Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
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Dienstag Mai 17, 2005

GlobeeCom becomes StarOffice reseller
"The partnership provides for the resale by GlobeeCom of StarOffice software, servers designed by Sun, and the use of Sun technologies for research and development of software created by GlobeeCom."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 17 2005, 04:46:11 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [7]

Bibus bibliographic software for OpenOffice.org
My colleague Joost Andrae just pointed me to this German article about Bibus. Here is the English Bibus homepage: "Bibus is a bibliographic database. It has been designed with OpenOffice.org in mind. The "ultimate" goal is to have an opensource bibliographic software that will allow easy formating (and reformatting) of the bibliographic index in OpenOffice.org Writer."
( Mai 17 2005, 02:05:57 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Can Viral Marketing Be Serious?"
"Word of mouth and viral marketing are more than buzzwords -- they're techniques that work. But aping methods used by hip brands or consumer product companies won't necessarily work if you're not promoting something with the same demographic. Get your customers involved, and promote that involvement through engagement marketing efforts that make them a part of the big picture."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 17 2005, 08:37:42 AM CEST ) Permalink

"IBM Urges Employees to Blog With Care"
According to this article IBM is now starting to follow Sun's blogging leadership. Another "me too"!
( Mai 17 2005, 08:34:55 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Birmingham Council plans 1,500 seat trial of open source desktops"
"The council has secured government funding to run 1,500 PCs using the Linux operating system with Openoffice applications and Firefox web browsers. The open source trial will include public-facing PCs in libraries as well as those used to access core systems in council offices."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 17 2005, 08:31:18 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Sun Buys Thin-Client Software Vendor"
"The acquisition of Tarantella ultimately will make it easier for Sun customers to deploy desktops that run either open-source StarOffice applications or those from Microsoft, says David Friedlander, a Forrester Research senior analyst."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 17 2005, 08:29:58 AM CEST ) Permalink