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Tech Pirates Find Safe Port In Indonesia
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| McGuire agrees that Indonesians can and should
| go completely legal, but does not think that
| simply forcing everyone to pay the
| manufacturersâ full price is a reasonable or
| effective strategy. He said he sees two good
| solutions: local pricing and open-source
| software.
|
| [...]
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| Open-source software is legally free. There are
| open-source equivalents of just about every
| type, from operating systems such as Linux to
| office software like OpenOffice.
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| Betti Alisjahbana, chairwoman of the Indonesian
| Association of Open Source, said that the
| migration to open-source software would save
| money, as compared to paying for proprietary
| products, such as Microsoft Windows.
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http://thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/tech-pirates-find-safe-port-in-indonesia/352031
Five useful extensions for Openoffice
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| OpenOffice.org 3.x is the leading open-source
| open software suite for word processing,
| spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases
| and more. You can adjust openoffice to your
| needs by adding more functionality with the help
| of extensions. In this article we chosed for you
| some useful extensions for openoffice with
| installation guide.
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http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/697-great-extensions-for-openoffice
Recent:
Indonesian Government Urged to Move to Open Source Software
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| Minister of Communication and Information
| Technology Tifatul Sembiring said open source
| software offered unlimited opportunities for
| local businesses and human resources in the
| information and communications industry.
|
| Delivering the opening address of the Global
| Conference on Open Source on Monday, Tifatul
| said the government must focus on developing
| open source software domestically. He added
| that the use of open source could significant
| reduce government spending on software, without
| providing an exact figure.
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http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesian-government-urged-to-move-to-open-source-software/337845
Big boys going open-source to cut costs
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| The wave of migration from propriety
| software to open-source applications is
| gaining momentum as big companies are
| jumping on the bandwagon to make cost
| efficiencies and avoid legal charges for
| piracy.
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| The enthusiasm for "going open-source" was
| summed up at the 2009 Global Conference on
| Open Source held at the Shangri-La Hotel in
| Jakarta on Monday which was attended by
| hundreds of open-source users from across
| the globe.
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| Indonesia's largest telecommunication
| company PT Telkom has studied the use of
| open-source software applications since
| 2005.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/27/big-boys-going-opensource-cut-costs.html
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