Donnerstag Juni 23, 2005

"Desktop Solution Powered by Sun Ray"
"End-users will see improved reliability of their systems as the Sun Ray thin client has no local disk drives or processors that could be points of failure. IT professionals will be pleased with the improved security of the integrated solution, as the SAVVIS utility allows for dynamic provisioning of firewalls and defense-in-depth architectures. All businesses can benefit from the unique economic model supporting the service, which requires no up-front capital expense, lowers operational costs, and significantly improves scalability."
The full article can be found here.
( Jun 23 2005, 10:14:12 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Firm bets the time's finally right to chuck desktops"
"For a variable flat rate per user, Savvis is offering to swap desktop PCs for Sun's Sun Ray thin client devices and provide access to programs and file storage maintained in its centralized server operations. The service also utilizes Sun's Tarantella desktop software to support Microsoft's Windows applications and Sun's own StarOffice productivity tools."
The full article can be found here.
( Jun 23 2005, 10:06:09 AM CEST ) Permalink

"NeoOffice/J 1.1 offers open-source Office alternative"
"Planamesa Software and the NeoOffice.org community have released NeoOffice/J 1.1, a Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite that includes MS Office-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing applications."
The full article can be found here.
( Jun 23 2005, 09:55:43 AM CEST ) Permalink

"OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word"
"Conclusion

OOo Writer scores most of its victories in features that make the creation and maintenance of highly formatted or long documents easier. This pattern is not accidental. According to Elizabeth Mathias of Sun Microsystems, the documentation of OpenOffice.org has a long history of being written in Writer itself. As a result, the program's developers had the incentive to include the tools they needed. This legacy continues to give Writer advantages over competitors like Word.

That is not to say that Writer is a perfect program. Its interface is wildly inconsistent. Some features, notably cross-references, can most kindly be described as lacking. And in version 2.0, the attempt to imitate Microsoft Word hides several useful features.

Yet, despite these shortcomings, OOo Writer is not only as fully developed as Microsoft Word, but often superior in terms of features and stability.

Several years ago I concluded "Opening Up to OpenOffice.org" by saying, "OOo Writer outperforms Microsoft Word in almost every way." With the release of the version 2.0 beta, that statement is truer than ever. At its worst, OOo Writer is an adequate alternative for Microsoft Word. Most of the time, it is a superior one. And the greater your need for page design features or long document handling, the greater that superiority becomes."

The full article can be found here.
( Jun 23 2005, 09:52:44 AM CEST ) Permalink