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   <h1>What people are saying about OpenOffice.org</h1>
   <h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.3 Launch</h2>
   <p><strong>Andrew Southworth</strong> Network Coordinator, <a href="http://www.canadianlabour.ca/home">Canadian
       Labour Congress</a> </p>
   <blockquote> “It's never been just about the savings. The Canadian Labour Congress
     selected OpenOffice.org in support of what it does and how it goes about
     doing it. It's the full support of the ODF that frees us from committing
     to any one vendor. And it's the extensions, the enterprise elements and the
     open-source code that gives all those we represent and work with in Canada,
     from schools to hospitals to libraries to private sector corporations the
     freedom of real productivity — without being locked into a particular company's
     vision of how you should work. Saving money on software is great. But OpenOffice.org,
     with its support of the ODF, is more than about the bottom line. It's about
     the freedom to choose the best.” </blockquote>
   <p><strong>Lisa Maola</strong> Resource Secretary, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada</p>
   <blockquote>"Working in a no-cost walk in resource centre specializing in assisting
     persons with disabilities, OpenOffice.org has provided a high quality, reliable
     product that enables us to effectively support clients in our community.
     A true point of difference is that documents can be opened from and saved
     in any format, thus removing communication barriers and allowing users to
     maintain their competitive edge. The compatibility of OpenOffice.org to work
     with proprietary software suites provides all users with flexible options
     consequently saving time and money."</blockquote>
   <p><strong>Ramon Solé</strong> CEO at <a href="http://www.opscons.com/">OPS
       Consulting</a></p>
   <blockquote>"More and more private companys are deploying OpenOffice.org as
     their corporate office suite. Our business in consulting and support for
     OpenOffice.org at OPS Consulting [in Barcelona, Spain] has been steadily
     growing since the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0. [Note: As of the release
     of 3.3, we have seen more than192 million dowhloads of OOo 3.0 --Editor.]
     We feel the grounds of such a increasing use of OpenOffice.org in the enterprise
     field are the improved compatibility with MS Office, the incorporation of
     new features demanded by the business environment and the daily extension
     of the base of business users, creating a true business ecosystems for OpenOffice.org.
     We were eagerly expecting the new release 3.3, as we are sure it will speed
     up even more the adoption rate of the suite in more firms." </blockquote>
   <h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.0 Launch</h2>
   <p><strong>Aslam Raffee</strong> Chief Information Officer at Department Science
     and Technology, Republic of South Africa <a href=
     "http://www.linkedin.com/in/aslamraffee">(bio)</a></p>
   <blockquote> "The South African government adopted the Open Document Format
     (ODF) as the default format for the exchange of documents. The government
     also has policy which favours free and open source software wherever possible.
     In this context, the release of OpenOffice 3.0 is a huge milestone in the
     journey to make this a practical reality.<br />
     <br />
     "The latest version of OpenOffice is a free software suite which raises the
     bar for competing open source and proprietary office software products. The
     ability to read and write ODF documents as well as all significant document
     formats, combined with the ability to run OpenOffice on all major (and minor)
     operating system platforms already places this community driven office software
     suite in a critically important position for us.<br />
     <br />
     "We applaud the efforts of the developers from around the world who have
     brought huge performance and functionality improvements in this release.
     Its an outstanding piece of software and available for free under a great
     licence. I am confident that it meet the needs of most South Africans, its
     going to be hard for me to justify a government official using any other
     office suite. I certainly can't justify paying licence fees for one. I am
     also confident that we will see more of our talented South African developer
     community contributing to the ongoing effort to ensure that OpenOffice remains
     the first choice of office suites." </blockquote>
   <p><strong>Thomas Wlodkowski</strong> Director of Accessibility at AOL <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b44/b25">(bio)</a></p>
   <blockquote> "As a blind consumer who uses Mac OS 10 to carry out daily office
     tasks, I was pleased to see the progress that the OpenOffice.org community
     has made in addressing compatibility with Apple's VoiceOver screen reader.
     It is reassuring to know that consumers with disabilities will be able to
     move between computer platforms and enjoy equivalent access to applications
     that are critical to basic job performance." </blockquote>
   <p><strong>Peter Korn</strong> Accessibility Architect at Sun Microsystems
     and co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument accessibility subcommittee <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkorn">(bio)</a></p>
   <blockquote> "Sun and the OpenOffice.org community take accessibility very
     seriously, whether in schools, in the home, in the workplace or in government
     institutions. An accessible solution for editing documents, spreadsheets,
     and creating presentations is of vital importance to the hundreds of millions
     of people worldwide with disabilities.<br />
     <br />
     "We have listened and responded to the community. Our engineering efforts
     are a direct result of the requests we've received from our user community
     and exemplifies the innovation and success of the many open source initiatives
     at Sun." </blockquote>
   <p><strong>Jim Parkinson</strong> Vice President, Developer, Tools and Services
     Sun Microsystems Inc. <a href=
     "http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Jim%20Parkinson">(bio)</a></p>
   <blockquote> "In the 25+ years in the computer industry, I don't know when
     I was as proud of a product release as I am of OpenOffice.org 3.0. The OpenOffice.org
     community teams have come together to produce a first-class product. With
     the new features in 3.0, this sets us part from all other open source productivity
     packages. One of key parts of this release is MacOSx support, all of the
     early access feedback have been extremely positive. Also we must mention
     the many strong additions to extension system for OpenOffice." </blockquote>
   <p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical author
     and OpenOffice.org guru <a href=
     "http://www.linkedin.com/in/getopenoffice">(bio)</a></p>
   <blockquote> "3.0 shows the continuing commitment from OpenOffice.org to providing
     the features that users consider the most important. I've been impressed
     with each release, as the features that users ask me for in class keep appearing,
     and aspects of OpenOffice that I've had to teach workarounds for, keep disappearing.
     In 3.0, one example of this is the addition of the popular three-up slide
     handouts layout, with lines for notes by each slide. I've been teaching students
     how to create this themselves for years, as well as how to find and use the
     separate window where they need to specify that they want to print handouts.
     Now, I can skip that lesson entirely, since the layout is already there,
     and an easy way to print handouts is now available in the main print window.
     I actually shouted out "Yes!" when I discovered this feature; it's going
     to save time in the classroom and make slide setup and printing simpler and
     easier." </blockquote>
   <h2>OpenOffice.org Extensions</h2>
   <p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical author
     and OpenOffice.org guru <a href=
     "http://www.linkedin.com/in/getopenoffice">(bio)</a></p>
   <blockquote> "I am extraordinarily impressed with the Adobe Acrobat-like PDF
     editing features available in <a href=
       "http://extensions.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">Sun's PDF
     editing extension</a>. You can delete, edit, and add text; add, edit, delete,
     move, and resize graphics; add, move, and delete pages; and more. All for
     free. This is a huge benefit to anyone who produces documents for publication,
     or organizations like schools and city and state governments that produce
     documents of any length for the public." </blockquote>
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	<h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.3 Launch</h2>
	<p><strong>Andrew Southworth</strong> Network Coordinator, <a href="http://www.canadianlabour.ca/home">Canadian
	Labour Congress</a> </p>
	<blockquote> “It's never been just about the savings. The Canadian Labour Congress
	selected OpenOffice.org in support of what it does and how it goes about
	doing it. It's the full support of the ODF that frees us from committing
	to any one vendor. And it's the extensions, the enterprise elements and the
	open-source code that gives all those we represent and work with in Canada,
	from schools to hospitals to libraries to private sector corporations the
	freedom of real productivity — without being locked into a particular company's
	vision of how you should work. Saving money on software is great. But OpenOffice.org,
	with its support of the ODF, is more than about the bottom line. It's about
	the freedom to choose the best.” </blockquote>
	<p><strong>Lisa Maola</strong> Resource Secretary, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada</p>
	<blockquote>"Working in a no-cost walk in resource centre specializing in assisting
	persons with disabilities, OpenOffice.org has provided a high quality, reliable
	product that enables us to effectively support clients in our community.
	A true point of difference is that documents can be opened from and saved
	in any format, thus removing communication barriers and allowing users to
	maintain their competitive edge. The compatibility of OpenOffice.org to work
	with proprietary software suites provides all users with flexible options
	consequently saving time and money."</blockquote>
	<p><strong>Ramon Solé</strong> CEO at <a href="http://www.opscons.com/">OPS
	Consulting</a></p>
	<blockquote>"More and more private companys are deploying OpenOffice.org as
	their corporate office suite. Our business in consulting and support for
	OpenOffice.org at OPS Consulting [in Barcelona, Spain] has been steadily
	growing since the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0. [Note: As of the release
	of 3.3, we have seen more than192 million dowhloads of OOo 3.0 --Editor.]
	We feel the grounds of such a increasing use of OpenOffice.org in the enterprise
	field are the improved compatibility with MS Office, the incorporation of
	new features demanded by the business environment and the daily extension
	of the base of business users, creating a true business ecosystems for OpenOffice.org.
	We were eagerly expecting the new release 3.3, as we are sure it will speed
	up even more the adoption rate of the suite in more firms." </blockquote>
	<h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.0 Launch</h2>
	<p><strong>Aslam Raffee</strong> Chief Information Officer at Department Science
	and Technology, Republic of South Africa <a href=
	"http://www.linkedin.com/in/aslamraffee">(bio)</a></p>
	<blockquote> "The South African government adopted the Open Document Format
	(ODF) as the default format for the exchange of documents. The government
	also has policy which favours free and open source software wherever possible.
	In this context, the release of OpenOffice 3.0 is a huge milestone in the
	journey to make this a practical reality.<br />
	<br />
	"The latest version of OpenOffice is a free software suite which raises the
	bar for competing open source and proprietary office software products. The
	ability to read and write ODF documents as well as all significant document
	formats, combined with the ability to run OpenOffice on all major (and minor)
	operating system platforms already places this community driven office software
	suite in a critically important position for us.<br />
	<br />
	"We applaud the efforts of the developers from around the world who have
	brought huge performance and functionality improvements in this release.
	Its an outstanding piece of software and available for free under a great
	licence. I am confident that it meet the needs of most South Africans, its
	going to be hard for me to justify a government official using any other
	office suite. I certainly can't justify paying licence fees for one. I am
	also confident that we will see more of our talented South African developer
	community contributing to the ongoing effort to ensure that OpenOffice remains
	the first choice of office suites." </blockquote>
	<p><strong>Thomas Wlodkowski</strong> Director of Accessibility at AOL <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b44/b25">(bio)</a></p>
	<blockquote> "As a blind consumer who uses Mac OS 10 to carry out daily office
	tasks, I was pleased to see the progress that the OpenOffice.org community
	has made in addressing compatibility with Apple's VoiceOver screen reader.
	It is reassuring to know that consumers with disabilities will be able to
	move between computer platforms and enjoy equivalent access to applications
	that are critical to basic job performance." </blockquote>
	<p><strong>Peter Korn</strong> Accessibility Architect at Sun Microsystems
	and co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument accessibility subcommittee <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkorn">(bio)</a></p>
	<blockquote> "Sun and the OpenOffice.org community take accessibility very
	seriously, whether in schools, in the home, in the workplace or in government
	institutions. An accessible solution for editing documents, spreadsheets,
	and creating presentations is of vital importance to the hundreds of millions
	of people worldwide with disabilities.<br />
	<br />
	"We have listened and responded to the community. Our engineering efforts
	are a direct result of the requests we've received from our user community
	and exemplifies the innovation and success of the many open source initiatives
	at Sun." </blockquote>
	<p><strong>Jim Parkinson</strong> Vice President, Developer, Tools and Services
	Sun Microsystems Inc. <a href=
	"http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Jim%20Parkinson">(bio)</a></p>
	<blockquote> "In the 25+ years in the computer industry, I don't know when
	I was as proud of a product release as I am of OpenOffice.org 3.0. The OpenOffice.org
	community teams have come together to produce a first-class product. With
	the new features in 3.0, this sets us part from all other open source productivity
	packages. One of key parts of this release is MacOSx support, all of the
	early access feedback have been extremely positive. Also we must mention
	the many strong additions to extension system for OpenOffice." </blockquote>
	<p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical author
	and OpenOffice.org guru <a href=
	"http://www.linkedin.com/in/getopenoffice">(bio)</a></p>
	<blockquote> "3.0 shows the continuing commitment from OpenOffice.org to providing
	the features that users consider the most important. I've been impressed
	with each release, as the features that users ask me for in class keep appearing,
	and aspects of OpenOffice that I've had to teach workarounds for, keep disappearing.
	In 3.0, one example of this is the addition of the popular three-up slide
	handouts layout, with lines for notes by each slide. I've been teaching students
	how to create this themselves for years, as well as how to find and use the
	separate window where they need to specify that they want to print handouts.
	Now, I can skip that lesson entirely, since the layout is already there,
	and an easy way to print handouts is now available in the main print window.
	I actually shouted out "Yes!" when I discovered this feature; it's going
	to save time in the classroom and make slide setup and printing simpler and
	easier." </blockquote>
	<h2>OpenOffice.org Extensions</h2>
	<p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical author
	and OpenOffice.org guru <a href=
	"http://www.linkedin.com/in/getopenoffice">(bio)</a></p>
	<blockquote> "I am extraordinarily impressed with the Adobe Acrobat-like PDF
	editing features available in <a href=
	"http://extensions.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">Sun's PDF
	editing extension</a>. You can delete, edit, and add text; add, edit, delete,
	move, and resize graphics; add, move, and delete pages; and more. All for
	free. This is a huge benefit to anyone who produces documents for publication,
	or organizations like schools and city and state governments that produce
	documents of any length for the public." </blockquote>
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