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| <h2>News 2003-02: February</h2> |
| <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. |
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| <td height="24" colspan="2" class="alt4">2003-02: February</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/editidx.html">Andrew |
| Grygus: Opinions</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html">2003 |
| And Beyond</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-28</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Andrew Grygus's informed and informing opinion on the state |
| and future of IT. Favorable mention of OpenOffice.org.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/">USA Today.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-desktop_x.htm">Rivals |
| chip away at Microsoft's dominance</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-28</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9"> Byron Acohido writes on the increasing threat posed to |
| Microsoft Office by Open Source alternatives, such as OpenOffice.org</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/">Bangkok |
| Post</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://search.bangkokpost.co.th/bkkpost/2003/feb2003/bp20030212/database/12feb2003_data53.html">Support |
| growing for free Thai office suite</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-12</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9"> Karnjana Karnjanatawe writes that, "Use of the free Thai-language |
| office suite, Pladao Office, is starting to catch on among corporate users, |
| which are attracted to the alternative to the Microsoft Office suite as |
| a way to reduce investment costs." [Pladao Office is Thai OpenOffice.org |
| -Ed.] Worth reading.</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/03/02/18/1540254.shtml?tid=11">Interview: |
| OpenOffice.org is gaining momentum </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-19</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9"> Robin 'Roblimo' Miller interviews Marketing Co-Lead Sam |
| Hiser. "This article is a lightly-edited transcript of [an IRC] conversation. |
| It sounds like the already excellent OOo is getting even better -- and |
| more popular -- every month." </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=7832">Swiss |
| tax office distributes open source software</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-17</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">The original article is in <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/pmz-14.02.03-000/" target="_blank">German</a>, |
| but the British Inquirer has a pointed account of the Tax Office's use |
| of OpenOffice.org.</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/03/02/09/2138247.shtml?tid=51">Anger |
| spews over Microsoft appearance at yet another Open Source event</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-11</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Tina Gasperson reports that "Now that some people in the |
| Free Software community have discovered Microsoft's Shared Source guru |
| Jason Matusow is slated to speak at the Open Source for National and Local |
| eGovernment Programs in the U.S.and EU conference, they are gunning for |
| the show's organizer." Read more; the issues are interesting and have recently |
| consumed the Marketing <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=dev&by=thread&from=24140&to=null&count=26&first=22">list</a>. </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/03/02/10/0238202.shtml?tid=11">Open |
| Source in Mexico</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-04</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Robin 'Roblimo' Miller writes on the state of Open Source |
| in Mexico. Worth reading. </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/">c|net</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0207.barr.html">Trail |
| of tears: MySQL, ODBC & OpenOffice 1.0</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-07</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Joe Barr gives some excellent tips for integrating OpenOffice.org |
| with databases.</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/2100-1001-983315.html?tag=fd_top">South |
| Africa embraces open source </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-04</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Paul Festa writes on the exciting news that Sout Africa |
| has embraced Open Source Software. Worth reading.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml">IBM |
| Developer Works</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think15/">Thinking |
| XML: The open office file format </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-04</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Uche Ogbuji writes a very positive review of OpenOffice.org |
| and its XML file format. Here's the lead: "OpenOffice.org is a mature, |
| open source, front office applications suite with the advantage of a saved |
| file format based on an open XML DTD. This gives users and developers an |
| extraordinary amount of flexibility and power in dealing with work produced |
| in 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/2100-1001-983204.html">Advocates |
| join to promote desktop Linux </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-03</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Stephen Shankland reports on the new Desktop Linux Consortium, |
| of which OpenOffice.org is a founding member.</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/article2/0,3959,857673,00.asp">Microsoft |
| Warns SEC of Open-Source Threat </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-02-03</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">As reported by Peter Galli, Microsoft has stated in an |
| SEC filing that OSS may lower its bottom line because it may have to charge |
| less.</td> |
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