Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
... or why Open Competition matters

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Donnerstag Oktober 20, 2005

Interview with the OpenOffice.org Community Manager
"MP: In your view, what is the most significant thing about OpenOffice.org 2.0?

LSP: Our use of the OpenDocument format—the ODF—is the most significant thing. Why is the ODF so important? Well, it's an open standard, meaning that it is supported by the international community and is free for all to use."

Found here.
( Okt 20 2005, 08:22:24 PM CEST ) Permalink

OpenOffice.org / StarOffice features explained
Since OpenOffice.org 2.0 has been launched today, I thought it would be good to point people to my past feature explanations again. I hope you find this helpful!
( Okt 20 2005, 06:56:02 PM CEST ) Permalink

"OASIS Open Document Format Utilities"
"A class for extracting raw text from a document in Open Document Format."
The class (OpenDocumentTextInputStream.java) can be found here.
( Okt 20 2005, 06:51:00 PM CEST ) Permalink

OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here
OpenOffice.org 2.0 has just been released! Congratulations to everybody who made this happen!

Please help to spread the word! For example, you can use a web button from this web page. Here is an example:

Enjoy the new version!!!
( Okt 20 2005, 02:59:09 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

"OpenDoc plug-in for MS Office users"
"Software industry group Open Source Victoria has teamed up with NSW technology company Phase N to develop a plug-in for Microsoft Office users to view documents in the Open Document Format."
Found here.
( Okt 20 2005, 08:24:34 AM CEST ) Permalink