Re: [marketing] The name OpenOffice.org
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/19/2010 3:07 PM, Heavlin, Lee wrote: From time to time, Sun takes the OpenOffice.org code base, integrates proprietary features, and releases the combined product as a new version of StarOffice. In fact, a month before OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, Sun released StarOffice 8, which includes all of the new features found in OpenOffice.org 2.0 as well as a host of additional features. Not that this is really relevant, but I've always been curious: what exactly does StarOffice have feature-wise that OOo doesn't? I got SO8 when it was offered as part of the Google pack, and I couldn't really find anything. (But maybe it's just stuff I would never use . . . ) - -- Steven Shelton Twilight Media Design, LLC 17195 Silver Parkway #134 Fenton, MI 48430 www.TwilightMD.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFLV4eEKP0FWmSVanERAq7AAKCNDKhJPYHzR9o9d3xA4gvpDL+fygCePtNF DysW/9NM5rjyU6RHelGJ41M= =g4fZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
Re: [marketing] The name OpenOffice.org
On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 17:45 -0500, Steven Shelton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/19/2010 3:07 PM, Heavlin, Lee wrote: From time to time, Sun takes the OpenOffice.org code base, integrates proprietary features, and releases the combined product as a new version of StarOffice. In fact, a month before OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, Sun released StarOffice 8, which includes all of the new features found in OpenOffice.org 2.0 as well as a host of additional features. Not that this is really relevant, but I've always been curious: what exactly does StarOffice have feature-wise that OOo doesn't? I got SO8 when it was offered as part of the Google pack, and I couldn't really find anything. (But maybe it's just stuff I would never use . . . ) Last time I looked there were some things like Wordperfect filters but actually very little at all that is not in OOo. - -- Steven Shelton Twilight Media Design, LLC 17195 Silver Parkway #134 Fenton, MI 48430 www.TwilightMD.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFLV4eEKP0FWmSVanERAq7AAKCNDKhJPYHzR9o9d3xA4gvpDL+fygCePtNF DysW/9NM5rjyU6RHelGJ41M= =g4fZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
Re: [marketing] The name OpenOffice.org
Hi Steven, StarOffice regularly release their software with copyright protected fonts, clipart and the migration wizard for MSO (which might have been moved to OOo now) if I am not mistaken ;-) Best Regards Per Eriksson 20 jan 2010 kl. 23.58 skrev Ian ian.ly...@theingots.org: On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 17:45 -0500, Steven Shelton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/19/2010 3:07 PM, Heavlin, Lee wrote: From time to time, Sun takes the OpenOffice.org code base, integrates proprietary features, and releases the combined product as a new version of StarOffice. In fact, a month before OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, Sun released StarOffice 8, which includes all of the new features found in OpenOffice.org 2.0 as well as a host of additional features. Not that this is really relevant, but I've always been curious: what exactly does StarOffice have feature-wise that OOo doesn't? I got SO8 when it was offered as part of the Google pack, and I couldn't really find anything. (But maybe it's just stuff I would never use . . . ) Last time I looked there were some things like Wordperfect filters but actually very little at all that is not in OOo. - -- Steven Shelton Twilight Media Design, LLC 17195 Silver Parkway #134 Fenton, MI 48430 www.TwilightMD.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFLV4eEKP0FWmSVanERAq7AAKCNDKhJPYHzR9o9d3xA4gvpDL+fygCePtNF DysW/9NM5rjyU6RHelGJ41M= =g4fZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
RE: [marketing] The name OpenOffice.org
It is a trademark issue. Someone else has OpenOffice trademarked. See TechRepublic at: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6055020.html Here is an excerpt: Where did OpenOffice.org 2.0 come from? Let's start with a history lesson. Even though you've been a Microsoft Office user, chances are good that you've heard the name OpenOffice.org before. However, you probably assumed that the office suite was primarily used to promote the use of Linux as a viable desktop operating system worthy of competing with Windows. To some extent that's probably true. While it would be much easier to simply call the product OpenOffice, that name is trademarked by another company. As such, the official name of the product is OpenOffice.org, which naturally leads to the unique abbreviation of OOo. However, OpenOffice.org was actually born out of Sun Microsystems' 1999 acquisition of a German company called Star Division that had created a notable office suite called StarOffice. Sun purchased StarOffice as a means to compete with Microsoft for a share of the office suite market. In 2000, Sun launched StarOffice into the open-source arena as OpenOffice.org in order to increase its popularity and to promote innovative design from the open source community. In addition to Sun programmers and a cadre of open source developers, Red Hat, Novell, Intel, and a company called Propylon, which focuses on automation solutions for legislative and regulatory documentation, all work together on the creation of OpenOffice.org While OpenOffice.org is free, Sun, which is the primary sponsor of the project, still offers a commercial version of StarOffice that gets its code-base from OpenOffice.org. From time to time, Sun takes the OpenOffice.org code base, integrates proprietary features, and releases the combined product as a new version of StarOffice. In fact, a month before OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, Sun released StarOffice 8, which includes all of the new features found in OpenOffice.org 2.0 as well as a host of additional features. Hope this helps Lee Heavlin -Original Message- From: Andy Brown [mailto:a...@the-martin-byrd.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:51 PM To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org Subject: [marketing] The name OpenOffice.org I know that there is an explanation somewhere as to why OpenOffice.org is used but can not seem to find it. Can someone send me a link? Thanks in advance. Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
Re: [marketing] The name OpenOffice.org
Hi Lee, Heavlin, Lee wrote: It is a trademark issue. Someone else has OpenOffice trademarked. See TechRepublic at: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6055020.html Thanks for the info and link. Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
