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[News] Newsday Columnist Praises OpenOffice.org 3.0

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Lou Dolinar: OpenOffice is a worthy alternative

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| I've been using its predecessors for years, and, broadly speaking, OO3 is the 
| most useful, widely compatible software ever. You can run it on anything: 
| Macs, PCs, Linux, Unix workstations. It includes six full-blown applications: 
| the Writer word processor, Calc spreadsheet, Impress presentations program, 
| Base database program, Math equation editor, and Draw graphics program. And 
| it doesn't cost a penny.     
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http://www.newsday.com/business/yourmoney/ny-bzdolinar265896165oct26,0,1708684.column


Recent:

Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Office

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| OpenOffice
|
| Free
|
| Runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, MacOS X
|
| Feature comparable to Microsoft Office
|
| [...]
|
| How is this even a contest?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1274


OpenOffice 3 - Nice! - Review

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| The latest version of OpenOffice is out. And it's nice.
|
| This is a small, pleasant review of the latest version of the most popular
| free, open-source office suite, going by the name of OpenOffice 3.
|
| [...]
|
| I have not managed to get OpenOffice to crash, stall or sputter. It's solid
| as a rock. The feeling is that it also runs faster. It may be the new,
| streamlined interface, but the professional tranquility that OpenOffice 3
| oozes really makes you want to use it.
|
| It's getting better and better. Considering it's free and will happily do
| almost everything Microsoft Office can, you'll be hard-pressed to skip this
| one.
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/open-office-3.html


Microsoft: OpenOffice better than Google Apps

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| When pushed, Ballmer added that he felt Google has 'very primitive'
| capabilities. "We have better competition today than Google Docs and
| Spreadsheets. We get more competition from OpenOffice and StarOffice
| frankly."
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http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/microsoft-open-office-a-bigger-rival-than-google-apps-476243


The State of Kedah moves to OpenOffice.org

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| A case study submitted to the Open Source Competency Center by the Center of
| Information Technology, Office of the Chief Minister and State Secretary of
| Kedah, has indicated that OpenOffice.org has been installed in 70% of the
| computers in the Kedah state government agencies. There are currently 2,202
| installed seats and by the looks of it, the numbers will just keep rising!
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/case-study-on-t.html


announcing the winner of the splash screen poll

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| I'd like to announce the winner of the splash screen poll. We had a total of
| 789 votes, which is a quite good count! The winner is
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http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-winner-of-splash-screen-poll.html


The entire State of Pahang moves to OpenOffice.org

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| Its just been made official that the State of Pahang is migrating all its
| productivity suites to OpenOffice.org. This succint memo from the State
| Secretary of Pahang entitled "Perlaksanaan Penggunaan Perisian OpenOffice.Org
| Di Semua Agensi dan Pentadbiran Negeri" (translated: "Implementation of
| OpenOffice.org suite in all State Agencies and Administrative centres")
| outlines the reasons for migrating, the benefits and how to proceed.
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/the-entire-stat.html


90 things that are the same in Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org

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| I've put together three articles, showing tasks that are the same between
| Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org.
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http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/06/90-things-that-are-the-same-in-microsoft-office-and-openofficeorg.html


The Fall of Microsoft Office

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| On the same day that the state of New York published a report supporting open
| formats for electronic documents, mighty Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said that
| it would support the open-source ODF format in Office 2007. Redmond's own
| Open Office XML specification may be heading for the great Recycle Bin in the
| sky, never to come back.
|
| [...]
|
| I can't say that Google or Sun or anybody else just won a bigger share of the
| office software market, and if they did, it won't help their revenue or
| profits directly anyway. But it's clear as day that Microsoft just took a
| serious hit, and the impact may take a long time to make itself felt but it
| will come.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/27/the-fall-of-microsoft-office.aspx


Is Microsoft Office in trouble?

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| And, now Microsoft isn't hurrying to support its own format, but it is moving
| to support PDF and ODF... Could it be that all those copies of Office 2007
| Microsoft boasts of selling are collecting dust at reseller and retailer
| warehouses instead of being used on office systems? Could users be sticking
| with their older copies of Office and when they do want to move to something
| newer, they're moving to OpenOffice and Google instead?
|
| Interesting isn't it?
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/is_microsoft_office_in_trouble


Microsoft can’t support Open XML

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| If Microsoft can’t give users a compelling reason to switch from their old
| version of Office to Office 14 their cash-flow is going to slow down
| considerably.
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http://practical-tech.com/business/microsoft-cant-support-open-xml/


Is Office the new Netscape?

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| One of the cornerstones of Microsoft's competitive strategy over the years
| has been to redefine competitors' products as features of its own products.
| Whenever some upstart PC software company started to get traction with a new
| application - the Netscape browser is the most famous example - Microsoft
| would incorporate a version of the application into its Office suite or
| Windows operating system, eroding the market for the application as a
| standalone product and starving its rival of economic oxygen (ie, cash). It
| was an effective strategy as well as a controversial one.
|
| Now, though, the tables may be turning. Google is trying to pull a Microsoft
| on Microsoft by redefining core personal-productivity applications -
| calendars. word processing, spreadsheets, etc. - as features embedded in
| other products. There's a twist, though. Rather than just incorporating the
| applications as features in its own products, Google is offering them up to
| other companies, particularly big IT vendors, to incorporate as features in
| their products.
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http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/05/one_of_the_corn.php


Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver

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| I can’t help but wonder if the lackluster Windows/Office results also can be
| attributed to Microsoft brass’s complete and crazy obsession with Google (and
| taking over Yahoo) has resulted in no one minding the Windows store. Kevin
| Johnson, the head of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services division seems to be so
| laser-focused on the online-ad business these days that he almost seems to
| have forgotten Microsoft is still in the software business, too.
|
| Microsoft execs’ claims about walking away from the Yahoo deal are nothing
| more than bluster. A protracted hostile takeover bid is just going to
| distract not just employees in Microsoft’s online services business, but
| company management, too. It’s not a pretty picture.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1362
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