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OPENOFFICE.ORG NEWSLETTER
Volume 02 - Issue 7 - 1/2005
Please send news clippings to:
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Highlights in this Newsletter
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* OOoCon 2005 - Call for Location (Announcements)
* Native Language ProjectL UNESCO Calls for Proposals of Projects
for Funding Under Information for All Programme (Announcements)
* Linux in Government: Planning for Open-Source Application Deployments
(Studies & Reports)
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Announcements
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OOoCon 2005 - Call for Location
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"Dear OpenOffice.org community members,
After Hamburg in 2003 and Berlin in 2004, we are searching for
the perfect location for the OpenOffice.org Conference in 2005.
We are collecting applications from teams who are willing to
organize OOoCon 2005 in locations outside Germany.
Interested teams should send their applications to the mailing
list [email protected] in the following format:
Key Question
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* In 200 words or less, answer this question:
Why is your location and the date you propose the best for the
OOoCon 2005?
Your application MUST INCLUDE:
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* Location (country, city, conference center/university)
* Proposed Date(s)
* Team Lead (main contact person)
* Team Members (all members should be willing and able to
commit at least 3 hours per day to planning the conference
during the last two weeks before OOoCon 2005)
* Local events that are taking place in parallel (or right before/after)
* Special visa or entry requirements, e.g. vaccinations
Your application COULD INCLUDE:
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* Large local OpenOffice.org deployments (for user keynotes and
success stories)
* Names of local OpenOffice.org developers (for developer sessions)
* Names of local OpenOffice.org vendors/partners (potential sponsors)
* Travel costs (e.g. flight costs from the following cities: London,
Paris, Rome, Beijing, Sydney, New York, Hamburg, Dublin,
San Francisco, South Africa, Tokyo)
* Accomodation costs (youth hostel, hotel)
According to the OOoCon 2004 attendee survey, proposed locations
should meet the following requirements as much as possible
(order by priority):
* attract the largest number of community contributers
* be near enough to allow a large number of Sun's OpenOffice.org
developers, who are in Hamburg, to attend
* low accomodation costs
* cheap flight and train tickets
* the conference venue is for free
* alignment with large IT event (e.g. CeBIT, Systems, Comdex)
* strong local OpenOffice.org community
* strong sponsor support
The deadline for submissions is January 23, 2005. Shortly after
that date we will publish the applications at
http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/
and call for votes.
Information about the last two OpenOffice.org Conferences can be
found at:
http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/
http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/OOoCon2003.html
Thank you and best regards,
The OpenOffice.org Conference Team"
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=230
Solution Linux 2005
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[Post by Sophie Gautier]
"We are going to take part to Solution Linux 2005 :
http://www.solutionslinux.fr/en/index.php
We will have several conferences about OOo (about migration, next
release and development).
We will have a booth where we will make demos during the three days, we
will sell cds and T-shirts for the profit of our association Cusoon.
SL 2004 had almost 10 000 visitors, so this is a big and important event
for us.
A special event is also lead by Sun on the 3rd day
http://fr.sun.com/societe/agenda/oooday/
Several attendees (Erwin :) will be present to speak about OOo/So and
Cusoon."
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=com&msgNo=814
Native Language Project: Updated guidelines
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[Posted by Charles-H. Schulz.]
"I'd like to point you to the new and updated guidelines of the
NLC. They are now available directly on the NLC homepage:
http://native-lang.openoffice.org
These new guidelines come as a result of the latest changes in
the NLC structure and from the processes' reform between the
L10N project and the NLC. Also, they formalize the concept of
project's termination.
These guidelines have been thoroughly reviewed by the
Community Council. I would like to thank Louis for having
drafted this document and having cleaned up the former one
that was getting complex and hard to understand.
Please feel free to comment them"
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=15
OpenOffice.org 1.9m71 package for FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE
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"Dear all,
OOo 1.9m71 has been ported to FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE.
English version of binary package is available at:
http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.jp/waooo/12904/OOo_1.9m71_FreeBSD53Intel_install_en-US.tbz
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o Our efforts has also been committed to FreeBSD's ports.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/editors/openoffice-2.0-devel/
o Now almost all of the patches has #iz.
(http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=40187)
o Language packs are in preparation and testing.
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Please refer this page for details:
http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/
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Huge thanks to: Pavel Janik, and Kris Kennaway
Additional contributors. thank you very much for all:
daichi, Eric Bachard, kan, lofi, Martin Hollmichel,
nork, obrien, Sander Vesik, sem, and Stefan Taxhet
All the best,
-- NAKATA, Maho"
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=releases&msgNo=8249
Native Language ProjectL UNESCO Calls for Proposals of Projects
for Funding Under Information for All Programme
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"UNESCO calls for proposals for projects to be funded by its Information
for All Programme, an international information society initiative
launched in 2001. Proposals with budgets ranging from approximately
US$25,000 (national projects) to US$45,000 (international projects)
should cover one of three areas: information literacy, preservation of
information, and ethical, legal and societal implications of the
information society.
Projects shall have specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time
bound objectives and be operationally, technically and financially
feasible. They must include an evaluation component. Projects submitted
should also contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development
Goals and correspond to the areas of the Action Plan adopted by the
World Summit on the Information Society.
Project applicants must complete on-line project proposals forms at
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ifapprojects, where detailed submission
guidelines are available. Applications must be submitted no later than
20 February 2005.
The Information for All Programme (IFAP) provides a framework for
international co-operation and international and regional partnerships.
It supports the development of common strategies, methods and tools for
building inclusive, open and pluralistic knowledge societies and for
narrowing the gap between the information rich and the information poor.
IFAP contribute to the fulfillment of UNESCO's mandate to contribute to
"education for all", to the "free exchange of ideas and knowledge" and
to "increase the means of communication between peoples".
The Special Fund of the Information for All Programme (IFAP Special
Fund) is supported by voluntary contributions from UNESCO Member States
or any other donors. The total level of funding available for 2005 is
US$750,000."
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17828&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Mailing list posting and discussion:
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=4247
Announcement Archive
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All new and past annoucements can be found in the announcement list
mailing list archive at
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=announce
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Success Stories
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France
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Official Police migration
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[Post by Sophie Gautier]
"French Police (Gendarmerie) has officially announced this morning on our
list the migration of all the department to OOo (it was signed yesterday).
That mean, that today they are migrating 35 OOO users (beginning on
March on the 2.0 or the available release of it), 80 000 at the
beginning of the summer and the last part at the end of year. At the
beginning of 2006, the entire police will use OOo :)
There will be 2 communications about this migration : one during
Solutions Linux :
http://www.solutionslinux.fr/fr/conferences_detail.php?id_conference=17
the second during OOoDay :
http://fr.sun.com/societe/agenda/oooday/";
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=com&msgNo=816
Venezuela
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Venezuela opts for Linux
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"The Venezuelan president has decreed that the public administration
will switch over to use open source software over the next two years
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said this week that the country's
public administration will switch to open source software over the next
two years, according to reports."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39182957,00.htm
Denmark
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EU's Open Source Observatory - Open Office in Naestved
Municipality, Denmark
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"The migration to an open source solution, in a Citrix environment,
didn�t encounter any problem. A growing number of pilot users are already
using Open Office and the deadline for migrating the entire organisation is
set to 1 February 2005. Mr Anders Krabbe Moeller, the IT Coordinator of
the city, is confident �we will meet the deadline as the Citrix environment
makes technical roll out relatively easy�."
http://europa.eu.int/ida/en/document/3658
Chile
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Enlaces To Install Linux in Chile Schools
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"The Edulinux system works on a client-server model, where PCs in the
network work just as terminals and all applications run from a central
server. PCs in the network can operate productivity tools such as
OpenOffice and Internet browser Mozilla, all compatible with Microsoft
Office."
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/40330001422084057.html
Linux gets warm reception in Chile
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"Nearly 10,000 computers in Chilean schools will be turned into thin
clients running Linux and applications such as OpenOffice.org and
Mozilla."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39183940,00.htm
Studies & Reports
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Linux in Government: Planning for Open-Source Application Deployments
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"Linux desktop releases will be fast and furious in 2005. Here are some
suggestions of what to do now so your office or agency can take
advantage of them.
The next wave of Linux desktop releases will fit into Microsoft network
infrastructures like a hand in a glove. Start looking for announcements
in May. You will feel compelled by the Linux value proposition, so
postpone Microsoft upgrades until you have had a chance to see the new
products."
http://www.linuxjournal.com/comment/reply/8037
Stick or twist?
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"For open source, read "cheaper". It's one big reason why the
government is inching its way towards accepting that open source
software such as OpenOffice - free and downloadable from the web - can
become a viable option in education and other parts of the public
sector."
http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1387225,00.html
It's All About Options
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"Anyone who has used OpenOffice or StarOffice 7 knows that either of
those office suites will perform 98 percent of corporate tasks with no
problem, and both suites are only improving. For the IT power user,
there's the Windows Terminal Server client and, if you must have a
Citrix client, no problem -- it's there, too."
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Its-All-About-Options-39187.html
The alternative approach
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"Many companies have tried to challenge Microsoft�s dominance in the
office suite category and failed miserably. Even as Microsoft is adding
a host of features and trying to extend Office in the enterprise, a
couple of Indian players and Sun Microsystems are making inroads with
users who don�t necessarily want a full-blown product with all the
bells and whistles. The pace was set by Sun last year when it sold a
record ten thousand licenses of the StarOffice suite to United India
Insurance. Subsequently, the company sold around 30,000 licenses in
2004."
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=78591
Shun Linux and kiss your job security good-bye, part 1
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"Why are IT managers so reluctant to switch from Microsoft Office to
OpenOffice.org?
Miller: I don't know what the problem is. It must be that the IT
managers aren't giving their desktop users enough credit."
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1041672,00.html
This device grabs music data from the air
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"Not just MP3 music, but also video clips, Powerpoint slides, Word
documents, computer games plus Web and e-mail, can be accessed on an
MXI-enabled PDA or smartphone without storing a single bit of data on
the device."
"For example, Sun's entire StarOffice 7 (an alternative to the
Microsoft Office productivity suite) has been successfully ported over
to the MXI platform."
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,81027-1,00.html
Interviews
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Interview with Linspire CEO Michael Robertson
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"Our speaker list includes Mitch Kapor of Lotus fame and Rob Glaser,
CEO of Real Networks plus many more popular speakers we've had in years
past. New this year is a half day dedicated to OpenOffice.org where
OpenOffice 2.0 and a Microsoft Access replacement will be on display."
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=9311
Resources
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Book review: OpenOffice.org Writer
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"OpenOffice.org Writer is worthwhile for anyone already familiar with
OpenOffice.org and who wants to graduate to a more advanced level, and
people looking to use OOo Writer in a professional setting."
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/20/1948223
Customer & User Feedback
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The wide world of Linux word processors
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"If you're working in a professional environment, StarOffice and
TextMaker both offer some degree of commercial support, should you
require it. TextMaker is not very expensive at all, and is well worth
the purchase price if you need superior Word compatibility and an
interface that's easy on the eyes. If you're a starving writer,
OpenOffice.org will probably provide you with the most stable and
versatile environment for your work."
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1957218&tid=93&tid=29&pagenum=2
Programs to help you get out of the Office
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"More than a year has passed since I last wrote about alternatives to
Microsoft Office, and I thought I'd see how the landscape has changed.
As before, let me say that I like Microsoft Office, but a little
competition can't hurt.
OpenOffice.org (http://openoffice.org) remains the major contender.
It's free, although donations are accepted. With oodles of features for
its integrated word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing
software, OpenOffice.org is a full-service product."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20050110-9999-mz1b10mac.html
Freeware, open source offer free alternatives for software
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"Sam Crow, an EMU Computer Lab student tech assistant, said the
application OpenOffice could help students do their schoolwork, such as
viewing and writing Microsoft Word-compatible files, PowerPoint
presentations or Excel spreadsheets. OpenOffice comes from the
StarOffice productivity suite created by Sun Microsystems for the Linux
open source operating system but has since expanded to an open source
option for Windows and Mac operating systems."
http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/01/13/41e643421da32
Developer and Administrator News
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AmigaWorld- OpenOffice: Are you interested in joining a porting effort
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A poll at amigaworld.net discussing the possiblity of porting
OpenOffice.org to the Amiga.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9451&forum=15
Auton Document Management System 2.0-rc1 released
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"Auton Document Management System, or just ADMS, is an easy to use and
easy to maintain document management system for use in an intranet
environment. It provides an easy to use web interface where users can
walk through a folder structure and view documents. It provides
functionality so that authorized users can add, update and remove
documents and folders. Also, ADMS provides efficient search
functionality for plain text, HTML and OpenOffice.org Writer
documents."
http://www.phpindex.com/news/news_lire.php3?element=2662
Tips, Tricks & How-Tos
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Reading external data sources with OpenOffice.org
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"The OpenOffice.org suite has positioned itself as a competitive
alternative to proprietary products such as Microsoft Office and
Corel's WordPerfect Office. One of OpenOffice.org's more advanced
features is its ability to access external data sources from within its
applications."
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/22/2123223
OpenOffice Off-the-Wall: ToCs, Indexes and Bibliographies in OOo Writer
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"A new way of thinking about and tagging a document's table of contents
and other supporting features makes sense and is more convenient."
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8012
Competitive/Market Info
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iWork productivity software targets Microsoft's Office
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"Apple Computer announced its iWork '05 productivity software suite as
part of a cavalcade of products putting it on a collision course with
Microsoft and its Office suite."
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5532254.html
More reporting:
http://news.com.com/Apple+office+software+seems+likely/2100-1012_3-5511929.html
Will iWork Give Microsoft a Run for Its Money?
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"Apple about Apple has unveiled its iWork '05 productivity software
that is the Mac enthusiast's answer to Microsoft about Microsoft Office
for Macintosh, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs made no bones about the
application's ability to rival Microsoft."
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/Will-iWork-Give-Microsoft-a-Run-for-Its-Money-39620.html
Statistics
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Events
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Upcoming
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Solution Linux 2005
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Paris-la-Defense, France
2005/2/1-3
http://www.solutionslinux.fr/en/index.php
OOoRegiCon
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San Diego, USA
2005/02/09
http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/regicon/
DLS 2005
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San Diego, USA
2005/02/9-11
http://www.desktoplinuxsummit.org/
LinuxAsia 2005
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Delhi, India
2005/02/9-11
http://www.technetra.com/linuxasia2005/
LWE Boston
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Boston, USA
2005/02/14-17
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12BOS05A/conference
OpenOffice.org Miniconf
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Canberra, Australia
2005/04/18-19
http://www.openoffice.org.nz/miniconf/
LCA 2005
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Canberra, Australia
2005/04/20-23
http://linux.conf.au/
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