Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
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Montag August 22, 2005

Open-source DRM project
These are great news! An open-source/open-standards based DRM approach was overdue. Who wants to give companies like Microsoft full control over their data? I think nobody should!

DRM is a very useful "feature", but it should not be controlled by one single vendor!
( Aug 22 2005, 06:41:06 PM CEST ) Permalink

SVG Import for OpenOffice.org
See Stefan Taxhet's blog.
( Aug 22 2005, 06:36:41 PM CEST ) Permalink

"OpenOffice.org 2.0 reviewed"
"It's not all hugs and kisses. Advanced features like cross references are still limited and confusing. I still don't know why there isn't a "File > New > Envelope" option. I'd like it to be easier to put different page layouts within the same document. (Though frankly, after using Microsoft Word again on a contract and cursing like a sailor the whole time, I think OpenOffice.org Writer offers a lot more control over multiple page layouts and less of the "why is it doing that?!" experience.) But I think that overall that's OK. OpenOffice.org's main target market is not technical writers or book publishers, it's people in general.

OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a good release. They've listened to what people wanted. Try it, you'll like it."

The full review can be found here and here.
( Aug 22 2005, 06:23:14 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]