Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
... or why Open Competition matters

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Sonntag Mai 08, 2005

"Ant: Building a Better Build File"
"From the developer who uses VIM or Emacs to the developer who uses a more complex IDE such as NetBeans, Eclipse, or IntelliJ's Idea, Jakarta's Ant has made their life much easier and more consistent. However, there does seem to be a growing trend to make build files that are overly complex and difficult to maintain."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 08 2005, 01:34:42 PM CEST ) Permalink

"KernelTrap: New Home At The Open Source Lab"
"The Open Source Lab at Oregon State University exists to help accelerate the adoption of open source software across the globe and aid the community that develops and uses it. The OSL's talented team of students and full-time staff do this by focusing on software development as well as hosting the world's largest open source projects."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 08 2005, 01:31:47 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Product review, OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta"
"Conclusion.
In nearly every respect OOo 2.0 is a drastic improvement over previous efforts. It looks better, has more features, better integration and MS Office compatibility and is more pleasant to use then ever before. For the first time it’s a real challenger to Microsoft Office for moderate tasks."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 08 2005, 01:29:19 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Interview with OpenOffice.org staff"
"OpenOffice.org is the most comprehensive open source office productivity suite available. Into its fifth year of existence, the project is set to release its next version, OpenOffice.org 2.0, with a major overhaul. The latest release, 1.9 (also popularly known as 2.0-beta), came out in March this year and was met with mixed reviews. While many were happy with the progress, many people criticized it for its use of Java. In this interview with Louis Suarez-Potts, Community Manager; and Martin Hollmichel, Release Manager of OpenOffice.org, they talk about what makes 2.0 different from the previous releases."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 08 2005, 01:28:03 PM CEST ) Permalink