20070728 OpenOfficeorg More Popular Than Realised Even in Education
From s5h.net
OpenOffice.org in Education: A Roundup
Wow, sometimes you think you’re really tied into a product and who’s using it and where, but even I was surprised at the amount of people and institutions deploying, using and enhancing OpenOffice.org.
http://opseast.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/openofficeorg-in-education-a-roundup/
Related: 100,000,000 OpenOffice.org fans can't be wrong
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."
http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2006/11/100000000_openo.html
Dell Offers Ubuntu, What About OpenOffice?
According to the IdeaStorm website, pre-installed OpenOffice is "Under Consideration," which appears to be just below "Coming Soon" in their hierarchy of possible implementation. Let's hope it moves to "Already Offered" soon!
http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/552
Open Office vs. Microsoft Office
This has been just a short overview comparing Open Office to Microsoft Office to demonstrate that you don't have to pay a lot of money to get a great Office Suite. In fact, you may not have to spend any money to get a great Office Suite.
http://www.ubuntunoob.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=1
Microsoft Office or OpenOffice?
Let's turn to Microsoft Office. Again, it brings in a ton of revenue to Redmond, even though there are full office productivity suites that compete with it. My guess is that many of you can't name one though -- and that is what Microsoft counts on, which is branding power. The full-featured OpenOffice productivity suite is pretty darn impressive (I've used it), and it's completely free and interoperable with Microsoft Office (not sure about Office 2007). Why don't more people use it then? Lack of knowing it exists is a possibility, and having to download the suite or order it for about $10 on CD may be obstacles. Plus, you can't find it on Best Buy shelves. If customers start becoming smarter and find out out about OpenOffice or even Google Inc.'s Google Apps, could a large piece of Microsoft's kingdom come crashing down?
[Disclosure: I own MSFT shares as of 5-29-07]
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-office-or-openoffice/
NeoOffice: It's Ready for Primetime
Four weeks ago I decided to try using Neo Office, the Open Source word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing program. Neo Office is based on Open Office which was created by Sun Microsystems, and then released out into the wild as an Open Source project. It was developed to work on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.
http://www.surfbits.com/?p=1160
Chinese software company to tailor OpenOffice
RedFlag produces a Chinese variation of OpenOffice.org called RedOffice. The company is a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Science.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9722855-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
