Montag Juni 13, 2005

Sun Ray Win in Saudi Arabia
"The new technology infrastructure, which includes the initial provision of 50 Sun Ray thin clients, will enable staff at the 24-hour call centre run by FRONTLINERS, to provide voice, email, fax and SMS outsourced solutions for different companies in the country."
The full article can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 07:15:00 PM CEST ) Permalink

OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office Performance Comparison
"The results so far are enough to make me want to use Writer, but I wanted to test a large file and HTML generation."
The full article can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 11:08:45 AM CEST ) Permalink

Interview with OpenSolaris Developers
"Most operating system reviews and developer interviews rely on technical points to explain what a project is about and what benefits users might derive from it. We rarely hear from the people responsible for the lion's share of the work in the open source software world. So here's a less technical interview with some members of the OpenSolaris development team."
The full interview can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 10:49:10 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Give Office the push"
"Increasingly, there are alternatives. OpenOffice.org (www.openoffice.org) has been around for years for Windows, Macs and Linux machines, but has always looked like a poor imitation of the real thing. Finally, Version 2.0 is about to appear — a beta version can be found in the download area on the website — and it ought to be giving someone at Microsoft nightmares.

OpenOffice.org now punches like a contender, with a word- processor, spreadsheet, drawing tool and database that, for most people, should do the trick. Elegant and simple, it can open and save common Office files, so you can view documents sent to you from people who stick with Microsoft. It is also absolutely free, and, increasingly, is bundled with versions of Linux that are attractive ways to revive ageing PCs."

The full article can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 10:46:06 AM CEST ) Permalink

OpenOffice.org Conference 2005 - Call for Papers
"The third international OpenOffice.org Conference, OOoCon 2005, will be held in Koper-Capodistria, Slovenia, this year, from 28-30 September, and you are invited! Promoted this year as a joint effort by the Slovenian and Italian OpenOffice.org language projects, the conference provides the opportunity for the community to meet the developers, contributors, marketers, and others who are making OpenOffice.org one of the most important open-source projects and products today." The full call for papers can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 10:40:50 AM CEST ) Permalink

Uno Runtime Environment (URE) announced
"The URE allows the usage of UNO independently of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite. UNO is OpenOffice.orgs underlying component model, allowing language agnostic and remote transparent development of add-ins, components and applications." The full announcement can be found here.
( Jun 13 2005, 10:39:38 AM CEST ) Permalink