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Mittwoch Dezember 06, 2006

"How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In"
"Technology called "Information Rights Management," combined with copyright law and Windows Vista, give Microsoft the tools to hold users' data hostage in Office, says Cory Doctorow."
The article can be found here.
( Dez 06 2006, 04:50:58 PM CET ) Permalink

Authors for OpenOffice.org print magazine wanted
Software Media LLC will soon start publishing a quarterly magazine about OpenOffice.org and is currently inviting authors to participate. Here is a quote from an email that I'm allowed to publish here in my blog:

"We would like to invite all community members to participation in our project Using OpenOffice.org magazine, devoted to OOo. The magazine is published quarterly in USA, Germany, Poland, France (Spain is also planned). The magazine is intended mainly to beginners, idea behind it - showing OOo possibilities by using its applications."

Please contact the publisher if you are interested in contributing something to the magazine!
( Dez 06 2006, 03:51:44 PM CET ) Permalink

"Vista too power hungry for corporate PCs"
Sounds like Vista will be a tough sell:

"Research conducted by Softchoice shows that Microsoft’s Vista Windows operating system is too power hungry for the majority of corporate PCs.

The study revealed that 94% of the business surveyed PCs are unable to meet the premium system requirements of Vista, and nearly 50% cannot even meet the minimum requirements. The study also showed that 60% of organizations are planning to wait more than six 6 months before switching to Vista; and roughly 50% (of those) plan to wait at least a year or more."

The full article can be found here.
( Dez 06 2006, 01:57:08 PM CET ) Permalink

Ministry of Justice of Finland deploying OpenOffice.org
Great news! According to a message on the OpenOffice.org marketing project mailing list the Ministry of Justice of Finland is deploying OpenOffice.org to 10,000 Windows workstations. I don't speak the language, but according to the email more information can be found here, here, here, and here.
( Dez 06 2006, 08:55:56 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]