Mittwoch April 27, 2005

"Open Office, IBM, and Sun: Worlds Apart, or Just Miles?"
"Q: So you're against Sun and OO.o too?
A: No. Again, as a daily user of the application I understand perfectly where they're coming from. And while I support IBM's right to operate as they have, I don't think it's in the best interests of either IBM or OO.o. In short, I support IBM's right to choose in this situation, but that does not mean that I have to like the choice that they've made."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 09:06:25 PM CEST ) Permalink

Just switch! - Beefing up presentations with clipart graphics
If you are looking at ways to beef up your StarOffice presentations, there are quite a few options. The simplest one is to just take a look at the "Gallery". The Gallery tool is called by clicking on the following toolbar button:



The StarOffice gallery includes about 1,800 clipart graphics and photos for different topics and themes. Here is a little snapshot:



Another great source for clipart graphics is www.openclipart.org:



Unfortunately, StarOffice and OpenOffice.org do not support the SVG format, yet. Thus, some conversion work is needed to integrate the OpenClipart graphics into the Gallery. To people who are willing to pay for high quality photos I personally can recommend Photos.com:



I really like their pictures. Unfortunately Photos.com is pretty expensive if you only need a high-quality photo once in a while. What clipart and photo resources do you use?
( Apr 27 2005, 09:21:00 AM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [6]

"Putting the spin on IBM" (about IBM and OpenOffice.org)
I just read this article.

I would have to ask Louis and Simon, but I guess it is just coincidence that they both mentioned IBM. IBM might be an interesting case since most people (including me) still don't know what exactly IBM is doing with OpenOffice.org in their Workplace offering. Here IBM apparently admits that they actually forked OpenOffice.org in order to implement Workplace:

"Technically, no. They were derived from the OpenOffice project, but we forked away from that over a year ago. We componentized them and tried to slim them down a bit, and we also added a whole bunch of fixes and features and cleaned them up.

We will not advertise these as OpenOffice editors; we will be clear that they are OpenOffice-derived and they will support OpenOffice formats, and we encourage people to use OASIS and OpenOffice doc formats in addition to Office ones."

To me, forking is not really supporting an open source project, but other open source supporters might have different opinions about that. The good thing is that IBM now at least officially supports the OASIS OpenDocument standard.

BTW, as you can see here, it is not all the uncommon to ask for a Joint Copyright Agreement (JCA). Novell does the same for Evolution.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:36:48 AM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [2]

"Is Sun right to insist on copyright transfer?"
"Securing that control over the copyrights is sometimes easier said than done. Some of the copyright holders were dead, I remember Gingell telling me."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:27:30 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Last Call for Comments on Proposed Newsgroup List"
"Gervase Markham has updated the list of proposed Mozilla newsgroups and comments are invited."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:26:46 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Michael Kaply Revives CCK Project"
"Yesterday, IBM Mozilla developer Michael Kaply posted a newsgroup message to gauge interest in an effort to revive the Client Customization Kit (CCK). After receving over thirty replies to his CCK proposal, Mike has created a CCK wiki page to get the project off the ground."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:25:03 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Firefox Used By 1 In 10 Business Professionals"
"Professionals are using Firefox over IE because they like the browser's tabbed browsing feature and they see it as less of a security risk than the Microsoft browser, Janulaitis said. Tabbed browsing allows users to toggle back and forth among multiple web pages without launching a new browser."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:23:33 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Firefox a realistic alternative to Explorer"
"What else is nice about Firefox? You can install all kinds of extensions and add-ons, from a monitor of Abe Vigoda's current health status to a version of Pong, the original video game of my youth. These install easily and dozens are created every week."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:22:41 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Survey: Mozilla browsers grab 8.69 percent share"
"Web analytics company OneStat.com reported Tuesday that Mozilla’s Web browsers, including Firefox, comprise 8.69 percent of the global market for Web browsers."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:19:21 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Firefox nears 50 Million Downloads"
"bluephone writes "Firefox hit 49,000,000 downloads last night. Today, as we approach 50,000,000, SpreadFirefox is offering prizes for photographic proof of your most amazing spectacles to celebrate."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:18:28 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Firefox Doubles Its Browser Market Share"
"Janco's second quarter 2005 Browser Market Share Study finds that Firefox has doubled its market share. Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco said, "In less than three months Firefox has grabbed over 10% of the browser market. In addition, based on conversations with a number of industry sources and Janco's projections, we feel that within the next quarter Firefox could have up to 25% of the browser market."

The study also found that Netscape's Version 8 has had very limited success. "If the trend continues Netscape will be less than a footnote as a browser," said Janulaitis. He also added that individuals who have tried both the new Netscape and Firefox almost all chose Firefox."

The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:16:34 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Review: Solaris 10 - Coming Along Nicely"
"Recommendation
Get it! Solaris 10 is a stable, powerful and speedy operating environment that is free to use, works with commodity hardware and has a vibrant, growing community of users. This is a "must have" upgrade for existing Solaris users. Get Solaris 10 Here."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 27 2005, 06:15:35 AM CEST ) Permalink