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...erm, what about MySQL, Open Office?
Talkback And Open Office? Am I the only person to be concerned about a large corp owning it's leading, open source competitor? Open sourcing Solaris made Sun worthy of such ownership. Just because Oracle supports Linux, doesn't mean that this deal can be...
[April 20, 2009, 16:00]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog For those who are not familiar with it, OpenOffice.org is a "free and open productivity suite" (to quote their web page), with programs which are the equivalent of the Microsoft Office suite. Each of these programs is able to open files from the MS...
[August 15, 2008, 14:39]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment I love Open Office but can anyone tell me if there is a way of using a grammar checker in Write? I type shockingly and its important that my clients can make sense of what I am saying.
[September 2, 2008, 10:10]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
Talkback Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress, Yes, and it will.
[December 5, 2005, 0:46]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment There are many good things to be said for Open office and it's not too unfamiliar to anyone that has used any sort of office software in recent years. You can also throw Google "office" Docs into the mix, with the offline functionality that have...
[August 15, 2008, 15:35]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
News Earlier this month, Microsoft said it would be submitting its Open XML document format, which will be the default file format in the next version of its Office suite, to standards body ECMA. The governor's office of Massachusetts earlier this week...
[December 2, 2005, 15:20]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment When I put vista back on my laptop I removed Microsoft Office and downloaded OO. I have a friend who still uses win 98 and he is always sending me something that XP can't open, but OO can. No way I'm going to shell out big bucks to MS when I can...
[August 19, 2008, 4:55]
Office Open XML is the default format of MS Office 2007
Talkback Make a new file in MS Office 2007 Check the xml files in the OOXML package file (.docx, .xlsx or pptx) and verify them against the official Ecma open standard. This is easily verifiable. Put in it everything you like and save in the default format
[February 28, 2008, 19:15]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment I then gave Open Office a try, admittedly I have only used Write but I must say that for me the Package is far easier to use than Word and I'm quite sure for my modest uses it's easily as powerful as Word.
[August 15, 2008, 17:13]
Office Open XML Overview
White Papers Office Open XML is an open standard (ISO/IEC 29500, ECMA-376 Edition 2) for word-processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets that can be freely implemented by multiple applications on multiple platforms.
[May 14, 2009, 1:17]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment On OpenOffice compatibility question: it is OpenOffice, not Microsoft Office, that is compatible as OpenOffice default file format is compliant with Open Document Format; Microsoft Office catches up with the next service pack and becomes standards...
[September 2, 2008, 9:41]
Orange launches 'Open Office'
News Orange has repackaged some of its services for flexible workers into a portfolio called "Open Office". Customers using Open Office will be offered one bill for all the services, as well as dedicated customer services support.
[September 4, 2007, 10:28]
Would Open Office help?
Talkback Open Office included. A nice feature is that I compose a message, or reply, with Open Office, and then export the file to PDF format. I've also heard of the Open Document Open Document Format: among perhaps other things; the petition statement is...
[December 1, 2008, 7:30]
Brazil says 'no' to Office Open XML
News The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting a 'No' vote. Microsoft is pushing for the Office Open XML (OOXML) document standard to be fast tracked for ISO accreditation.
[August 24, 2007, 16:35]
Microsoft Office Open XML gets US knockback
News An open office document format developed by Microsoft has received a major setback in achieving a certification which would make it more widely accepted as a true technology standard. On Friday, Office Open XML (OOXML) failed to gain approval in a...
[July 17, 2007, 18:39]
Sun sets up open source office
News Sun Microsystems on Wednesday night launched an office dedicated to open source matters, signalling a new elevation of the collaborative programming philosophy within the company. Simon Phipps, already Sun's open source officer, will lead the Open...
[August 19, 2005, 11:15]
Do Open Office's troubles matter?
Blog Should the news posted by Michael Meeks claiming that the Open Office (OO) Project is in trouble affect the decision to use it? Open Office is more like the MS Office most users know (if not actually love) than Microsoft Office itself.
[January 6, 2009, 15:03]
Microsoft may open Office door
News Microsoft is considering an expansion of a programme that would allow companies to see the source code underlying its Office software and other applications. On the short list are Office, various server applications, the company's development tools...
[January 19, 2004, 10:00]
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is releasing the second service-pack update for Office 2007. The ODF Alliance, a collection of supporters of that file format, praised its inclusion in the Office update.
[April 29, 2009, 12:56]
How open is the new Office?
News Basically, Microsoft using XML for Office is a PR trick -- it lets them spin a story that they're using an open format, without actually taking the risks of being truly open," said John Stracke, a software engineer.
[December 16, 2002, 11:50]
