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I've been a Star Office / OpenOffice user for many years - I use it exclusively. Admittedly, that was initially due to my employer's insistence but quite honestly I'd probably be using it by now anyway - I have a couple of Linux machines and IMO Open Office is still the most complete / polished suite for that market.
So, I care how well OpenOffice is doing in the broader market because every time another big company or organisation adopts OpenOffice - I know I'll benefit; ultimately. I'll benefit because OpenOffice will improve with every new user and the ISV base will expand as the user base expands.
So I was encouraged to see two OpenOffice related news items on my feed reader this morning. The first from C|Net reports that France's gendarmes and Ministry of Culture and Communication have adopted Linux (instead of Windows) and that includes OpenOffice. The second via e-week's (SJV-N) - OpenOffice gets a SharePoint-like extension via O3Spaces.
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Hi Sharps,
great to here you have become a fan of OpenOffice.org. I totally agree, more users help a great product. I think the best development this year is the acceptance of the file format as ISO 26300 by the International Standard Organization.
May I suggest you check out Plan-B for OpenOffice.org - support for non-technical users. It's a new support service for OOo I'm building. It just reached beta test this month. Please let me know what you think.
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Posted by Kaj Kandler on November 28, 2006 at 06:15 AM PST #