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OpenOffice.org: Third Major Release announced, thoughts about the importance of
Extensions
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| I like the Italian press release more, and it is not just because I am the
| Institutional Relationship Manager for the Italian OpenOffice.org association
| and a member of the Italian OOo marketing team. We stressed the importance to
| be a serious challenger for Microsoft in the Italian market, providing also
| some numbers (3.580.000 downloads so far this year, one every 7 seconds). We
| highlighted also that the OpenOffice.org architecture allows third parties
| contributions, knowing that many are not familiar with the notion of
| extensions yet.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/10/14/openofficeorg-third-major-release-announced-thoughts-about-the-importance-of-extensions/
Open source enables value-based business models
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| After more than five years participating in the open-source realm, I always
| find it interesting that we continue to ask the same questions about
| open-source companies versus projects, and consistently mix them up.
| Admittedly, we haven't always made it easy on ourselves with confusing
| licenses, varied revenue models, and reliance on a free product to manifest
| itself as a revenue stream.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10064951-62.html
Recent:
Five Useful Extensions for OpenOffice.org
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| Want to expand OpenOffice.org's default functionality? The official extension
| repository has quite a few extensions you can use to add some nifty features
| to the productivity suite. Precisely which extensions you might find useful
| depends, of course, on your particular needs, but there are at least five
| extensions that deserve a closer look no matter how you use OpenOffice.org.
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http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/blogs/productivity_sauce_dmitri_s_open_source_blend_of_productive_computing/five_useful_extensions_for_openoffice_org
http://tinyurl.com/67syvo
Sun Report Builder: Better reporting in OpenOffice.org
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| OpenOffice.org Base is undoubtedly a powerful database
| application, but when it comes to its built-in reporting engine,
| words like "underpowered" and "outdated" come to mind. Fortunately,
| you don't have to put up with this situation any longer: with the
| [1]Sun Report Builder (SRB) extension, you can add nifty reporting
| features based on [2]Pentaho reporting engine -- assuming you can
| figure out how to use it without any help.
|
| References
|
| Visible links
| 1. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/reportdesign
| 2. http://www.pentaho.org/
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http://www.linux.com/feature/119870
Related:
Do you really need Sun Weblog Publisher?
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| Suddenly, every application on the desktop seems to be adding a
| blogging extension. Sun Microsystems' offering is the Sun Weblog
| Publisher (SWP) for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org.
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http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/12/1912230&from=rss
Microsoft Office rivals advance
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| Rivals to Microsoft's Office productivity suite are sharpening up
| their game. The OpenOffice.org community is planning to add reports
| to its database, while SoftMaker is to extend its productivity
| line-up with a database, presentation tool and scripting language.
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http://www.pcw.co.uk/itweek/news/2188237/microsoft-office-rivals-advance
A new Spring season for OpenOffice.org
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| I found out that OpenOffice.org and Sun in general are in a much better
| shape than they were just 8 months ago. First, Sun is doing better
| financially and they have managed to go back to a volume of sales
| unprecedented since 2001. That's good news, because it means that
| the financial pressure has finally faded away. But Sun's new
| software strategy, which is to open source its whole software
| stack is apparently paying off and that means that OpenOffice.org
| (and ODF, to be sure) has become a central part of Sun's strategy.
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http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles/a_new_spring_season_for_openofficeorg
The GravityZoo OOo porting project
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| When OpenOffice.org is "GravityZood", it will become a suite of
| productivity applications that are always available, online, via a broad
| range of devices. It will be possible to share and collaborate in
| real-time, to switch from one device (e.g. a PC) to another (Mobile)
| device. There will also be no need to save data, because everything you
| produce is saved automatically on the network. There is no need to
| download, install or update, the latest version is just available and
| accessible from any GravityZoo enabled client.
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http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=19660
Next OpenOffice release to include Pentaho BI
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| Open-source business intelligence software vendor Pentaho Corp. is
| hoping a new tie-up unveiled Thursday with the OpenOffice.org
| community and Sun Microsystems Inc. will bring its BI offerings
| to the attention of many more new users.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/041907-next-openoffice-release-to-include.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/ywysvf
OpenOffice builds extensions for v2.3
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| Suárez-Potts thinks the new release will appeal more than just open-source
| fanatics. "The Writer enhancements will appeal to consumers, but the Charting
| and Calc improvements will appeal to business people - and scientists," he
| said. "We're directly addressing small and medium-sized business as well as
| the enterprise market."
|
| Versions 2.3 is available for Windows, Linux, and Solaris, but Mac mavens
| won't get an update until sometime next year. "Mac users will soon have
| something that's better than, say, the Redmond competitor's product,"
| Suárez-Potts said. "Just to cite an example."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/20/openoffice_org_unveils_new_version_trumpeting_extensions/
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