |
| week.</P> |
| <P>3. Support When Needed</P> |
| <P>Support for OpenOffice.org is available from large global |
| companies as well as a huge and fast growing number of small local |
| companies. |
| </P> |
| <P>A list of companies providing support can be found at |
| </P> |
| <P><A HREF="/support/index.html">/support/index.html</A> |
| z.B. StarOffice. |
| </P> |
| <P>4. Better and Faster Work</P> |
| <P>Due to the fact that OpenOffice.org and StarOffice are used at |
| many schools and universities less people need retraining simply |
| because they have used OpenOffice.org or StarOffice right from the |
| beginning. At the same time more and more software vendors are |
| integrating their products with OpenOffice.org in order to simplify |
| collaboration. In addition, OpenOffice.org is available on all |
| </P> |
| <P>major desktop platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and |
| Solaris. This includes the open XML file format support.</P> |
| <P>5. Seamless Information Exchange</P> |
| <P>Not only does OpenOffice.org have quickly-improving import and |
| export filters for Microsoft Office, it also supports the creation of |
| popular exchange formats like PDF and Flash out of the box. In |
| addition, OpenOffice.org is available for many operating systems and |
| languages. Recipients of an OpenOffice.org file can simply download |
| the latest version of the software for free in order to open and edit |
| the document. Thus, nobody is forced to buy expensive software.</P> |
| <P>For e-mail based collaboration and calendaring a growing list of |
| products is available including Mozilla, Evolution, Eudora, Glow and |
| others. On the server side there is again the choice between free |
| open source tools like OpenGroupware.org and commercial products like |
| the groupware products from Sun Microsystems and Novell.</P> |
| <P>6. Easier Deployment and Maintenance</P> |
| <P>OpenOffice.org allows an unattended installation via scripts |
| (so-called "reponse files"). In addition multiple vendors |
| provide deployment and mangement solutions for their OpenOffice.org |
| based products. A few examples are the StarOffice Configuration |
| Manager and the Sun Control Station as well as Novell's Red Carpet. |
| In order to minimize migration costs different companies including |
| SCAI and Sun Microsystems are working on migration tools.</P> |
| <P>7. Security</P> |
| <P>The virus issues of the last few months have clearly shown that |
| almost exclusively systems with Windows and MS Office were affected. |
| Although no operating system can guarantee invulnerability regarding |
| virusses, the combination of OpenOffice.org and a non-Windows |
| operating systems has proven to be very secure.</P> |
| <P>8. Investment You Can Trust</P> |
| <P>The OpenOffice.org file format is the basis of the OASIS Open XML |
| File Format which will be used as the default file format in future |
| versions of OpenOffice.org. Therefore, the file format is controlled |
| by a standards body instead of a single vendor. In addition, the |
| availablity of the source code in connection with strong support |
| through the OpenOffice.org community and companies like Sun |
| Microsystems ensure ongoing innovation and improvement."</P> |
| <P>Source: Stephanie Berger, <A HREF="mailto:stephi.berger@gmx.net">stephi.berger@gmx.net</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.23.Microsoft Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment|outline"></A> |
| Microsoft Is Facing Long-Term Adjustment</H2> |
| <P>"Forrester's Schadler said his research team recently |
| interviewed officials of 140 major North American companies about |
| their software plans. Of those, 65 are using open-source |
| applications, and 20 are planning to.</P> |
| <P>And 12 of the 140 are using an open-source competitor of Office, |
| known as OpenOffice, while eight are planning to."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6557">http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6557</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.24.Third package announced for PC Gemilang project|outline"></A> |
| Third package announced for PC Gemilang project</H2> |
| <P>"The Energy, Communications and Multimedia Ministry and the |
| Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia |
| (Pikom) have announced a third package for their PC Gemilang |
| programme, which seeks to make available affordable PCs to the |
| Malaysian public."</P> |
| <P>"The PC Gemilang project, which officially kicks off next |
| Monday, was announced earlier this month with two models: An RM988 |
| (US$260) PC running a Linux-based operating system and bundled with |
| the OpenOffice productivity suite; and an RM1,147 (US$302) desktop |
| with the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Microsoft Windows XP |
| operating system and Works Suite 2004."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/3/12/technology/7525432&sec=technology">http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/3/12/technology/7525432&sec=technology</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/0/954F93F62C284D3F48256E4C00333C91?OpenDocument">http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/0/954F93F62C284D3F48256E4C00333C91?OpenDocument</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5168029.html">http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5168029.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.25.StarOffice takes on Microsoft|outline"></A> |
| StarOffice takes on Microsoft</H2> |
| <P>"Some pundits, including Gartner Dataquest’s Michael |
| Silver, say that one key to the success of StarOffice 7--now |
| available in Linux, Windows and Solaris flavors--is its open XML file |
| structure. Many widely available XML tools--from Sun or not-- can be |
| used to edit files. Plus, it has an inexpensive price tag. Those |
| factors together, he told internetnews.com, could translate into a |
| 10% chunk taken from Microsoft’s currentdominance in the market |
| segment."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pdfzone.com/news/877-PDFzone_news.html">http://www.pdfzone.com/news/877-PDFzone_news.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.26.Linux Saves Big Money|outline"></A>Linux |
| Saves Big Money</H2> |
| <P>"Pittsburgh-based Maronda Homes now runs desktop applications |
| on its 550 PCs with OpenOffice, Linux software downloaded off the Web |
| from www.openoffice.org."</P> |
| <P>"The basic idea is that running OpenOffice is cheaper, and |
| over time the desktop applications will develop," says Mark |
| Piccolo, Maronda's director of management information systems."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/33013.html">http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/33013.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.27.HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux|outline"></A> |
| HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux</H2> |
| <P>"The company is working on a new desktop kit based on the 2.6 |
| Linux kernel that will offer a choice of KDE 3.2, Gnome 2.4 or the |
| house-brand MandrakeGalaxy 2 desktop environments as well as |
| OpenOffice 1.1."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44054.htm">http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44054.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.28.Novell to offer users a Windows experience on a Linux desktop|outline"></A> |
| Novell to offer users a Windows experience on a Linux desktop</H2> |
| <P>"The office productivity package is derived from the open |
| source Openoffice software.</P> |
| <P>Gaines said Novell's plan was to allow users to exchange |
| information easily with Microsoft Office and Exchange."</P> |
| <P>"He said the Ximian Openoffice suite allows users to exchange |
| documents with MS Office. For instance, Powerpoint slides can be run |
| and edited on the Ximian system."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=129147&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=1&liChannelID=126&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1">http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=129147&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=1&liChannelID=126&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="8.29.Life after Microsoft - One firm's complete conversion to open source|outline"></A> |
| Life after Microsoft - One firm's complete conversion to open source</H2> |
| <P>"After a run-in with Microsoft and the BSA, Sterling Ball |
| converted all his company's operations to open-source software. He |
| explains why he'll ever go back to Redmond's products"</P> |
| <P>"But since jettisoning all of Microsoft products three years |
| ago, Ernie Ball has also gained notoriety as a company that dumped |
| most of its proprietary software -- and still lived to tell the |
| tale."</P> |
| <P>"Ball's IT crew settled on a potpourri of open-source |
| software -- Red Hat's version of Linux, the OpenOffice office suite, |
| Mozilla's Web browser -- plus a few proprietary applications that |
| couldn't be duplicated by open source."</P> |
| <P>http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020472,39115887-2,00.htm</P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.February 2004|outline"></A>February |
| 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.1.Lao Native-Lang Project announced|outline"></A> |
| Lao Native-Lang Project announced</H2> |
| <P>"We have the pleasure to announce the opening of the Lao |
| Native-Lang project (http://lo.openoffice.org), led by Mr. Anousak |
| Souphavanh. Thanks to the work of his team, OpenOffice.org has |
| extended its reach up to Laos, a small and beautiful country, |
| birthplace of a magnificient and antique culture."</P> |
| <P>Source: Charles-H. Schulz, Lead of the Native-Lang Confederation</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.2.Arabic & Hebrew Projects announced|outline"></A> |
| Arabic & Hebrew Projects announced</H2> |
| <P>"Today we have the pleasure to announce the opening of the |
| Arabic and Hebrew Native-Lang projects. The Arabic Project |
| (http://ar.openoffice.org) is led by Mr Khayat and backed by the |
| Arabeyes free-software community, an important player and supporter |
| of free software and OpenOffice.org in the Arabic world. The Hebrew |
| project has been created by Tkos, an Israeli company who is also in |
| charge of localizing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice but who managed to |
| set up a real and lively community of users, developers and |
| marketers.</P> |
| <P>These two projects show the growing influence of OpenOffice.org in |
| the Middle-East and we are delighted that such prestigious cultures |
| and people have adopted OpenOffice.org as their free and open |
| productivity suite .</P> |
| <P>Source: Charles-H. Schulz, Lead of the Native-Lang Confederation</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.3.Misc Native-Lang Project News|outline"></A> |
| Misc Native-Lang Project News</H2> |
| <P>On Saturday the 7th of February, the Native-Lang Confederation has |
| seen four new projects' proposals who have all been accepted in due |
| time and are currently in setup phase:</P> |
| <P>-The Armenian native-lang project</P> |
| <P>-The Hungarian native-lang project</P> |
| <P>-The Norwegian native-lang project</P> |
| <P>-The Sango native-lang project (from Central Africa).</P> |
| <P>This day has marked the highest growth rate for the Native-Lang |
| Confederation and brings potentially ten of thousands of |
| OpenOffice.org users and hundreds of volunteers to our community.</P> |
| <P>Source: Charles-H. Schulz, Lead of the Native-Lang Confederation</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.4.Japanese Announcement|outline"></A>Japanese |
| Announcement</H2> |
| <P>The Japanese Language Project have launched a web-based message |
| board for help regarding OpenOffice.org. The system is also linked |
| to a mailing list providing further options for access. More |
| information at the Japanese Language Project: |
| http://ja.openoffice.org/</P> |
| <P>Courtesy of Takaaki Higuchi (www.linux.or.jp, |
| www.freestandards.org, sun.co.jp)</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.5.ISO announcment|outline"></A>ISO |
| announcment</H2> |
| <P>There is a new OpenOffice.org ISO available for download. The |
| main changes are to the MacOS X version, where both 1.0.3 and 1.1.0 |
| versions are now included. It can be found in the /contrib/iso/1.1.0 |
| of any OOo download mirror. Go to // to find |
| download sites.</P> |
| <P>Courtesy of Alex Fisher, co-lead CD-ROM project |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.6.Linux and OpenOffice.org at the City of Paris|outline"></A> |
| Linux and OpenOffice.org at the City of Paris</H2> |
| <P>According to the article below the system integrator Unilog got |
| the task to create a report for the government that eveluates the |
| usage of Linux and OpenOffice.org on the 17,000 PC's at the City of |
| Paris. The French government is envisaging to migrate 5-15% of all |
| PC's to open source technologies.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.clubic.com/n/n11557.html">http://www.clubic.com/n/n11557.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.7.Indian insurance company shifts 10,000 desktops to StarOffice|outline"></A> |
| Indian insurance company shifts 10,000 desktops to StarOffice</H2> |
| <P>"India's second largest insurer, United India Insurance |
| Company, is moving 10,000 desktops to Sun Microsystems' office suite |
| StarOffice.</P> |
| <P>A media release from Sun quoted UIIC's IT assistant general |
| manager S.M. Victor John as saying the insurer had selected |
| StarOffice 7 software because it matched the company's technical |
| specifications and was competitively priced."</P> |
| <P>"A Sun spokesperson said the 10,000 desktops being replaced |
| were running mostly Office 95. "One of the reasons why UIIC |
| chose StarOffice is due to cost savings. StarOffice only costs |
| anywhere from $25-$60 for enterprises while Microsoft Office sells |
| their Office suite for hundreds of dollars," the spokesperson |
| said.</P> |
| <P>"StarOffice's functionality and compatibility to Microsoft |
| Office was also a major factor in the decision as well as |
| multi-platform support - Linux, Solaris, Windows - for greater |
| flexibility and choice."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854037075.html">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854037075.html</A></P> |
| <P>Aust users back desktop Linux</P> |
| <P>"A newly-conducted survey of Australian and New Zealand tech |
| users has lent weight to Linux' desktop prospects, with more than |
| three-quarters of respondents saying it will improve its strength in |
| the area.</P> |
| <P>The survey -- conducted by tech expert Graeme Philipson in |
| February -- found that almost two-thirds (61.3 percent) believed the |
| open-source operating system would get "a little" stronger |
| on the desktop, while 22.5 percent said it would get "a lot" |
| stronger. |
| </P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Smith attributes the popularity of Linux in business use to the |
| management and security advantages a company has when using the |
| system, making it the main alternative to proprietary operating |
| systems.</P> |
| <P>"On Linux a company or organisation has full control over |
| their IT" said Smith, adding: "There are practically no |
| Linux viruses to be worried about and any patches are developed |
| incredibly fast and available immediately". "</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39116120,00.htm">http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39116120,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.8.Apache Forrest Support for OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Apache Forrest Support for OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Forrest is an XML standards-oriented project documentation |
| framework based on Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT stylesheets and |
| schemas, images and other resources. Forrest uses these to render the |
| XML source content into a website via command-line, robot, or a |
| dynamic web application."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://xml.apache.org/forrest">http://xml.apache.org/forrest</A></P> |
| <P>"Apache Forrest supports OpenOffice.org 1.1 Writer documents |
| as source documents. Generally every OpenOffice.org Writer document |
| can be used as source file but if you want support for all elements |
| the documentv12.dtd supports you have to use template names which are |
| supported during the transformation process."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/oowriter.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/oowriter.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.9.OpenOffice.org Flash Intro|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org Flash Intro</H2> |
| <P>"Finally got around to applying the [GNU Free Documentation |
| License (FDL)] to the OOo 1.1 Flash intro, so everyone who has Flash |
| MX 2004 can now make their own versions (translated, etc).</P> |
| <P>At some point we should create a nice description page, but we |
| haven't done that just yet.</P> |
| <P>The source Flash file for the OOo 1.1 Intro is here:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.digitaldistribution.com/community/goodwilltoallmankind/ooo11_intro_en_001.fla">http://www.digitaldistribution.com/community/goodwilltoallmankind/ooo11_intro_en_001.fla</A></P> |
| <P>A Flash intro generated from it is here:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.digitaldistribution.com/community/goodwilltoallmankind/ooointro11en.swf">http://www.digitaldistribution.com/community/goodwilltoallmankind/ooointro11en.swf</A></P> |
| <P>Those URLS should all be on one line, but may have wrapped due to |
| text |
| </P> |
| <P>formatting.</P> |
| <P>Hope this helps the native lang teams especially. Would someone |
| also be |
| </P> |
| <P>ok to let them know about this, as I'm not on any of their mailing |
| </P> |
| <P>list(s) just yet? " |
| </P> |
| <P>(Source: <A HREF="mailto:marketing@openoffice.apache.org">marketing@openoffice.apache.org</A>)</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.10.20% for OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| 20% for OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"However, an upstart open-source productivity suite also made |
| a strong showing this year among our readers. Twenty percent of our |
| readers proclaimed OpenOffice 1.1 as the top small business |
| productivity suite, which just goes to show that smaller companies |
| are also open to the idea of Linux on the desktop. Available for free |
| to Windows, Linux, and Mac users, all the open-source community asks |
| is that programmers pass along any improvements they make to the |
| source code. (Read our review.)"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/3300821">http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/3300821</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.11.StarOffice 7 review by PC Magazine|outline"></A> |
| StarOffice 7 review by PC Magazine</H2> |
| <P>"Can Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 7 supplant Microsoft Office |
| on your desktop? With previous versions being slow and buggy, you'd |
| probably answer no. But the speed, power, and simplicity of the |
| latest version—combined with its minuscule price ($79.95 |
| direct)—may change your mind. It's certainly worth a look for |
| budget-constrained government or enterprise buyers, as well as small |
| businesses and individual users who need to buy an office suite with |
| their own money. And attention education buyers: Sun will send you |
| the software for just the cost of the media and shipping."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1440803,00.asp">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1440803,00.asp</A></P> |
| <P>English Documenation for Perl/OODoc Module available</P> |
| <P>"Perl/OODoc modules provide an object-oriented interface for |
| reading and editing of OpenOffice.org documents by Perl programs |
| without having to use OpenOffice.org or StarOfficeTM directly.</P> |
| <P>Their objective is to offer programmers a concise and reasonably |
| high-level language, allowing the manipulation of document objects |
| without having to know the details of data representation used in |
| OpenOffice.org files or of XML programming interfaces."</P> |
| <P>http://www.genicorp.fr/devel/oodoc/</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.12.Opening Open Formats with XSLT|outline"></A> |
| Opening Open Formats with XSLT</H2> |
| <P>"In Jon Udell's keynote speech at the conference, he |
| mentioned that the only Microsoft Office 2003 application that would |
| lack an XML output option was the mail program, but he forgot another |
| one, PowerPoint. I was looking forward to some sort of Save As XML |
| feature in PowerPoint so that I could create the kind of speaker |
| notes that I like from XML versions of PowerPoint presentations, and |
| it looks like I won't get this ability for a while, at least not |
| directly from Microsoft.</P> |
| <P>I decided to try it with OpenOffice, the free, open source, |
| multi-platform office application suite. Once I saw the XML that its |
| slide presentation program created, it took me less time to write a |
| stylesheet that did exactly what I wanted than it took to download |
| OpenOffice over the conference hotel's T1 line."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/02/04/tr-xml.html">http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/02/04/tr-xml.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.13.Microsoft's Office XML lags on Mac|outline"></A> |
| Microsoft's Office XML lags on Mac</H2> |
| <P>"Microsoft is readying a new version of Office for Macintosh |
| for release in the first half of 2004 — one which doesn’t |
| support many of the much-touted XML features of its Windows cousin, |
| Office 2003."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/6E0DEE420F766E7ECC256E21007B9E28?OpenDocument">http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/6E0DEE420F766E7ECC256E21007B9E28?OpenDocument</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.14.StarOffice 7 available for Solaris x86|outline"></A> |
| StarOffice 7 available for Solaris x86</H2> |
| <P>"Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq: SUNW - News) the creator |
| and leading advocate of Java(TM) technology, today announced that its |
| StarOffice(TM) 7 software, an open-source based, comprehensive, |
| multi-platform office productivity suite, is available immediately |
| for the growing enterprise-class Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) |
| x86 Platform Edition. Customers seeking a proven, alternative desktop |
| solution can now benefit from the familiar UNIX® environment and |
| the reliable, highly available, scalable and predictable Solaris OS |
| on their x86 systems."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040204/sfw076_1.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040204/sfw076_1.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.15.KDE integrates OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| KDE integrates OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"In this interview, Jan Holesovsky, author and leader of the |
| KDE.OpenOffice.org project, now employed by SUSE, gives us a glimpse |
| of what to expect in terms of OpenOffice.org integration on your KDE |
| desktop."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://dot.kde.org/1075705744/">http://dot.kde.org/1075705744/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.16.Sun Lends Support to OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Sun Lends Support to OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Sun Microsystems now offers Sun Software Support services to |
| openoffice.org customers. According to Chris van Niekerk, regional |
| support manager, Sun Microsystems SA, this move enhances the |
| company's current support for the StarOffice productivity suite, and |
| provides customers with additional choice and opportunity to reduce |
| costs."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114616,00.asp">http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114616,00.asp</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/openoffice/">http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/openoffice/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="9.17.Star Can Save Millions; But Look Before You Leap|outline"></A> |
| Star Can Save Millions; But Look Before You Leap</H2> |
| <P>"Speaking to CXOtoday, K.P. Unnikrishnan, country head – |
| marketing, Sun Microsystems India, said, "For an enterprise, |
| with lets say 100 desktops, Star Office 7 would cost around Rs 4,680 |
| per license, as against Rs 14,000 per license for Microsoft Office |
| 2003."</P> |
| <P>In CIO lingo, this would translate into a budgetary saving of |
| approximately 65 %, as Sun’s office suite costs roughly 1/3 rd |
| of its Microsoft counterpart. "</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=632">http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&subsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=632</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.January 2004|outline"></A>January |
| 2004</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.1.Texan city runs 'nonemotional' Linux pilot|outline"></A> |
| Texan city runs 'nonemotional' Linux pilot</H2> |
| <P>"For the Linux desktop, Austin technicians are "just |
| trying to make it actually function in our world," Collins said, |
| but OpenOffice has made it further. It's running on about 30 Windows |
| computers, including Collins' own, and he plans to expand the test to |
| more sophisticated computer users soon.</P> |
| <P>"I forgot I was using it... everything I need to do I can |
| do," Collins said, though he noted that he chiefly needs only |
| basic features.</P> |
| <P>Austin has about 6,000 Windows computers, 5,200 of which are |
| covered by a Microsoft enterprise software support agreement that |
| expires at the end of 2004, Collins said. That agreement cost more |
| than $3m.</P> |
| <P>It's likely that by using OpenOffice on his own department's |
| computers, he will be able to move about 100 Microsoft Office |
| licences to other computer users who need it without having to pay |
| extra, he said."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39118725,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39118725,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.2.Sun touts contract with Office Depot|outline"></A> |
| Sun touts contract with Office Depot</H2> |
| <P>"Office Depot also will use a number of Sun services for |
| managing its information technology resources. The retailer has also |
| agreed to sells Sun's StarOffice productivity software in its |
| stores."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.com.com/2100-1010-5130899.html">http://news.com.com/2100-1010-5130899.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.3.Norwegian soon to become a native language project!|outline"></A> |
| Norwegian soon to become a native language project!</H2> |
| <P>The Norwegian translation project (www.openofficeorg.no) will soon |
| start the process of becoming a native language project. With |
| impressive speed OpenOffice.org has been translated into the two |
| official Norwegian languages.</P> |
| <P>Version 1.1 is available for Windows, while the Linux version will |
| probably be completed early in March.</P> |
| <P>There is a rapidly growing interest in OpenOfficeorg.no. The |
| Windows versions of OpenOffice.org 1.0 and 1.1 have been downloaded |
| 26 000 times so far. In February, one of Norway's largest county |
| councils will distribute OpenOffice.org to all their high school |
| students. Also, several textbooks and user manuals have been written.</P> |
| <P>The Ministry of Education and Research has donated NOK 300 000 |
| (the equivalent of 2000 man-hours) for further translation of the |
| help functions. Israel snubs Microsoft, moves to open-source software</P> |
| <P>"For its part, the Israeli government has also decided to |
| encourage the development of lower-priced alternatives to Microsoft |
| applications to encourage computer use across Israel, Cohen said. "We |
| have worked with Sun and IBM on designing a Hebrew version of |
| OpenOffice software and distributing it as an alternative to Office. |
| It depends on the government office, but the government is now using |
| Office, Linux and the OpenOffice software."</P> |
| <P>OpenOffice is free, open-source office software that was |
| originally based on StarOffice from Sun Microsystems Inc.</P> |
| <P>The adoption of OpenOffice by the government has already raised |
| interest in the software among Israelis, including those who normally |
| aren't interested in technology, said Shoshannah Forbes, who works as |
| a software tester for OpenOffice.org, the organization that develops |
| the open-source program.</P> |
| <P>Microsoft software is very expensive in Israel, and interest in |
| OpenOffice is such that Forbes has been asked about it by complete |
| strangers in her local video store, she said. "I was asked where |
| I worked, and when I said I worked for OpenOffice, everyone was |
| asking about it. It's been all over the press here." "</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,88800,00.html">http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,88800,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.4.Kinko and OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Kinko and OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"While I was helping out a friend with her Linux install she |
| related to me how OOo "saved her bacon" recently.</P> |
| <P>She had been working on a brochure for a local library that needed |
| to be printed in a number of different languages including chinese, |
| hindi, and arabic. She had prepared the document in Word and took |
| the file to Kinko's (a copy shop) for printing. They did not have |
| the fonts to print out the non-western characters. She rushed back |
| to her house and opened up the document in OpenOffice.org 1.1. With |
| some minor reformatting she saved the file as a PDF which she took |
| back to Kinko's. They were able to complete the printing job from |
| the pdf.</P> |
| <P>I've asked her to write this up and submit it to OOo as a |
| testimonial. Where or whom should it go to?</P> |
| <P>PS - She likes OOo and uses Calc and the dbase function to help |
| run her business. She uses Word only because she needed a good |
| thesaurus, which OOo lacks. If the thesaurus was better she'd stop |
| using Word altogether. If she didn't need to use Word she said she |
| wouldn't need to use Windows either.</P> |
| <P>PPS - For those who don't know, the term "saving one's bacon" |
| has nothing to do with hogs or pork products."</P> |
| <P>Source: OpenOffice.org mailing list marketing@openoffice.apache.org</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.5.Government open source deployments you don't hear about|outline"></A> |
| Government open source deployments you don't hear about</H2> |
| <P>" I know of at least a dozen goverment open source |
| deployments I have been begged not to write about, not in the spy |
| movie, "If I tell you I'll have to kill you!" sense, but |
| because the people responsible for them worry that excess publicity |
| might kill their efforts to run their agencies' computers with the |
| most reliable and cost-effective software they can find."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.newsforge.com/trends/03/12/23/0056245.shtml?tid=136&tid=137&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94">http://www.newsforge.com/trends/03/12/23/0056245.shtml?tid=136&tid=137&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.6.2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Announced|outline"></A> |
| 2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Announced</H2> |
| <P>Office Suite of the Year -- OpenOffice.org (79.51%)</P> |
| <P>Word Processor of the Year -- swriter (OpenOffice.org) (66.86%)</P> |
| <P>Spreadsheet of the Year -- scalc (OpenOffice.org) (54.30%)</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK6.story&STORY=/www/story/01-12-2004/0002087216&EDATE=MON+Jan+12+2004,+07:47+AM">http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK6.story&STORY=/www/story/01-12-2004/0002087216&EDATE=MON+Jan+12+2004,+07:47+AM</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.7.OSNews 2003 Awards -- Our Favorites This Year|outline"></A> |
| OSNews 2003 Awards -- Our Favorites This Year</H2> |
| <P>"Most profound application of the year: I am torn between |
| Photoshop CS and OpenOffice.org (while not as full featured as MS |
| Office or even Star Office, it is free and so that compensates.)"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5540">http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5540</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.8.2003 OSDir Editor's Choice Award|outline"></A> |
| 2003 OSDir Editor's Choice Award</H2> |
| <P>OpenOffice.org was awarded the Editor's Choice Award for Best of |
| Mac & Windows, and Best overall Desktop App</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://osdir.com/Article198.phtml">http://osdir.com/Article198.phtml</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="10.9.Product of the Year 2003|outline"></A> |
| Product of the Year 2003</H2> |
| <P>The swiss magazine Infoweek.ch chooses OpenOffice.org 1.1 as the |
| product of the year 2003 in the category "Office Software".</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.apple.com/chde/hotnews/pdf/infoweek03.pdf">http://www.apple.com/chde/hotnews/pdf/infoweek03.pdf</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.December 2003|outline"></A>December |
| 2003</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.1.OpenOffice.org got a new "face"|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org got a new "face"</H2> |
| <P>The OpenOffice.org website has changed its look and is now easier |
| to use and navigate. We would like to thank the volunteer website |
| team for their work, in particular, Project Co-Lead Kay Schenk and |
| chief designer Cristian Driga; and, in no particular order, Ed Buck, |
| John McCreesh, Akshay Dayal, G. Roderick Singleton, Jacqueline |
| McNally, and Louis Suarez-Potts. If things are bad, join the website |
| project and help fix it. ;-) |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.2.Russian Native-Lang Project Announced|outline"></A> |
| Russian Native-Lang Project Announced</H2> |
| <P>"The Native-Lang family has the pleasure to welcome its |
| latest newcomer, the Russian Native-Lang Project. Led by Anatoly A. |
| Yakushin and Rail Aliev, this project was also created by the people |
| of AltLinux in Russia. The Russian Project is very important to OOo |
| not only because of its symbolic meaning but also because of the |
| number of Russian speaking people worldwide who already use |
| OpenOffice.org or are potential users of the suite."</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.3.Sun Microsystems launches enterprise support for OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Sun Microsystems launches enterprise support for OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), founder and primary |
| sponsor of the open-source project OpenOffice.org, today announced |
| it will offer Sun(SM) Software Support services to OpenOffice.org |
| customers. Ranked as a leading provider of online support services by |
| Summit Strategies, Inc., Boston, Mass., Sun Services delivers proven |
| solutions with presence in more than 126 countries. This move |
| enhances Sun's current support for the StarOffice(TM) productivity |
| suite, provides customers additional choice and opportunity to reduce |
| costs, and underscores Sun's deep commitment to open-source and |
| standards-based software."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK6.story&STORY=/www/story/12-03-2003/0002068366&EDATE=WED+Dec+03+2003,+02:38+AM">http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK6.story&STORY=/www/story/12-03-2003/0002068366&EDATE=WED+Dec+03+2003,+02:38+AM</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.4.Scripting Framework is Available|outline"></A> |
| Scripting Framework is Available</H2> |
| <P>"The Scripting Framework is available for evaluation from the |
| latest OpenOffice.org Developer build at</P> |
| <P><A HREF="//dev_docs/source/680">//dev_docs/source/680</A></P> |
| <P>The main highlights are</P> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Scripting Framework available in build ( no need for separate |
| install )</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Support for JavaScript, Beanshell,Java, OpenOffice.org BASIC</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Sample scripts in for supported languages.</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Ability to assign macros/scripts written in these languages |
| from Tools/Config dialogs.</P> |
| </UL> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P>Ability to assign events to the scripts/macros written in |
| above languages from dialogs, forms, hyperlinks, objects graphics |
| etc ( ala existing functionality from Office Basic )."</P> |
| </UL> |
| <P><A HREF="//servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=190">//servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=190</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.5.AOL ships PCs with OpenOffice.org based office suite|outline"></A> |
| AOL ships PCs with OpenOffice.org based office suite</H2> |
| <P>"The AOL PC comes with Microsoft Windows XP Home, but the |
| first screen users see is an AOL-designed interface called the AOL |
| Desktop. The PC also comes with an office productivity software |
| package called AOL Office Powered by Sun, which is the StarOffice |
| software suite developed by Sun Microsystems."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113771,00.asp">http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113771,00.asp</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.6.OpenOffice.org reduces the invoice of the police officers|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org reduces the invoice of the police officers</H2> |
| <P>The Ministry of the Interior gathers approximately 100000 working |
| stations dispersed on all the territory and in very diverse |
| structures from police stations to prefectures.</P> |
| <P>It is into 2000 that the Ministry began an evaluation of the |
| software. Its absence of licence and especially its exemption from |
| payment revealed it like a true opportunity for a deployment on a |
| large scale.</P> |
| <P>In 2002, 15000 stations were deployed, primarily in the police |
| stations. The suite is available on Cds and also in free remote |
| loading on the Intranet. Christophe Cazin, engineer with the mission |
| strategy and systems of control, announce besides that the remote |
| loadings do not stop!</P> |
| <P>The technical support is ensured by internal forums, an Intranet, |
| the OpenOffice.org site and its mailings lists. Christophe Cazin |
| considers a deployment on 30000 stations within one year.</P> |
| <P>French Article: <A HREF="http://www.01net.com/article/222242.html">http://www.01net.com/article/222242.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.7.Retirement Pension Tool for Excel AND OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Retirement Pension Tool for Excel AND OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"... About a month ago, a council worker asked for some help |
| on our mailing list about an online tool to calculate retirement |
| pension. This tool is distributed by our Ministry of civil services |
| only on excel format and he needs it in OOo file format because he |
| has migrated on OOo. Half an hour later, the community has helped him |
| to convert the tool.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>This thread has been reported to ADAE (Agency in charge with |
| electronic usage in ministry)(thanks to Christophe Cazin but hush!) |
| and a month later :</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.fonction-publique.retraites.gouv.fr/retraites/Public/simulateur_de_calcul/10560356143521">http://www.fonction-publique.retraites.gouv.fr/retraites/Public/simulateur_de_calcul/10560356143521</A></P> |
| <P>the tool is proposed in OOo file format and a link to download OOo |
| ...." |
| </P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <P>[Source: Sophie Gautier]</P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.8.UK’s Office of Government Commerce evaluating Sun Java Desktop System|outline"></A> |
| UK’s Office of Government Commerce evaluating Sun Java Desktop |
| System</H2> |
| <P>"The five-year purchasing deal with the UK’s Office of |
| Government Commerce will begin with compatibility trials for Java |
| Desktop which, if successful, would mean up to 500,000 UK civil |
| servants gradually being shifted away from Windows software to Sun’s |
| low-cost open-source alternative."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1341432003">http://www.business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1341432003</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.9.More money for patients through OpenOffice.org and Linux|outline"></A> |
| More money for patients through OpenOffice.org and Linux</H2> |
| <P>"NHS director general of IT Richard Granger, said in a |
| statement: "Our evaluation of the Java Desktop System holds the |
| promise of allowing a greater share of NHS funding to flow directly |
| towards improved levels of Patient Service. If this solution were to |
| prove effective we could save the NHS and the Taxpayer many millions |
| of pounds whilst at the same time using rich and innovative software |
| technology.""</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39118351,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39118351,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.10.Schoolweb Targets 40 Institutions|outline"></A> |
| Schoolweb Targets 40 Institutions</H2> |
| <P>"The project is a collaborative effort by Uconnect, the |
| Ministry of Education and Sports, MTN and One2Net, and international |
| partners Hewlett Packard, Advanced Interactive and Sun Microsystems. |
| Advanced Interactive of Canada designed the SchoolWeb system for |
| Canadian schools and modified it for Uganda.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Once installed and running, SchoolWeb becomes a fast and |
| interactive learning resource centre. The SchoolWeb server comes |
| with:</P> |
| <P>Open source software OpenOffice, programmes for website design, |
| graphics, video streaming, a dictionary and database programmes."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200312030247.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/200312030247.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.11.New Linux distribution "Impi" including OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| New Linux distribution "Impi" including OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>""Most developers in the "first world" |
| countries have no idea of the conditions on our continent. Waiting |
| around for a foreign developer or company to give us something that |
| we need, merely echoes the legacy of colonialism. We need to dispose |
| of that mindset," said Ross Addis in an e-mail interview.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Another unique feature of Impi Linux is that it will eventually |
| have translations of South Africa's 11 official languages. But |
| Ugandans and other Africans should not lose hope. Impi Linux is about |
| choice. Get a free download from www.impi.org.za and modify it to |
| suit you. So, is there hope for a version in Luganda or Swahili? "Of |
| course. We will also be looking at adding the various African |
| languages," he said."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=29276">http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=29276</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.12.Israeli employment agency switches to OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Israeli employment agency switches to OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"First out of the door is the Israeli employment agency, |
| which will replace 550 out of 700 users with OpenOffice. The contract |
| represents a hardware win for IBM. Some 150 staff will stay on |
| Microsoft Office. For now, all the switchers will remain on Windows, |
| running the Win32 version of the software libre equivalent of |
| Microsoft Office."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34154.html">http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34154.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.13.Sun lands 500,000 desktop Linux deal|outline"></A> |
| Sun lands 500,000 desktop Linux deal</H2> |
| <P>"Signed in conjunction with the newly established China |
| Standard Software Company, a consortium of Chinese |
| government-supported firms, the deal could eventually stretch to 500 |
| million desktops, which McNealy said was the Chinese government's |
| aim.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>McNealy said Sun would be pushing to win more governments over to |
| its StarOffice range. "We're calling on every IT ministry on the |
| planet. Stay tuned," he added."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1149212">http://www.vnunet.com/News/1149212</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.idg.com.hk/cw/readstory.asp?aid=20031119007">http://www.idg.com.hk/cw/readstory.asp?aid=20031119007</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.14.Government plans to distribute computers to 5,000 schools nationwide|outline"></A> |
| Government plans to distribute computers to 5,000 schools nationwide</H2> |
| <P>"We are trying step by step to eliminate Microsoft," |
| said Nguyen Trung Quynh of Vietnam's Ministry of Science and |
| Technology. Quynh and other government tech officials want Vietnam to |
| be on the cutting edge of an international movement to embrace |
| open-source software -- products that can be downloaded from the |
| Internet for free and perform the same tasks as Microsoft (Nasdaq: |
| MSFT) Windows or Office.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>"We can't totally sweep out Microsoft," Quynh said. "But |
| we hope that new users will start using open source."</P> |
| <P>Before Vietnamese versions of OpenOffice and Linux were developed, |
| open source was just an abstraction here, said Carrasco-Munoz. "Now |
| you dump this CD on your computer, you install it, you reboot. |
| Bye-bye Microsoft!" |
| </P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/32330.html">http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/32330.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.15.Microsoft Loses to Linux in Thailand Struggle|outline"></A> |
| Microsoft Loses to Linux in Thailand Struggle</H2> |
| <P>"In the second quarter of 2003, just 40 percent of all |
| desktop PCs shipped in Thailand had a licensed copy of Windows |
| installed, an all-time low that likely will dip even further.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>While some buyers still will install pirated copies of Microsoft's |
| software, Gartner estimates that 70 percent of Thai consumers will |
| stick with Linux, citing freely available software, lower prices and |
| lack of knowledge among first-time PC owners."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32110.html">http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32110.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.16.Sewing machine giant Janome adopts OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Sewing machine giant Janome adopts OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Janome has migrated some of its PCs away from Microsoft |
| Office in favour of the free OpenOffice.org office suite saving the |
| company around $8000 in licence fees, according to IT administrator |
| Scott Langford.</P> |
| <P>After hearing about OpenOffice.org from a colleague, Langford |
| downloaded version 1.0.2 of the office suite and installed it on 10 |
| of the 30 PCs running Microsoft Windows.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Although Janome’s Australian operations are small, it has |
| some 60 per cent of the domestic sewing machine market. |
| Internationally, the company has offices in eight countries and more |
| than 3000 employees."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=281553222&fp=16&fpid=0">http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=281553222&fp=16&fpid=0</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.17.Victorian government evaluates OpenOffice.org and StarOffice|outline"></A> |
| Victorian government evaluates OpenOffice.org and StarOffice</H2> |
| <P>Victorian Government spokeswoman Michelle Crawley says the state |
| will "investigate interesting alternatives to Microsoft Office" |
| such as OpenOffice and Sun Microsystems' close cousin, StarOffice.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/24/1069522526315.html">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/24/1069522526315.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="11.18.Study: Save up to 25% with open source technologies|outline"></A> |
| Study: Save up to 25% with open source technologies</H2> |
| <P>According to the German study by Soreon mentioned in the article |
| below, companies can save up to 25% from a TCO perspective if they |
| use open source alternatives.</P> |
| <P>The Sun Java Desktop System (SJDS) is the winner for larger |
| enterprises, closely followed by non-integrated OpenOffice.org |
| solutions. For medium businesses SJDS and OpenOffice.org both can |
| save about 14% compared to Microsoft technologies. For small |
| businesses it does not really matter, because costs for support and |
| training are higher than the licensing costs.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://de.internet.com/?id=2025258&section=Marketing-Statistics">http://de.internet.com/?id=2025258&section=Marketing-Statistics</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.soreon.de/images/titelgrafik_office_software_gross.gif">http://www.soreon.de/images/titelgrafik_office_software_gross.gif</A></P> |
| <H1 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.November 2003|outline"></A>November |
| 2003</H1> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.1.API@OOo Newsletter|outline"></A>API@OOo |
| Newsletter</H2> |
| <P>"This month the OOo API project started publishing a monthly |
| newsletter which is posted at the 1st of each month to summarize |
| issues from the previous month."</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0mm"><A HREF="//servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=865951&listName=announce">//servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=865951&listName=announce</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.2.Sun Java Desktop System ISV/Developer Early Adopter Program|outline"></A> |
| Sun Java Desktop System ISV/Developer Early Adopter Program</H2> |
| <P>ISVs and developers interested in the Sun Java Desktop System |
| should register for the Early Adopter Program at |
| sun.com/partners/javadesktopsystem. |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.3.OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis</H2> |
| <P>"The document includes some data from past OpenOffice.org |
| newsletters and press articles.</P> |
| <P>If your company is using OpenOffice.org, even if it is a small |
| company, let me/us know! We can include just the number of seats + |
| the industry type, or even mention the name, if we get your |
| permission to do so! The same is true for schools and universities |
| that have deployed OpenOffice.org, StarOffice or another OOo |
| derivative."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=894269&listName=dev">http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=894269&listName=dev</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="//issues/show_bug.cgi?id=21674">//issues/show_bug.cgi?id=21674</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.4.Denmark urges government support for open source|outline"></A> |
| Denmark urges government support for open source</H2> |
| <P>"However, the report recognised that establishing a existing |
| alternative or a new format would be an uphill battle, given that |
| Microsoft Office cannot read OpenOffice documents or other formats. |
| The Board recommended that Denmark begin a series of trials to test |
| the feasibility of introducing open-source software such as |
| OpenOffice."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39117341,00.htm">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39117341,00.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.5.International Forwarding Agent Heinz Huber|outline"></A> |
| International Forwarding Agent Heinz Huber</H2> |
| <P>According to the German article below the international forwarding |
| agent Heinz Huber deployed StarOffice although the logistics company |
| has to exchange documents with about 60 partners.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www01.silicon.de/cpo/csh-ts/detail.php?nr=11566&directory=csh-ts">http://www01.silicon.de/cpo/csh-ts/detail.php?nr=11566&directory=csh-ts</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.6.Midsize German firms say ja to Linux|outline"></A> |
| Midsize German firms say ja to Linux</H2> |
| <P>"The potentially lower cost of deploying and maintaining |
| open-source software like Linux and OpenOffice "is clearly what |
| prompted us to seek an alternative to Microsoft," Kloppsteck |
| said. "And I know many other small and medium-size companies in |
| Germany are dropping Microsoft for the same reason.""</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,86636,00.html">http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,86636,00.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.7.OpenOffice.org 1.1 at Italian Schools|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org 1.1 at Italian Schools</H2> |
| <P>Within the frame of the ' Linux Day 2003 ' event, DIDASCA - The |
| First Italian Cyber School for Lifelong Learning - will deliver for |
| free 12,000 copies of the CDROMs containing the OpenOffice.org 1.1 |
| suite to as many Italian schools.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.progettoemily.it/LinuxDay.htm">http://www.progettoemily.it/LinuxDay.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.8.Israel slams the door on Microsoft|outline"></A> |
| Israel slams the door on Microsoft</H2> |
| <P>"The de facto suspension means no upgrades for the duration, |
| at a time when Microsoft is looking to roll out its Office 2003 |
| upgrade; and the Ministry is said to be examining OpenOffice as an |
| alternative."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33365.html">http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33365.html</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.9.Life Insurance Corporation wants to switch to OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Life Insurance Corporation wants to switch to OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>According to a German article an Indian insurance company is |
| switching, too. Life Insurance Corporation of India will switch to |
| Linux and OpenOffice.org.</P> |
| <P>The German article can be found at</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-23.10.03-007/">http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-23.10.03-007/</A></P> |
| <P>This seems to be related to the following older article</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.cmpnetasia.com/ViewArt.cfm?Artid=20998&Catid=8&subcat=79">http://www.cmpnetasia.com/ViewArt.cfm?Artid=20998&Catid=8&subcat=79</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.10.Vietnam embracing open-source products|outline"></A> |
| Vietnam embracing open-source products</H2> |
| <P>"The main open-source tools are Linux -- a free alternative |
| to the Windows operating system -- and OpenOffice, a free alternative |
| to Microsoft Office, with word processing and spreadsheet programs. |
| Two Vietnamese companies have recently developed Vietnamese versions |
| of both, and the country's two biggest computer assemblers are |
| already loading open source onto all their new machines.</P> |
| <P>``We can't totally sweep out Microsoft,'' Quynh said. ``But we |
| hope that new users will start using open source.''</P> |
| <P>Before Vietnamese versions of OpenOffice and Linux were developed, |
| open source was just an abstraction here, said Carrasco-Munoz. ``Now |
| you dump this CD on your computer, you install it, you reboot. |
| Bye-bye Microsoft!''"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7139304.htm">http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7139304.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.11.Australia's history archived in OpenOffice.org|outline"></A> |
| Australia's history archived in OpenOffice.org</H2> |
| <P>"Australia's history will be viewed digitally in the |
| OpenOffice.org office suite as part of plans to preserve the quality |
| and accessibility of government documents.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>"Open source is really, really important to us because over |
| time it means we can retain data presentation," said Davis.</P> |
| <P>"Cross platform development is really important, because we |
| can't say you must have a Windows machine to access this file [in the |
| archives]. Who knows what platform most people will be using in 30 |
| years time? So if you have a Linux machine, for example, you should |
| have equal access.""</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1991153367&fp=2&fpid=1">http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1991153367&fp=2&fpid=1</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.12.Sun shines on NSW government desktops|outline"></A> |
| Sun shines on NSW government desktops</H2> |
| <P>"According to Sun, six NSW government departments are already |
| in the early phases of testing or deploying the software. The |
| departments range in size from 200 up to a "few thousand" |
| staff representing an estimated 30,000 seats, said May.</P> |
| <P>[...]</P> |
| <P>Sun's alternative office productivity suite StarOffice -- based |
| heavily on its less-tamed open source cousin OpenOffice -- is a |
| central component in Sun's desktop operating system Java Desktop |
| Suite."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000048630,20280236,00.htm">http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000048630,20280236,00.htm</A></P> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| </P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.13.The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines|outline"></A> |
| The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines</H2> |
| <P>"The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines provide practical |
| and detailed recommendations on how to migrate to Open Source |
| Software (OSS)-based office applications, calendaring, e-mail and |
| other standard applications. They have been developed with guidance |
| from public sector IT experts from Denmark, Finland, Italy, Germany, |
| Malta, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. The relevance and |
| readability of the Migration Guidelines were validated with the help |
| of the regional authorities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.</P> |
| <P>These guidelines have been designed to help public administrators |
| decide whether a migration to OSS should be undertaken and describe, |
| in broad technical terms, how such a migration could be carried out. |
| They are based on practical experience of a limited number of |
| publicly available case studies, and cover a wide range of management |
| and technical concerns."</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&documentID=1647">http://www.europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&documentID=1647</A></P> |
| <P>Download the IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/export/files/en/1603.pdf">http://www.europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/export/files/en/1603.pdf</A></P> |
| <P>Download the Comparative Spreadsheet</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/export/files/en/1604.xls">http://www.europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/export/files/en/1604.xls</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.14.Migration Guide by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior|outline"></A> |
| Migration Guide by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior</H2> |
| <P>A week ago the European Commission released its Migration |
| Guidelines. Now a Migration Guide has just been released in English |
| by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Guide was |
| originally published in German in July 2003 but is now also available |
| is English.</P> |
| <P>The report is a very valuable tool for anybody planning to migrate |
| from a Microsoft world to the open world of Open Source and Open |
| Standards incl. OpenOffice.org and StarOffice.</P> |
| <P>These reports are clear signs of the very strong movement all over |
| Europe toward a new desktop. Use this new report in your efforts to |
| promote open source technologies!</P> |
| <P>The full report ( pdf, 414 pages!) is available in English here:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.kbst.bund.de/Anlage303777/pdf_datei.pdf">http://www.kbst.bund.de/Anlage303777/pdf_datei.pdf</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.15.OpenOffice.org XML Essentials|outline"></A> |
| OpenOffice.org XML Essentials</H2> |
| <P>J. David Eisenberg is currently writing a new book about the |
| OpenOffice.org XML file format. A draft of the book is accessible via |
| the link provided below.</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://books.evc-cit.info/">http://books.evc-cit.info/</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.16.XML Interoperability Test|outline"></A> |
| XML Interoperability Test</H2> |
| <P>"Interoperability Test and XML Evaluation of StarOffice |
| Writer 6.0 and Office Word 2003 Beta 2"</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.statskontoret.se/pdf/2003116.pdf">http://www.statskontoret.se/pdf/2003116.pdf</A></P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.statskontoret.se/english/index.htm">http://www.statskontoret.se/english/index.htm</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.17.Office 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey - Germany|outline"></A> |
| Office 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey - Germany</H2> |
| <P>The popular weekly German computer magazine Computerwoche |
| conducted an online survey in October 2003. Everybody was able to |
| participate and thus the data does not necessarily reflect the |
| reality, but it's still interesting.</P> |
| <P>The question they asked were:</P> |
| <P>"Is your company planning to switch to Office 2003/Office |
| System in the foreseeable future?" |
| </P> |
| <P>[" Wird Ihr Unternehmen in absehbarer Zeit auf Office 2003/ |
| Office System migrieren?"]</P> |
| <P>We will switch to StarOffice/OOo 55.0 % 552</P> |
| <P>Yes, we will switch from version 95/97 2.3 % 23</P> |
| <P>Yes, we will switch from version 2000/XP 11.7 % 117</P> |
| <P>No 31.0 % 311</P> |
| <P> -------------</P> |
| <P> Total 1003</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.computerwoche.de/umfrage/ergebnisse.cfm?umfrageid=115">http://www.computerwoche.de/umfrage/ergebnisse.cfm?umfrageid=115</A></P> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="12.18.Office 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey – Switzerland|outline"></A> |
| Office 2003/StarOffice Migration Survey – Switzerland</H2> |
| <P>The following data is from a survey on as swiss web page:</P> |
| <P>Will you update to Office 2003 or StarOffice 7?</P> |
| <P>Yes, planning update to Office 2003 17 %</P> |
| <P>Yes, planning update to StarOffice 7 16 %</P> |
| <P>Waiting for first Office 2003 experiences 9 %</P> |
| <P>Waiting for first StarOffice 7 experiences 10 %</P> |
| <P>No update plans 45 %</P> |
| <P>Don't know 3 %</P> |
| <P>So far (November 4, 2003) 344 people have participated in the |
| quick poll. |
| </P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://www.infoweek.ch/Tools/QuickPoll/qp_result.cfm?QuestionID=155">http://www.infoweek.ch/Tools/QuickPoll/qp_result.cfm?QuestionID=155</A></P> |
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