Montag Mai 23, 2005

Google Fight: OpenOffice.org vs. Corel WordPerfect
Thanks to Roumen for the link to Google Fight! Look here to see the competion results for OpenOffice.org vs. Corel WordPerfect. OpenOffice.org is also doing pretty well against the "current" market leader. We'll see how the numbers will change over time! Oh, and as you can see here, I'm not doing too badly against Britney Spears! ;-)
( Mai 23 2005, 06:42:24 PM CEST ) Permalink

Now it's official! Time to celebrate!
OASIS today finally announced that the OASIS members approve the OpenDocument as an OASIS standard:

"XML doesn't always mean open. You can hide a lot in a file format. OpenDocument represents an opportunity to ensure truly open file formats for productivity applications, which is why it will receive the enthusiastic support of public sector steering organizations on a global basis," commented James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk. "The participation of enterprises in vertical industries, such as aerospace, will also ensure adoption in the private sector. One key to success will be the royalty free status of the spec; there are no financial penalties associated with developing to it." [...]

"IBM recognizes the importance of a standards-based document format. Use of open, non-proprietary formats will facilitate seamless collaboration between vendors, customers and partners and ensure the maintenance of corporate and government knowledge," said Karla Norsworthy, vice president, Software Standards, IBM. "IBM supports the OASIS OpenDocument formats, and we believe the standardization is a major accomplishment in an important area."

"Sun believes in the power of open standards to enhance business productivity and to stimulate innovation by preserving the intellectual property rights of content creators," said Tim Bray, Technology Director at Sun Microsystems. "Sun is a founding member of the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee, and Sun's StarOffice 8 productivity suite, based on the OpenOffice.org project, uses OpenDocument as its default file format."

For more background information read also this!
( Mai 23 2005, 06:21:39 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

3rd OpenOffice.org Conference in Koper, Slovenia (28-30 Sept. 2005)
The announcement can be found here.
( Mai 23 2005, 11:46:22 AM CEST ) Permalink

Nokia supports Firefox?!
"Nokia's move to web services is not a sudden shift. The company has been involved in the Oasis, Liberty Alliance and W3C standards groups. It also helped fund the Mozilla effort that produced the Firefox browser."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 23 2005, 08:56:32 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Microsoft Needs More than Tabbed Browsing"
"There are numerous other things that Microsoft can do to make Internet Explorer a competitive browser functionally and feature wise. What really intrigues me is that Microsoft only seems interested in eliminating competition, and not catering to its users. Microsoft clearly has the resources to define the software industry, but they choose not to do that. I am all for the goal of eliminating competition, but they need do that with better products and continued support to their customers. Microsoft can learn a lot from Firefox and the things that have made it a success. The company will certainly need more than tabbed browsing in 7.0 to get knowledgeable users to switch back over to Internet Explorer."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 23 2005, 08:55:08 AM CEST ) Permalink

Professional linguistic technology in StarOffice
"It's quite an honor to welcome Sun Microsystems to our family of prestigious licensees such as Adobe Systems and Macromedia. Franklin's linguistic solutions provide extensive language offerings and excellent quality which benefit our valued customers."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 23 2005, 08:50:53 AM CEST ) Permalink

Inserting special characters into OpenOffice.org
"OpenOffice.org lets you process multiple languages within the same document easily, as long as you use only the characters your keyboard offers you. Anything beyond that requires you to Insert > Special Character. This is acceptable, as long as you don't need to enter too many of these special characters. This article discusses a convenient way to mix two or more languages in small amounts, as with single words or single characters."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 23 2005, 08:49:23 AM CEST ) Permalink

Microsoft using OpenOffice.org?
I just found this and this. I'm really anxious to find out if this is really true!
( Mai 23 2005, 08:31:51 AM CEST ) Permalink