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| <h2>News 2003-04: April</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. |
| If you would like to share an article with the community, please send the link |
| to Louis Suárez-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://newsforge.com/">NewsForge</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/04/19/2128256.shtml?tid=11">Why |
| do programmers write open source software? </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-25</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Robin Miller of NewsForge provides an timely analysis of |
| some of the motivations prompting open-source programmers to contribute |
| to projects, including OpenOffice.org. Worth a read. </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.xml.com/">XML.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/deviant.html">At |
| Microsoft's Mercy </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-24</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Kendall Grant Clark, columnist, writes on the problematic |
| nature of Microsoft's employment of XML in the upcoming MS Office and suggests |
| that for those wanting "real XML interchange [...] they must either pony |
| up for the more expensive versions of Office or, perhaps, explore alternatives |
| like OpenOffice." </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.internetwk.com/">Internetweek.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=8800539">XML |
| Work Poses One Of Few Viable Threats To MS Desktop Dominance </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-22</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Antone Gonsalves writes, "Microsoft's dominance on the |
| desktop seems impenetrable, but efforts to standardize office document |
| formats could one day pose a threat to one of the software giant's core |
| revenue generators."</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/2100-1012-998241.html">Microsoft |
| to delay Office debut </a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-24</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Joe Wilcox reports that "Microsoft is preparing a new test |
| version of its upcoming Office 2003 desktop software, which will delay |
| the final release of the product until later this year."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/">ZDNet</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2913334,00.html">Microsoft |
| Word: How you can live without it</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-14</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">David Coursey, Executive Editor of ZDNet's AnchorDesk, |
| reviews OpenOffice.org 1.1beta--and likes it. In fact, "Right now, I've |
| got beta versions of Microsoft Office 2003, OpenOffice.org 1.1, and Corel's |
| WordPerfect Office 11 loaded on my system. My summary judgment: There are |
| things to like and dislike about the word processors in each of these suites, |
| but they really vary only by small degrees."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.news.com.com/">c|net</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1012-996528.html?tag=lh">Microsoft |
| limits XML in Office 2003</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-11</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Joe Wilcox reports that, "A distinction that Microsoft |
| is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means |
| that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, |
| including broad support for Web services."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.news.com.com/">c|net</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"> <a href="http://news.com.com/1601-2-996260.html">Featured |
| Video: Take an early tour of OpenOffice.org[1.1beta]</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-09</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Patrick Houston, columnist for ZDNet, interviews Community |
| Manager Louis Su‡rez-Potts on OpenOffice.org and OpenOffice.org 1.1beta.</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/article/03/04/01/HNlinuxdata_1.html">Ellison: |
| Linux will wipe Microsoft out of data center</a> <br> |
| <em>2003-04-01</em></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Stacy Cowley writes that, "At a gathering here Tuesday |
| of current and potential Oracle ISV (independent software vendor) partners, |
| Oracle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison extolled the |
| virtues of Linux and predicted that the open-source operating system will |
| soon decimate Microsoft in the battle for the data center market."</td> |
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