Erwin's StarOffice Tango

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Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
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Donnerstag März 22, 2007

"Conclusions from Open Document Exchange Formats Workshop"
The summary of the workshop can be found here.
( Mrz 22 2007, 06:28:19 PM CET ) Permalink

Simon Phipps is #58 on eWeek's Top 100 Most Influential People in IT List
Simon Phipps is #58 on eWeek's "Top 100 Most Influential People in IT" list. James Gosling is #64 and Andy Bechtolsheim is #52. Congratulations!
( Mrz 22 2007, 05:27:57 PM CET ) Permalink

Debian creator joins Sun
"Sun named Ian Murdock as its chief operating platforms officer, the executive who oversees marketing strategies for Sun's home-brewed Solaris operating system as well as the more widely distributed Linux operating system, company spokeswoman Jacki DeCoster on Wednesday.
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Murdock said Sun needs to make Solaris easier to install on computers, to encourage software developers to get on board. "I'll be advocating that Solaris needs to close the usability gap with Linux to be competitive," he said in an entry on his personal blog. He also said that he plans to stay close to his Linux roots. "Even with Solaris front and center, I'm pretty strongly of the opinion that Linux needs to play a clearer role in (Sun's) platform strategy," he said on the blog."

The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 22 2007, 05:21:03 PM CET ) Permalink