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Mittwoch August 03, 2005

"Creating interactive forms with OOo Writer"
"With OpenOffice.org Writer you can create any kind of form from simple questionnaires to sophisticated interactive tests. Here's how to create a simple quiz using the form tools, and how to add interactivity to it with a couple of macros."
The full article can be found here.
( Aug 03 2005, 11:43:11 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Support for OASISOpenDocument format in eZ publish"
"Bard Farstad writes "eZ publish, the CMS developed by eZ systems, a new extension for to way communcation with the OASIS Open Document format is released. This is the format used in OpenOffice.org version 2 and KWord ammong other applications."
The full article can be found here.
( Aug 03 2005, 11:42:09 AM CEST ) Permalink

Big changes in the open source world
Here are some interesting news from Mozilla and Novell:

"On August 3rd, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit public benefit software development organization, launched a wholly owned subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. The Mozilla Corporation is a taxable subsidiary that serves the non-profit, public benefit goals of its parent, the Mozilla Foundation, and will be responsible for product development, marketing and distribution of Mozilla products."
The full announcement can be found here.

"Novell plans to begin opening up development of one of its Linux products to outside programmers in a project called OpenSuse, a strategy similar to that taken by rival Red Hat, Novell is expected to announce next week."
The full article can be found here.
( Aug 03 2005, 11:39:10 AM CEST ) Permalink