Microsoft Project to get open source competition
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| Projity, which has been selling its project management software in the form
| of Software as a Service (SaaS), will launch an open source version at
| LinuxWorld next week, under the name OpenProj.
|
| [...]
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| In addition to a Linux version, there will be Macintosh and Windows versions
| of the software as well.
|
| [...]
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| Talks are also underway with OpenOffice about integration with that suite,
| and the current version already reads Microsoft Project files.
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| O’Brien believes the latest version of Microsoft Office leaves Big Green
| vulnerable to this kind of open source attack.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1257
Related:
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
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
Wal-Mart to sell $300 PC with OpenOffice
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| Dell followed a similar strategy on July 10 when it withheld bloatware from
| its new Vostro line of PCs for small business users after a long campaign by
| bloggers and Dell customers against common practice by PC vendors of loading
| unrequested software onto new computers. Software companies fund the effort
| as a way to find new users.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070718/tc_infoworld/90292
And the centre of your desktop is...
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| We had an overwhelming response to our reader poll in this area with over
| 4,800 of you participating, so thanks to those who took the time.
|
| [...]
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| The only competition at the moment is from open source office suites,
| OpenOffice in particular, which around one in five Reg readers are
| personally using.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/20/desktop_office_suites/
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