Alfresco's Open Source Barometer
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| One of the most interesting additions to the survey this year is a question
| about which office suite people use. Overall, OpenOffice.org chalks up a very
| respectable 24% to Microsoft Office's 66%. This is a much higher penetration
| than I would have guessed for open source on the desktop, and suggests that
| among those adopting open source programs OpenOffice.org is doing really
| well – pretty much at the Firefox level of success.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=475&blogid=14
Last year it was 20% of The Register's reader who said they were using
OpenOffice.org.
Large survey, in case you wonder:
First impressions count most with open source
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| Today Alfresco is presenting the findings of the second Open Source
| Barometer. This is the largest study of the usage of open source in the
| enterprise stack by the Global 5000 and Governments across the world. The
| survey was conducted throughout 2007 using opt-in data provided by 35,000
| Alfresco community members.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?RSS&entryid=476
More on OpenOffice.org, once extended (for free):
12 Must-Have OpenOffice Extensions
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| Other than being a free complete office suite, OpenOffice allows users to
| install extensions to improve its functionality and enhance the user
| experience. Here is a list of useful extensions for you.
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http://maketecheasier.com/12-must-have-openoffice-extensions/2008/02/11
Yesterday:
Subject: OpenOffice.org on OLPC
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| I'm amazed -- it works. I installed OOo to a USB stick and ran it from
| the terminal on the OLPC. It couldn't find a Java runtime, so I
| installed the Java SDK and set my $PATH variable properly. It appears
| to work like a champ. I loaded a 5MB word processing document with
| images, and it's fairly responsive. I'm very amazed/impressed.
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http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/odf-adoption/200802/msg00002.html
QualityLogic Introduces Test Files for OpenOffice.org Office Suite
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| Test files are now available for "Writer" and "Draw." "Impress" is in
| development, and additional applications are planned.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=818584
OOoCon in China?
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| The appearance of Beijing is particularly interesting, because it's still not
| really clear how well open source is doing in China. Maybe this is a hint
| that there's more interest than you might think.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/02/ooocon-in-china.html
Recent:
German penal institutions looking into OpenOffice.org
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| It looks like that OpenOffice.org is also being used in areas where many of
| us don't expect it, or wouldn't research for. I have reports that some German
| penal institutions are looking into OpenOffice.org for their daily office
| work.
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http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/02/german-penal-institutions-looking-into.html
Just a coincidence?
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| According to Davide Dozza, Chairman of Associazione PLIO: "The numbers are
| exactly the same. If it's just a coincidence, it's a very strange one.
| Downloads of the Italian version of OpenOffice.org were 800.000 in 2006 and
| 1.800.000 in 2007: the difference is exactly in the million of Italians
| that - according to Microsoft - have downloaded the trial version of Office
| 2007. We think that these users have decided to switch to OpenOffice.org as
| soon as they have realized that the effort to get used to the new ribbon
| interface is higher than the effort to migrate to the open source suite. In
| 2007, the majority of information requests has been about the compatibility
| with Windows Vista, and the trend stays unchanged in 2008".
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http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/just-coincidence.html
[German] Federal Employment Office switches to Linux
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102218
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
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