Freitag Mai 25, 2007

OpenOffice.org on Dell PC's
Just in case you did not notice, Dell just started shipping OpenOffice.org via their Ubuntu bundling. Pretty cool!
( Mai 25 2007, 04:43:54 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [5]

Reminder: Call for Papers Deadline for OOoCon 2007 Approaching!
This is just a quick reminder that the call for papers deadline for the OpenOffice.org Conference 2007 is approaching very quickly! The call for papers ends on June 1! Details can be found here.
( Mai 25 2007, 04:15:25 PM CEST ) Permalink

Since the press continues writing about the bunny virus ...
... I thought it's necessary to quote Malte:
"Sohpos has just confirmed to me that SB/BadBunny-A does not bypass StarOffice/OpenOffice.org security checks, and that the user is asked if he wants to enable macros for that document when loading it."
Also see the official OpenOffice.org statement here.
( Mai 25 2007, 04:12:55 PM CEST ) Permalink

New chart module and report designer for OpenOffice.org
In case you don't read the GullFOSS blog, which I definitely can recommend highly, you might be interested in learning that OpenOffice.org will soon get a new chart module and a report designer. Also check out the latest Mac OS X screenshot on this blog entry. Pretty cool!
( Mai 25 2007, 04:03:30 PM CEST ) Permalink

More software with ODF support
"New Web Services support enables organizations to easily build their own applications on top of the BioXM server, further leveraging this central inventory of information based on a user-created, extendible scientific knowledge model. The updated BioXM client application ensures a highly personalized work experience, adding new support for Mac OS X(R) as a client platform and extended data exchange capabilities now supporting OpenDocument formats."
I found the news herehere. Please let me know when you find new applications supporting ODF! Thanks!
( Mai 25 2007, 02:12:05 PM CEST ) Permalink

The Standards Council of Canada is asking for comments regarding Ecma Office Open XML
As can be read here, the Standards Council of Canada is asking for comments regarding Ecma Office Open XML. This is an interesting and smart move, I think, because any committee will always have only limited knowledge and expertise.

For example, I'm a member of the SC34 mirror committee at the German national standards body DIN, but I fully admit that I don't know exactly what all the short, mid and long term needs of private and public sector users are. Most likely no vendor representative will!

Unfortunately most private or public sector organizations don't want to or cannot join standards bodies simply because they don't have the time or money, or at least they believe they don't. Therefore, I think it's great to see that the Standards Council of Canada opens up the process and invites non-members to provide input into the process.

Since standards decisions often lead to national standards recommendations and thus can have a huge impact on how tax money is spent and competition evolves, it's important that as many parties as possible participate in the standards process.

It's like with national elections. If citizens don't vote and thus express their opinion, powerful minorities will be able to take over. Therefore, people should participate, independent of their point of view, so that all opinions are being heard.
( Mai 25 2007, 02:06:24 PM CEST ) Permalink