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Dienstag Oktober 11, 2005

"KOffice 1.4.2: Improved OpenDocument Support"
"Among various bugfixes and translation improvements, the KOffice 1.4.2 release further improves support for the OASIS OpenDocument file format and interoperability with OpenOffice.org."
The announcement can be found here.
( Okt 11 2005, 11:31:09 PM CEST ) Permalink

"ISO to review OpenDocument as a standard"
"The committee will send the specification out to its members probably at the end of this month, and they will have five months to study and vote on it, according to ISO spokesman Roger Frost."
The full article can be found here.
( Okt 11 2005, 11:30:03 PM CEST ) Permalink

Louis Suarez-Potts in Sweden
News from Sweden in Louis' blog.
( Okt 11 2005, 10:51:59 PM CEST ) Permalink

City of Mannheim (Germany) moving to Linux
I just read in this German article that the City of Mannheim is migrating to Linux. They started on the server side, but are also conducting a desktop migration study. Thus, the City of Mannheim might move to OpenOffice.org or StarOffice in the future as well. The reason for their Linux migration is the support life end of Windows NT.
( Okt 11 2005, 02:58:11 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

"Sun Microsystems' Florian Reuter: will the real XML please stand up!"
"Yes, but it's even more than that. X-forms makes it possible for the end user to participate in service-oriented architectures. You can have a cool web service which handles all of your vacation needs of the company, but if your end users aren't able to easily access the service, it's useless. These X-forms, which are embedded into OpenOffice.org, is the answer to this problem."
The full interview can be found here.
( Okt 11 2005, 02:30:20 PM CEST ) Permalink

"OASIS submits OpenDocument as standard"
"OpenDocument will continue to be developed and maintained within OASIS, but the group is seeking the ISO standardization to make the document formats more accessible, according to an OASIS representative.

"We believe OpenDocument's approval by ISO/IEC JTC1…will serve as a gratifying endorsement, making OpenDocument even more accessible to adopters--particularly those implementing business solutions for governments--who look to ISO for assurance of long-term viability," said OASIS representative Carol Geyer."

The full article can be found here.
( Okt 11 2005, 02:25:02 PM CEST ) Permalink