Mittwoch Oktober 31, 2007

Everex starts shipping $200 Green PC including OpenOffice.org
"Everex's TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores.
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"It's $200, with no gimmicks or subsidies," Everex spokesman David Liu said.
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The gPC also has a DVD burner and, for those not drinking the web-app cool-aid, OpenOffice and lots more local software. There's free phone support and a regularly updated app called "Faqly" that contains the latest tech support info for folks stuck offline."

Found here.
( Okt 31 2007, 05:29:52 PM CET ) Permalink

New version of Outlook alternative available
Version 0.7 of Mozilla Lightning has just been released. The release notes can be found here. The Mozilla Thunderbird email client together with the Mozilla Lightning calendar client extension is quickly becoming a feasible alternative to Microsoft Outlook. In connection with the Sun Java System Calendar Server Mozilla Lightning offers many enterprise-type features. Check it out! BTW, roadmap information and screenshots can be found in this presentation.
( Okt 31 2007, 10:27:59 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [6]

Community edition of Sharepoint alternative released
I believe, I haven't reported in my blog that O3Spaces recently released a community edition of their Sharepoint alternative. Here is a quote from their press release:
"The Community Edition is a free to use, fully featured Workplace solution for up to 10 team members. Furthermore, the Community Edition 2.2 can be seamlessly migrated with a Workplace Professional subscription. The O3Spaces Workplace 2.2b Community Edition is available as a number of new easy installers for various Linux and Windows Operating systems. It will also be available as a virtual appliance."
The full press release can be found here.
( Okt 31 2007, 08:35:09 AM CET ) Permalink

EADS hires people with OpenOffice.org skills
EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company apparently hires people with OpenOffice.org. Check out monster.de!
No, I'm not looking for a new job, but I thought this is another interesting way for checking who is using OpenOffice.org. Sure, I don't know of EADS is using OpenOffice.org internally, but considering that four EADS job offers explicitly ask for OpenOffice.org skills, one can assume that EADS is using OpenOffice.org at least in a few departments.

The German list (i.e. on monster.de) is the longest, but you find similar job ads mentioning OpenOffice.org in Belgium, France, the US, Poland, and India as well.
( Okt 31 2007, 08:30:45 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis
At the ODF government user workshop in Berlin we talked quite a bit about deployments in different countries and ODF-related complementary software solutions. You all can contribute to improving the story but adding to and updating the following two wiki pages: the OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis and the OpenOffice.org Solutions page. I noticed that recently someone contributed information about Hungary to the market share analysis. Great! This helps a lot! Thanks to the contributor!
( Okt 31 2007, 07:28:55 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

Linux-based laptops ordered by Nigeria and Uruguay
As can be read here, Linux-based laptops have been ordered by Nigeria and Uruguay. Since these Laptops have been designed for Linux, it's very likely that the use of these laptops will increase the global use of non-Microsoft technologies including OpenOffice.org. This reminds me of this Forrester study saying that we just more or less completed the first billion and that the next billion will happen in just seven years. I'm sure a large number of the second billion PC's will run open source operating systems and open source applications.
( Okt 31 2007, 07:06:20 AM CET ) Permalink

Quotes from the ODF government user workshop
The latest press release by the ODF Alliance includes nice quotes from people who attended the first international ODF government user work in Berlin. Here is one example:

"Open standards and ODF, more specifically, are about better interoperability,” said Peter Strickx, Director-General, Architecture and Standards, of FEDICT Belgium. “This workshop, with participating government representatives from all over the world – Brazil, India, China, South Africa, among others – is a true illustration of the ways in which ODF opens the doors to global interoperability and information sharing."

The full press release including more quotes can be found here.
( Okt 31 2007, 06:34:25 AM CET ) Permalink