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<p>2003-08-19</p>
<p>The following articles represent a selection of those pertaining to OpenOffice.org,
Open Source, or the general IT industry that may be of interest to the community.
If you would like to share an article with the community, please send the link
to Louis Su&aacute;rez-Potts, editor, at <a href="mailto:marketing@openoffice.apache.org">marketing@openoffice.apache.org</a>. </p>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/">eWeek</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,798173,00.asp">2002:
The Tech Good, Bad and Ugly</a> <br>
<em>2002-12-23</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">eWeek writer Jason Brooks writes that the "most impressive" gains
in tech were OpenOffice.org and other open-source endeavors.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/">NewsForge</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/12/09/1630252.shtml?tid=11"> Grid
computing from Sun - Open Source and proud of it </a> <br>
<em>2002-12-16</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Robin 'Roblimo' Miller reports on Sun's Open Source <a href="http://gridengine.sunsource.net/" target="_blank">GridEngine</a>,
writing that "Sun's open source Grid Engine software currently runs over
7000 grids with an average of 47 CPUs per grid, and a steadily increasing
percentage of the grids it powers run Linux, according to John Tollefsrud,
Sun's Grid marketing manager."</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-977880.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed"> How
open is the new [MS} Office? </a> <br>
<em>2002-12-16</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Joe Wilcox writes, "Microsoft says it's opening its Office
desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies
free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to
disclose the underlying XML dialect." A useful and interesting assessment.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The
Register</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/28462.html">Scott
McNealy on: Sun's secret weapon and its biggest mistake (not you, Apple)</a> <br>
<em>2002-12-06</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Andrew Orlowski spends an hour with Scott McNealy of Sun.
This is his trenchant account.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1040-976239.html?tag=fd_top">Sony
dumps Microsoft for StarOffice</a> <br>
<em>2002-12-05</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Staff writer David Becker reports on Sony's switch to StarOffice.
Why the switch? because it is much cheaper and perfectly interoperable
with Microsoft Office. StarOffice is Sun's proprietary derivation of OpenOffice.org.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28358.html">Wanted:
ISPs to flog StarOffice</a> <br>
<em>2002-12-02</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">ComputerWire reports that " Sun Microsystems Inc is in
talks with some of the major internet service providers regarding possible
tie-up agreements through which the ISPs will distribute and offer services
around Sun's StarOffice productivity office software suite." </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/">The Inquirer</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6492">Open
Office for Windows</a><br>
<em>2002-12-01</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Mike Magee reviews OpenOffice.org 1.0 and <i>likes</i> it. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/">ZDNet
UK Tech Update</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2126606,00.html">OpenOffice.org
gives MS Office a run for no money</a> <br>
<em>2002-11-27</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Jack Wallen, Jr., writes that: "The OpenOffice.org office
suite has come a long way -- so much so that it's now a viable alternative
to MS Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath." Useful
reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-966691.html?tag=fd_top"> Group
tackles OpenOffice desktop spec</a> <br>
<em>2002-11-21</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Margaret Kane of c|net writes that "A group of companies
working on Web services specifications is calling for a new standard to
handle desktop application documents." Worth reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/">LinuxWorld
(Australia)</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/news.php3?tid=1&nid=2021">OpenOffice,
OASIS aim to create office standard </a> <br>
<em>2002-11-21</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Matt Berger, of IDG News Service, reports further on the
Oasis effort "develop a standard file format that would allow office documents
such as spreadsheets and word processing files to be opened by applications
from different vendors." </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/">Newsforge</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/15/1459259&mode=thread&tid=11">OpenOffice.org
as a 2-year-old: Still aiming to catch MS Office</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-16</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Grant Gross interviews Marketing Co-Lead Sam Hiser for
Newsforge. A useful, informative interview. Worth reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/">Linux
Journal</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6437&mode=thread&order=0">OpenOffice.org
Project Update</a> <br>
<em>2002-11-09</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Sam Hiser, Co-Lead of the Marketing Project, provides an
update on the Project. Worth saving. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/">InfoWorld.com</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/11/11/021111opsource.xml">Pavlicek
on The Open Source: Switching Offices</a> <br>
<em>2002-11-13</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Contributing InfoWorld editor Russell Pavlicek weighs in
on the reason to switch Offices. Worth reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/">NewsFactor</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19961.html">The
Case for OpenOffice[.org]</a> <br>
<em>2002-11-13</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Lisa Gill presents a compelling case for OpenOffice.org.
Worth reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.business2.com/">Business
2.0</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/print/0,1643,44531,FF.html">Linux
for the Rest of Us</a> <br>
<em>2002-11-06</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Eric Schonfeld boldly writes that: "With the long-awaited
emergence of dirt-cheap new applications, the desktop alternative to Microsoft
finally has emerged." OpenOffice.org is prominently mentioned. Case examples,
cost analyses presented. Worth reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">Guardian
Unlimited</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/businesssolutions/story/0,12581,834027,00.html">Knowledge
is power</a><br>
<em>2002-10-31</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Ben Hammersely writes incisively on what has made OpenOffice.org
successful. Worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theage.com.au">The Age</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19792.html">The
OpenOffice Experiment</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-28</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Insightful and topical, this article by Lisa Gill of NewsFactor
addresses the opportunities now being presented to enterprise companies.
The lead of the article: "What is most likely, Yankee Group senior analyst
Laura DiDio said, is that companies disgruntled with Microsoft and willing
to test alternative waters will install open software alongside Windows
products."</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theage.com.au">The Age</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/15/1034561142387.html">OpenOffice.org
releases beta for Mac OS X</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-15</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">From Australia, an article on the release of the Mac OS
X port and 643, the developer port.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/">eWeek</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,633897,00.asp">Linux
Is Ready to Roll, With or Without [MS] Office</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-14</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Peter Coffee writes on Linux' suitability--and that it
is ready for all users. "The bargain-priced applications available today
for Linux are more than enough to get the job done--and it's time for those
who pay the bills to say so."</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/">eWeek</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,633905,00.asp">OpenOffice
Releases New Developer Version</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-14</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Peter Galli reports on the new developer releases.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://news.com.com">c|net</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2009-1001-961354.html">A
Mortal Microsoft. Open source: Rebels at the gate</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-14</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">In the first of a series of articles examining the state
of Microsoft today, Mike Ricciuti analyzes the threat to MS posed by Open
Source technologies, including OpenOffice.org. Worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com">O'Reilly
Network</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2097">OpenOffice/NeoOffice
on Mac OS X</a> <br>
<em>2002-10-04</em></td>
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<td class="alt9">Tim O'Reilly sends his weblog from the Mac OS X conference
session where Ed Peterlin presented the results of the Mac OS X porting
team's work.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/">Newsfactor</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19532.html">What's
New on the Open Source Front?</a> <br>
<em>2002-09-30</em></td>
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<td class="alt9"> An informed and intelligent analysis by Masha Zager of
Open Source efforts, touching on OpenOffice.org, among other projects.
Worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/">Newsfactor</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19512.html">The
State of Linux in 2002</a><br>
<em>2002-09-26</em></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Masha Zager intelligently analyzes the state of Linux
today and its character in light of the push by large companies to capitalize
on Linux. Worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com">The New York
Times.com</a><br>
(Free registration required) </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/technology/18SUN.html">Sun
Ready to Push Linux as Alternative to Microsoft</a><br>
<em>2002-09-18</em></td>
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<td class="alt9"> John Markoff reports on Sun's efforts to position Open
Source technologies, among them Linux and StarOffice (which uses the same
code base as OpenOffice.org), as alternatives to Microsoft's products.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.iht.com/">International
and Herald Tribune</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=70026">IT
managers cite security and competition when choosing a Linux system</a><br>
<em>2002-09-09</em></td>
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<td class="alt9"> In a special article to the IHT, Nick Selby reports on
the factors influencing IT managers' choice for Linux. Among those cited,
Martijn Dekkers, chief enterprise architect for the prime minister's office
in Malta.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a><br>
(Free registration required) </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/technology/05CODE.html">An
Alternative to Microsoft Gains Support in High Places</a><br>
<em>2002-09-05</em></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Steve Lohr writes on how governments throughout the world
are increasingly turning to Open Source software.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/">NewsForge</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/08/29/2314224.shtml?tid=11">Commentary:
Making the Openoffice.org file format the standard</a> <br>
<em>2002-08-30</em> </td>
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<td class="alt9"> Ryan Leduc persuasively argues that &quot;The first step
in breaking the Microsoft Office monopoly is to replace the Office file
formats as the de facto file interchange standard.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/">Seattle
Times</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134516651_mcnealy19.html">Q&A:
No standing in shadows for Sun Microsystems chief </a><br>
<em>2002-08-19</em> </td>
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<td class="alt9"> The Seattle <i>Times'</i> Brier Dudley interviews Sun's
CEO Scott McNealy, and it's worth reading. Insight on Sun's Open Source
strategy, among other things.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949913.html">Verizon
switches programmers to Linux [and OpenOffice.org]</a><br>
<em>2002-08-15</em> </td>
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<td class="alt9"> As Stephen Shankland writes from San Francisco, "The company
[Verizon] cut costs by replacing programmers' Unix and Windows workstations
with Linux systems that run OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office, said
George Hughes, a Verizon executive overseeing the work. The average desktop
cost dropped from $20,000 to $3,000 per developer, he said in a talk at
the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo." </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/">ZDNet:
TechUpdate</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2877182,00.html">Sun
readies open source desktop</a><br>
<em>2002-08-14</em> </td>
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<td class="alt9">Columnist Dan Farber analyzes Sun's plans for Linux and
the desktop as revealed by Scott McNealy's keynote speech at Linux World
Expo. Interesting article; insightful.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.newsforge.org/">NewsForge</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/08/14/1633231.shtml?tid=23">LinuxWorld
diary, part two: not for the fun of it</a><br>
<em>2002-08-14</em> </td>
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<td class="alt9">Roblimo continues his wry and trenchant account of this
years more sober but more trafficked LWE.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26672.html">Sun
Makes Licensing Peace Offering to OpenOffice.org</a><br>
<i>2002-08-14</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Reporter Justin Clift writes on OpenOffice.org's new license
structure. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.newsforge.org/">NewsForge</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/12/technology/12SUN.html">LinuxWorld
diary part one</a><br>
<i>2002-08-13</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Robin (Roblimo) Miller writes on LWE's first full day;
interesting and worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">The New York
Times.com</a><br>
(Free registration required)</td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/technology/10LINU.html">Microsoft
and Free Software at the Same Show? It's True</a><br>
<i>2002-08-09</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> John Markoff discusses the upcoming Linux World Expo and
writes on the peculiar presence of Microsoft at the show. Worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949241.html?tag=fd_top">Open
source's new weapon: The law?</a><br>
<i>2002-08-09</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Michael Kanellos and Stephen Shankland write that: &quot;Open-source
software advocates will unfurl a legislative proposal next week to prohibit
the state of California from buying software from Microsoft or any other
company that doesn't open its source code and licensing policies.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/">PC Magazine</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,427069,00.asp">OpenOffice
Appears Dept.</a><br>
<i>2002-08-06</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> As the much-respected columnist John C. Dvorak writes, &quot;Much
of the recent buzz among computer users has been around the release of
the all-free office suite OpenOffice.org 1.0, available for download at
www.openoffice.org. This open-source spin-off of Sun's StarOffice might
become the biggest threat yet to the Microsoft Office suite monopoly.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://msnbc.com/">MSNBC</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/788759.asp?0dm=N14OT&cp1=1">An
alternative to Microsoft Office</a><br>
<i>2002-08-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> In a very positive article, AP journalist Matthew Fordahl
reviews OpenOffice.org 1.0 and finds it &quot;sleek&quot; and a real threat
to Microsoft Office. Worth reading. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-947746.html?tag=fd_top">Sun
muddies StarOffice plans for OS X</a><br>
<i>2002-08-01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Writer Joe Wilcox reports on the misunderstanding regarding
Sun's statements about the possibility of a Mac OS X build of Star Office. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://newsforge.com/">NewsForge</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/07/27/1458204.shtml?tid=1931.staroffice.php">Why
StarOffice for Mac is Important to Linux</a><br>
<i>2002-07-31</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Robin &quot;Roblimo&quot; Miller writes compellingly on
the important relation between the Mac OS X port of OpenOffice.org and
Linux. Quote: &quot;The Mac OpenOffice release is also a great opportunity
for corporate IT managers to test the idea of using a truly cross-platform
office suite without investing in license purchases.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/">MacCentral</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0207/31.staroffice.php">No
StarOffice planned for Mac OS X</a><br>
<i>2002-07-31</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> John Dalrymple writes on the port for Mac OS X. Front
page on MacCentral, the article provides a just account. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/">Reuters:
Technology </a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid">Microsoft
Shifts Licensing Plan</a><br>
<i>2002-07-30</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Reed Stevenson writes on Microsoft's new licensing plan
(pay for your life with Office). He also points out that as a result, Linux
and other open-source software (which is free) is more and more popular. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/">Newsfactor</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18805.html">OpenOffice
Gets Its Story Straight</a><br>
<i>2002-07-30</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Masha Zager, provides an insightful and accurate account
of reportage on the new Mac OS X port. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/">Newsfactor</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18763.html">OpenOffice
for Mac OS X Goes Alpha</a><br>
<i>2002-07-26</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> An excellent article and summary by Masha Zager on the
newly released port to Mac OS X. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26371.html">OpenOffice
bats for the Mac</a><br>
<i>2002-07-25</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Andrew Orlowski reports on the latest port of OpenOffice.org
for Mac OS X. As he phrases it, &quot;[the port] prints and saves, so there's
been much progress since a very rough cut appeared early this year.&quot; </td>
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<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,392848,00.asp">Red
Hat Shows a More Limber Linux</a><br>
<i>2002-07-22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Jason Brooks writes on the new, improved RedHat 8 (still
in testing) which will include OpenOffice.org.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.com.com/">c|Net</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1023-945406.html">Real
takes the open-source route </a><br>
<i>2002-07-22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> As Jim Hu writes, &quot; RealNetworks on Monday unveiled
a new open-source version of its streaming media technology that supports
multiple file formats for audio and video, including those that use Microsoft's
Windows Media technology.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.penguinista.org/">Penguinista
News </a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.penguinista.org/cgi-bin/article?articleId=2726&showBody=Y">EU
White Paper On Open Source and Asian Development</a> <br>
<i>2002-07-10</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> In a strong white paper, the EU AsiaITC presents the case
for &quot;the use and distribution of Free Open Software as a valid and
necessary official development aid [ODA] tool in developing countries.
Its benefits are manifold and it may be the only option available for developing
countries not to miss the 'information technology (IT) revolution,' without
infringing copyright laws.&quot; Although the author confuses Open Source
with GNU, the paper is still quite important.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/26081.html">EU
calls for open source e-government</a> <br>
<i>2002-07-08</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Electricnews.net reveals that in a &quot;report published
by the European Commission is encouraging EU governments to share open
source software resources as a way to cut down on e-government costs.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://newsforge.com/">NewsForge</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/06/17/0153254&mode=nocomment">OpenOffice.org
seeks P2P technology to help with distribution</a> <br>
<i>2002-06-17 (posted 07-03)</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Anne Zieger writes on OpenOffice.org's consideration of
using p2p technology, including that of <a href="http://www.jxta.org/">jxta.org</a>.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25956.html">MS
security patch EULA gives Billg admin privileges on your box</a><br>
<i>2002-06-30</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Characteristically trenchant and sarcastic, the Reg sheds
light on what Microsoft would rather were kept dark.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/">O'Reilly
Network </a> </td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/06/28/vendor.html">The
Strange Case of the Disappearing Open Source Vendors</a><br>
<i>2002-06-28</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Tim O'Reilly writes incisively on the state of Open Source
vendors. There are some sterling successes, but as O'Reilly writes, &quot;Open
source is ultimately about empowering users, not vendors.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">The New York
Times</a><br>
(Free registration required)</td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20STAT.html">The
Office Software That Roared</a><br>
<i>2002-06-20</i></td>
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<td height="104" class="alt9">David Pogue, the <em>Times' </em>chief technology
columnist, writes a brilliant article extolling OpenOffice.org--and mentioning
just why it poses such a threat to Microsoft's Office. As he puts it, &quot;The
world waited for a contender that was so compelling, people might actually
consider filing for Microsoft divorce. Now there is one. It's called OpenOffice,
and it has a killer feature: it's free.&quot; A must read.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com">LinuxToday</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-20-004-26-NW-DT-SW">PR:
Ximian To Bundle StarOffice 6.0 with Desktop Offerings </a><br>
<i>2002-05-20</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;Ximian, Inc. today announced it will bundle the Sun
StarOffice 6.0 productivity suite across a range of its desktop and software
management products and services for Linux.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.slashdot.org">Slashdot</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/09/0242219">Danese
Cooper (of Sun) Finally Answers</a> <br>
<i>2002-05-09 (posted 6-20)</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Danese Cooper, Sun's Open Source Diva, answers questions
posed to her by the Slashdot community. Worth reading.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBCNews</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2023000/2023127.stm">IBM
signs Linux deal with Germany</a><br>
<i>2002-06-03</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Yet another blow to the hegemon: &quot;IBM announced it
will offer German Government offices deep discounts on computer systems
based on Linux, rather than Microsoft's near-ubiquitous Windows operating
system.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com">The New York
Times</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/20/technology/20SUN.html">Sun
Takes On Microsoft's Office Software</a> (Requires free registration)<br>
<i>2002-05-20</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Laurie J. Flynn reports on Sun's StarOffice release and
on the chances of Sun's strategy. Given Microsoft's new licensing scheme,
the timing of Sun's release of StarOffice is quite good; especially in
places such as Europe, where &quot;resistance [to Microsoft's licensing
strategy] is especially strong.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com">Computerworld</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/opinion/story/0,10801,71242,00.html">IT
Buyers Can Cash in - to a Point</a><br>
<i>2002-05-20</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Dan Gillmor examines the state of the IT industry and thinks
that it actually augurs well for IT managers; he then suggests now is the
time to consider the &quot;increasingly interesting&quot; StarOffice.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com">Bloomberg.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&s=APOHfDhWUU3VuIE1p">Sun
Micro Targets Top Microsoft Product With Office Program</a><br>
<i>2002-05-14</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Describing StarOffice as a &quot;latest attack&quot; by
the beleaguered company, Bloomberg writer Dan Goodin portrays Sun as deploying
StarOffice as infantry in a war against Microsoft.</td>
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<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2865704,00.html">Considering
OpenOffice.org</a><br>
<i>2002-05-15</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Writes Dan Farber: &quot;A few weeks ago I joined the free
software camp, replacing my trusty and mostly reliable, Microsoft Office
with the 1.0 release of OpenOffice.org. By free, I mean OpenOffice.org
is an open source, zero-cost replacement for Microsoft Office with a comparable
feature set. My verdict so far: OpenOffice.org rates a 7 on a scale of
10 from the perspective of an individual user untethered from corporate
manacles.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/">ZDNet:
Tech Update</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2865668,00.html">OpenOffice.org--the
people's StarOffice</a><br>
<i>2002-05-15</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">An excellent article by Todd&nbsp;Volz that briefly touches
on the history of the project, it's constituent projects and on the software
itself, what it does, how it differs from StarOffice 6.0, and what its
promise is.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.idg.net.nz/">Computerworld
New Zealand</a></td>
<td class="alt9">All eyes on Linux: Microsoft absent as free OS dominates
show [Link unavailable]<br>
<i>2002-05-13</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">An examination of the strong open-source realities and possibilities
represented in the recent Auckland, NZ, Computerworld Expo.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.infoworld.com">InfoWorld</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/05/13/020513opsource.xml?0515weli">Opening
the desktop</a><br>
<i>2002-05-13</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">A characteristically excellent analysis of the current state
of Open Source, in this case, of the real possibilities of the open-source
desktop. </td>
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<td "54" class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4246-2002May11.html">The
Office Suite That Lets You See Past Redmond</a> <br>
<i>2002-05-12</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">As columnist Rob Pegoraro writes, &quot;OpenOffice.org 1.0
arrived, and Microsoft Office's long winning streak may finally screech
to a halt. OpenOffice is what many computer users have been waiting and
wishing for: It's free, open-source, Office-compatible and cross-platform
(Windows, Linux and Solaris, with a Mac OS X version in early development).&quot;</td>
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><a href="http://www.tandemnews.com">Tandem </a> </td>
<td "54" class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=1305&page=1">A
free alternative to Microsoft: The New OpenOffice.org 1.0 has finally
been released to public</a><br>
<i>2002-05-12</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;The good news.... After a lengthy wait, one of the
best alternatives to proprietary formats, Openoffice.org, is finally reaching
maturity. Some weeks ago, in fact, the OpenOffice.org community released
version 1.0 of the well-known open-source suite.&quot;</td>
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><a href="http://www.slashdot.org">Slashdot</a></td>
<td "54" class="alt9"> <a href="http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/09/0242219">Danese
Cooper (of Sun) Finally Answers</a><br>
<i>2002-05-09</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Danese Cooper, Sun's Open Source manager, answers questions
posed to her from the Slashdot community. Very interesting reading.</td>
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><a href="http://www.zdnet.com.com">ZDNet News</a> </td>
<td "54" class="alt9"> <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-902358.html">Free
office suite heads to the Mac</a><br>
<i>2002-05-08</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Matthew Broersma (of ZDNet UK) writes, &quot;OpenOffice.org,
the open-source office suite project, has reached a milestone in porting
the software to Mac OS X with an early release for Mac developers.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.eweek.com">eWeek</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D708%2526a%253D26349,00.asp">OpenOffice.org:
Serious Suite Alternative</a><br>
<i>2002-05-06</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> &quot;...Enter OpenOffice.org 1.0, which became available
for download last week. OpenOffice.org--or OOo, as it has become known--is
a freely available, open-source office productivity suite that delivers
enough functionality and Office file format compatibility to make it a
compelling replacement for the Microsoft suite and a good option for Linux
and Solaris users.&quot; </td>
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><a href="http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/">LinuxFormat </a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=433">OPENOFFICE.ORG
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCES OPENOFFICE.ORG 1.O</a><br>
<i>2002-05-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">News from the <a href="/about_us/ooo_release.html">press
release</a>.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/">ZDNet UK </a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="Http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109551,00.html">Free
office suite reaches milestone release</a><br>
<i>2002-05-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches
on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an
alternative to Microsoft's Office suite. The free OpenOffice uses the same
code base as the StarOffice software for which Sun Microsystems charges
a fee.&quot;</td>
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<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-897370.html">Free
OpenOffice picks up from StarOffice</a><br>
<i>2002-05-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;[C]ongratulations[...,] people. We'll download it
as soon as we can get in.&quot; The article is interesting, and examines
the nuances of the nature of 1.0.</td>
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><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/">Computerworld</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,70710,00.html">Gartner:
Microsoft licensing could push users to StarOffice</a><br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Patrick Thebodeau reports on the prestigious and Gartner
report which opines that, &quot;End-user unrest over Microsoft Corp.'s
enterprise licensing plan may prompt some companies to move from Microsoft
Office suite to rival Sun Microsystems Inc.'s personal productivity suite,
StarOffice, predicts Gartner Group Inc. &quot; </td>
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><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/">Computerworld</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801,70703,00.html">OpenOffice.org
releases Version 1.0 of its free office suite</a><br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">As Todd Weiss writes, &quot;After 18 months of development,
Version 1.0 of the open-source OpenOffice.org productivity suite was released
today for free download.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.bityard.com">bityard</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.bityard.com/article.php?sid=259">OpenOffice
1.0 Unleashed against MS Office</a><br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;Amid the dominance found in the office productivity
sector, Sun Microsystems through it OpenOffice.org project has released
the first version of a community based effort to unseat Microsoft&#8217;s
massive stranglehold.&quot;</td>
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><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">LinuxWorld.com.au</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/news.php3?nid=1458&tid=1">OpenOffice
1.0 available for free download</a> <br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Featuring commentary by OpenOffice.org's own Zaheda Bhorat
and Sam Hiser.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.itworld.com">ITworld.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.itworld.com/App/891/020501openoffice/">OpenOffice
1.0 available for free download</a> <br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;A free version of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StarOffice
business productivity suite is now available for download from OpenOffice.org,
an open-source developer community sponsored by Sun.&quot;</td>
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><a href="http://weblog.flora.ca">Flora</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25112.html">OpenOffice.org
Community announces OpenOffice.org 1.0: Free office productivity </a><br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;Global Community builds full-featured office suite
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><a href="http://www.geek.com">Geek.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25112.html">OpenOffice
1.0 </a><br>
<i>2002-05-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;OpenOffice has reached the 1.0 release, meaning it's
stable and ready for prime-time. &quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com">c|Net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-897986.html">Sun's
OpenOffice open for business</a> <br>
<i>2002-05-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;Sun Microsystems and its open-source allies have released
version 1.0 of OpenOffice, a free version of Sun's StarOffice desktop software
and a competitor to Microsoft Office.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.wininformant.com/">WinInfo</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.wininforma%0Dhttp://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=25072nt.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=25072%0Dhttp://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=25072">Free
Office Suite Now Shipping</a><br>
<i>2002-05-02</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;The OpenOffice.org community has finally unleashed
the long-awaited initial release of OpenOffice.org 1.0, a full-featured,
free Microsoft Office alternative.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/">Slashdot</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/02/05/01/1232239.shtml?tid=162">OpenOffice.org
Team Releases Version 1.0</a><br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Slashdot congratulates OpenOffice.org and there are many,
many responses.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The
Register</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25112.html">OpenOffice
suite goes 1.0</a><br>
<i>2002 May 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">&quot;[C]ongratulations[...,] people. We'll download it
as soon as we can get in.&quot; The article is interesting, and examines
the nuances of the nature of 1.0.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/">Oregon<i>Live</i></a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/all_wire_stories/101386428029222529.xml">Microsoft
puts the squeeze on NW schools</a><br>
<i>2002 April 25</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Microsoft exists to make money. Any doubts? Then read this
article.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://newsforge.com">NewsForge</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/21/149237.shtml?tid=19">Klez
and OpenOffice should both spur Linux use</a> <br>
<i>2002 April 22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Reasons to use Linux and OpenOffice.org abound. But as Robin
Miller points out, a compelling reason is: viruses. If M$ can think of
Linux and GPL as a pox on capitalism, we can think of M$ as a vector to
truly destructive viruses. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24970.html">Gates:
GPL will eat your economy, but BSD's coo</a>l<br>
<i>2002 April 22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Surprise! As John Lettice figures it, Bill G is paranoid!
Seriously, Bill's opposition to Linux and GPL is legendary; and his recent
performance in front of Congress a deeply unsettling vision of how Microsoft
sees the world.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/">seattletimes.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> Feds
might use Microsoft product for online ID<br>
<i>2002 April 15</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Brier Dudley reports on how the federal government &quot;might
use Microsoft's Passport technology to verify the online identity of America's
citizens, federal employees and businesses, according to the White House
technology czar.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2010-1075-882846.html">The
Microsoft penalty that isn't</a><br>
<i>2002 April 15</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Bruce Perens writes that, &quot;In its antitrust settlement
with the Justice Department and nine states, Microsoft promised to publish
technology that would allow competing products to interoperate with Windows.
But Microsoft has sidestepped the penalty by crafting a technology license
that excludes the company's only viable competitor.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.dailystarnews.com/magazine/">Star
Weekend Magazine</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.dailystarnews.com/magazine/2002/03/03/opinion.htm">How
Microsoft will Kill Bangladesh</a> <br>
<i>2002 March 22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">In a compelling article, Zeeshan Hasan analyzes the situation
facing Bangladesh in regards to Microsoft.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.consultingtimes.com">Consulting
Times </a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.consultingtimes.com/articles/staroffice/sobusiness.html">StarOffice
Rolls Out Its Business Mode</a>l<br>
<i>2002 April 03</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Stephen E. Harris, Publisher, ConsultingTimes, discusses
Sun's Mike Rogers, vice president and general manager of desktop and office
productivity at Sun. A must read.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk">ZDNet.UK</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107509,00.html">Eric
Raymond: Why open source will rule</a><br>
<i>2002 April 02</i></td>
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<tr >
<td class="alt9">Matthew Broersma interviews noted Open Source theorists
and polemicist on his favorite subject. Fine quote on OpenOffice.org.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.vnunet.com">vnunet.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130353">Councils want
an Office alternative</a><br>
<i>2002 March 22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Sarah Arnott writes that &quot;UK councils are talking to
Microsoft's rivals about developing a genuine open-source alternative to
MS-Office.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.vnunet.com">vnunet.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130353">Councils want
an Office alternative</a><br>
<i>2002 March 22</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Sarah Arnott writes that &quot;UK councils are talking to
Microsoft's rivals about developing a genuine open-source alternative to
MS-Office.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Sun Microsystems,
Inc.</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> A Closer Look at Linux: Sun's Open Source Strategy<br>
<i>2002 March 22</i></td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td class="alt9">As detailed in this press release, &quot;Sun vice president
and general manager, Anil Gadre, joined with Stephen DeWitt, vice president
and general manager of Content Delivery and Edge Computing at Sun Microsystems,&quot; speak
on Sun's Open Source strategy. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Sun Microsystems,
Inc.</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-03/sunflash.20020319.1.html">SUN
EXPANDS STAROFFICE[TM] SOFTWARE OFFERING<br>
Customer and Partner Feedback Drives Increased Services and Support Low
Cost Payment Model to be Introduced</a><br>
<i>2002 March 21</i></td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td class="alt9">In this press release, Sun briefly explains its policy regarding
StarOffice and OpenOffice.org</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.com.com/">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2009-1001-866026.html">Commentary:
StarOffice is now more viable</a><br>
<i>2002 March 21</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Michael Silver, Gartner analyst, argues that StarOffice &quot;yet
may [...] pose the greatest threat to Microsoft Office.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/">ZDNetUK</a></td>
<td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2106859,00.html">MandrakeSoft
adds office software to Linux</a><br>
<i>2002 March 20</i></td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td class="alt9">As Matthew Broersma writes, the French Linux distributor
adds OpenOffice.org to its latest release.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/">LinuxWorld
(Australia) </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/news.php3?tid=2&nid=1356">StarOffice
goes commercial, and stays open-source </a><br>
<i>2002 March 20</i></td>
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<tr >
<td class="alt9">Tom Krazit, IDG News Service, writes on Sun's plans for
StarOffice and OpenOffice.org, and says nice things about OpenOffice.org.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24395.html">Would
you pay $5 to rescue Mandrake?</a><br>
<i>2002 March 12</i></td>
</tr>
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<td class="alt9">Mandrake calls on the Open Source community for help. Thomas
Greene writes on what one can do to help this fine, community-oriented
Open Source company survive. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24397.html">Cost
the key factor in pushing business to open source</a><br>
<i>2002 March 12</i></td>
</tr>
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<td class="alt9">John Lettice reports on a survey of business leaders and
their views on Open Source.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com">LinuxPlanet</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4078/1/">The
StartX Files: Between the Sheets Roundup</a><br>
<i>2002 March 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Briann Proffitt continues his very favorable comparison
of Linux desktop applications. Guess which app comes out ahead?</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.com">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24258.html">UK
Gov deal opens up 2m desktops to MS rivals</a><br>
<i>2002 March 01</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Be proud if your British: According to John Lettice, &quot;The
UK Government's Office of Government Commerce has struck a &quot;ground-breaking&quot; three-cornered
deal covering the use of desktop productivity software in Government departments.&quot; This
deal allows the government to obtain StarOffice--in vast quantities.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.com">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24248.html">PHP
flaws pose hacker risk</a><br>
<i>2002 February 28</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">John Leyden reports that &quot;Flaws in the popular open
source scripting language PHP could allow crackers to execute arbitrary
code on a victim's system or crash a Web server, security clearing house
CERT has warned.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.com">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24192.html">Sun
to charge for StarOffice (Linux and Windows</a>)<br>
<i>2002 February 25</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">John Leyden writes on the report by <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/db-24.02.02-000/" target="_blank">Heise
Online</a> that Sun will charge for the Windows and Linux but not Solaris
versions of its proprietary <a href="http://www.sun.com/staroffice/">StarOffice</a>.
OpenOffice.org will of course remain free--as in beer and as in speech.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.infoworld.com">InfoWorld.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/02/18/020218opsource.xml">The
Open Source: Column</a><br>
<i>2002 February 20</i></td>
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<td class="alt9">Columnist Russel Pavlicek analyzes the tension between Sun's <a href="http://www.netbeans.org">Netbeans</a> and
IBM's <a href="http://www.eclipse.org">Eclipse</a>. An excellent account
of Open Source.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24131.html">Danish
local govt. rebels against MS license terms</a><br>
<i>2002 February 19</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> As John Leyden reports, the Danish government is seriously
considering Open Source alternatives to Microsoft software because of the
Redmond company's pricing scheme.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24048.html">Report
favours open source, Windows mix for Bundestag</a><br>
<i>2002 February 13</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> John Lettice reports on the latest developments regarding
Open Source in one of Europe's most interesting parliaments, the Bundestag. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.gcn.com">GCN.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17874-1.html">Microsoft
stops new work to fix bugs</a> <br>
<i>2002 February 04</i></td>
</tr>
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<td class="alt9"> As William Jackson reports, Microsoft has stopped work
on its software to finally get rid of all its bugs. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://desktoplinux.com">DesktopLinux.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-832463.html">Open
Source on the Business Desktop</a> <br>
<i>2002 February 08</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> In Part 3, Adam Wiggins examines the desktop offerings
for Linux users. And guess what program is the &quot;critical application&quot; for
Linux users? </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-832463.html">Linux-loving
McNealy dons penguin outfit</a> <br>
<i>2002 February 08</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> As Stephen Shankland writes from San Francisco, &quot;In
a move to erase doubts about the sincerity of Sun Microsystems' move to
embrace the Linux operating system, Chief Executive Scott McNealy took
the stage Thursday wearing a penguin suit.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23964.html">MS
chief lashes out at German Free Software petition</a><br>
<i>2002 February 07</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> John Lettice writes on Microsoft's reactionary politics
regarding Open Source in Germany.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23978.html">Stallman
issues Porto Alegre clarification</a><br>
<i>2002 February 07</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Intrepid Register reporter in the US Andrew Orlowski reports
on Stallman's clarification regarding his seemingly harsh words regarding
GNOME. (He was quoted out of context.) Of interest because it signals the
travails of mapping Open Source/Free Software to business.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com">ZDNet News </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-828802.html">Q&amp;A:
Red Hat CEO says Linux won't rule desktop</a><br>
<i>2002 February 04</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> In an interview with Matthew Broersma, &quot;Red Hat Chairman
Bob Young explains why converting Unix customers is easy; why open source
will win the day on the Internet; and why Linux will never replace Windows
on the desktop.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.vnunet.com">vnunet.com</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/02/04/2355205">Controversy
brews in Linux camp</a><br>
<i>2002 February 04</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> James Middleton reports on the controversy surrounding &quot;vnunet.com's
article on the higher number of vulnerabilities found in Linux last year
as opposed to Windows.&quot;</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-828152.html">The
week in review: Penguin power</a><br>
<i>2002 February 03</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Steven Musil reports on last week's LinuxWorld Expo in
New York, where OpenOffice.org had one of the more interesting exhibits.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/23905.html">US
mulls Linux for world's biggest computer</a><br>
<i>2002 January 27</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> As The Register's US reporter Andrew Orlowski reports from
NY LinuxWorld, Linux may be the operating system of choice for the vast
new computer (&quot;Purple&quot;) being planned. Size of computer? not
more than half an acre. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-823734.html">Ximian
changes open-source license</a><br>
<i>2002 January 27</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Ximian's Open Source license has gotten less restrictive,
Stephen Shankland reports.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cio.com">CIO &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.cio.com/archive/011502/meter.html">The
Meter is Running</a> <br>
<i>2002 January 15</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Scott Berinato writes on how CIOs are balking at Microsoft's
2001 licensing scheme. </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com">c|net</a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.cnet.com/software/0-811003-8-8581076-1.html">StarOffice
6.0 Beta (Review)</a> <br>
<i>2002 January 25</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Gregg Keizer reviews the latest software offering from
Sun and ignores Openoffice.org.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://business-times.asia1.com.sg">The
Business Times (Singapore) &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,2276,33706-1011643140,00.html?">Civil
service eyes non-Microsoft software</a> <br>
<i>2002 January 21</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Tang Weng Fai reports on the possible move by the Singapore
civil service to StarOffice.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/23746.html">Who
wins if AOL swallows RedHat?</a><br>
<i>2002 January 21</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Andrew Orlowski trenchantly analyzes the possible merger
between behemoth AOL/Time Warner and RedHat.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23694.html">Borland
CEO recants, rallies nation</a><br>
<i>2002 January 16</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> In an update to the story below (&quot;Borland demands
users pay for license audit&quot;), Andrew Orlowsky reports that Dale Fuller
has apologized for the language and stricken it as a mistake.</td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23658.html">Borland
demands users pay for license audit</a><br>
<i>2002 January 14</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> As Andrew Orlowsky reports, &quot;Borland reserves the
right, for one year after the license expires, to enter your home and access
your system and accounts to perform an audit.&quot; What next? </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23655.html">Settlement
terms nixed by Judge</a><br>
<i>2002 January 11</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> Andrew Orlowsky reports on the nixing of Microsoft's wish
to absolve itself by supplying its products free to young children in school.
As the presiding judge described the terms of the agreement, &quot;Microsoft's
$1.1 billion giveaway of computers software to US schools would constitute
'court-approved predatory pricing,'if approved, said Judge Motz.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk">The Register &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23653.html">UK
fails to make the most of open source</a><br>
<i>2002 January 11</i></td>
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<td class="alt9"> John Leyden writes that &quot;UK firms are failing to exploit
open source software as much as they might because of uncertainty about
its business benefits.&quot; </td>
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<td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/howitworks/howitworks.asp">UKGovTalk &nbsp; </a></td>
<td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/interoperability/egif_document.asp?docnum=430">Analysis
of the Impact of Open Source Software</a> <br>
<i>2002 January 02</i></td>
</tr>
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<td class="alt9"> This paper examines how the OSS movement could impact the
UK Government's policy towards the worldwide market in software infrastructure
and software applications.</td>
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