LinuxWorld: IT users looking to fill gaps with open source
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| But all students use the free OpenOffice productivity suite. Teachers get
| Microsoft Office but they have an option to use OpenOffice. "A lot of
| curriculum [applications are only] available for Microsoft Windows, so it's
| hard to make that translate to the open source world," Savage said.
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| When the school district first brought Linux and open source applications
| into its data center in 2002, it was to primarily to cut costs. "We like to
| get as much money as possible into the classroom so if we can save money in
| the data center with a high level of reliability, we will definitely go with
| Linux." For the school system, the focus isn't on what is cool in IT but on
| what is good for the students, teachers and supporting staff, he said.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=18&articleId=9029459&intsrc=hm_topic
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OpenOffice.org in Education: A Roundup
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| Wow, sometimes you think you’re really tied into a product and who’s using it
| and where, but even I was surprised at the amount of people and institutions
| deploying, using and enhancing OpenOffice.org.
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http://opseast.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/openofficeorg-in-education-a-roundup/
100,000,000 OpenOffice.org fans can't be wrong
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| Simon's official response explained the business rationale behind
| offering support for OpenOffice.org: "OpenOffice.org has becomep
| henomenally successful, Sun alone has shipped more than 70 million
| copies of OpenOffice.org 2.0," he said. "Out there, there
| are maybe 100 million copies of OpenOffice.org. It would be
| senseless to ignore that opportunity."
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2006/11/100000000_openo.html
Dell Offers Ubuntu, What About OpenOffice?
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| According to the IdeaStorm website, pre-installed OpenOffice is
| "Under Consideration," which appears to be just below "Coming
| Soon" in their hierarchy of possible implementation. Let's
| hope it moves to "Already Offered" soon!
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http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/552
Open Office vs. Microsoft Office
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| This has been just a short overview comparing Open Office to Microsoft
| Office to demonstrate that you don't have to pay a lot of money to get
| a great Office Suite. In fact, you may not have to spend any money to
| get a great Office Suite.
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http://www.ubuntunoob.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=1
Microsoft Office or OpenOffice?
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| Let's turn to Microsoft Office. Again, it brings in a ton of
| revenue to Redmond, even though there are full office productivity
| suites that compete with it. My guess is that many of you can't
| name one though -- and that is what Microsoft counts on, which is
| branding power. The full-featured OpenOffice productivity suite
| is pretty darn impressive (I've used it), and it's completely
| free and interoperable with Microsoft Office (not sure about
| Office 2007). Why don't more people use it then? Lack of knowing
| it exists is a possibility, and having to download the suite or
| order it for about $10 on CD may be obstacles. Plus, you can't
| find it on Best Buy shelves. If customers start becoming smarter
| and find out out about OpenOffice or even Google Inc.'s Google
| Apps, could a large piece of Microsoft's kingdom come
| crashing down?
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| [Disclosure: I own MSFT shares as of 5-29-07]
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http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-office-or-openoffice/
NeoOffice: It's Ready for Primetime
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| Four weeks ago I decided to try using Neo Office, the Open Source
| word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing program. Neo
| Office is based on Open Office which was created by Sun Microsystems,
| and then released out into the wild as an Open Source project. It
| was developed to work on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.
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http://www.surfbits.com/?p=1160
Chinese software company to tailor OpenOffice
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| RedFlag produces a Chinese variation of OpenOffice.org called
| RedOffice. The company is a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Science.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9722855-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
Chennai Corporation opts for Open Office
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| More than 220 computers are networked at the civic headquarters. Officials
| decided that the licence fee alone would run to a hefty amount and decided to
| switch over to the open source alternative.
|
| A senior official said: “We are able to do pretty much all we want — write
| documents, make presentations and maintain ledgers.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/17/stories/2007071751210200.htm
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