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[News] Exchange Substitute Now GPLv3-licensed; Microsoft Project Substitute Acquired

  • Subject: [News] Exchange Substitute Now GPLv3-licensed; Microsoft Project Substitute Acquired
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:11:10 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Zarafa open sources Exchange alternative

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| On the heels of the global Software Freedom Day this past weekend, Zarafa has 
| released the full source code for its Exchange server alternative. 
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3136

GPLv3.

Serena Acquires Project Management Software Maker

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| Serena Software acquires Projity, maker of an open-source project management 
| solution called OpenProj and a software-as-a-service project management 
| offering. OpenProj is available for Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Unix, and 
| works with leading open-source office suites including Sun’s StarOffice, IBM 
| Symphony and OpenOffice.org.    
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Serena-Acquires-Project-Management-Software-Maker/


Related:

Open source project management app hits 500K downloads

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| Open source application OpenProj, a Microsoft Project replacement, has been
| downloaded more than 500,000 times, says Marc O'Brien, CEO of OpenProj's
| sponsoring company Projity.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/138457


Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project

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| “We’ve got major visibility at the distros. We are speaking to Red Hat, 
| Novell, and Ubuntu and we’re getting a warm reception because those companies 
| are now orienting their desktops to the business community where ROI is 
| important,” he said.   
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1794


OpenProj Review: An OSS Alternative to Microsoft Project

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| Even in its current standing, however, I can see a lot of people getting 
| behind this project. Just as long as they can manage to get themselves past 
| the Java aspect of its development.  
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http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8023


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.  
|
| [...]
|
| In addition to a Linux version, there will be Macintosh and Windows versions 
| of the software as well. 
|
| [...]
|
| Talks are also underway with OpenOffice about integration with that suite, 
| and the current version already reads Microsoft Project files. 
|
| 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


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.
|
| [...]
|
| 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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