Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
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Mittwoch April 06, 2005

"Sun President & COO Speaks Out"
Brief summary by LinuxWorld of Jonathan's OSBC keynote.
( Apr 06 2005, 04:45:58 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition Software Now Supports Solaris 10 On X86 Platform"
More ISV support for Solaris.
( Apr 06 2005, 04:42:30 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Sun COO Touts FOSS For Success"
"Schwartz said true economic growth will come as people realize that the value is in the service, not in the product itself. He compared the cell phone industry's practice of offering handheld devices for free with a subscription. "Surely, it should be everyone's common goal with free and open source software. It's not about bringing the competition down, it's about driving global participation up," Schwartz said. "
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 06 2005, 02:36:35 PM CEST ) Permalink

Just switch! - Multi-language Support in StarOffice 8
With StarOffice 8 it is possible to switch the UI language without having to install multiple instances of the StarOffice suite. This can be useful for example in school environments where the office suite is used as an additional tool to teach new languages. The feature might also be convenient for call centers, etc. where multiple users share one desktop system.

The configuration dialog can be accessed via "Tools - Options ...":

After changing the user interface language the application needs to be restarted.

After the restart the user interface is in German.

As you can see, French and Spanish are also supported.

Since I'm currently learning French (due to the huge success of OpenOffice.org in France!), I will probably make the French version my default very soon. ;-)
( Apr 06 2005, 02:14:47 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

"How Often are Internal IT Projects Open Sourced?"
This question was raised on Slashdot.
( Apr 06 2005, 06:17:25 AM CEST ) Permalink

Schwartz in the News (about Open Source)

● Sun's Schwartz Beats Open-Source Drum At OSBC

● Sun criticizes popular open-source license

● Sun's Schwartz cites open source Solaris intentions

● Sun plays community card with OpenSolaris

( Apr 06 2005, 06:16:08 AM CEST ) Permalink