Why MS Office 2007 is both a good and bad thing for OpenOffice.org
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| For the ribbon haters who are currently using older versions of MS
| Office, this presents an interesting opportunity. They won't be keen
| to upgrade to the 2007 edition, but eventually, they will end up
| upgrading to something. OOo, obviously, doesn't have the ribbon,
| but it's likely it will keep up with new developments in the
| office suite space.
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http://fosswire.com/2007/04/07/why-ms-office-2007-is-both-a-good-and-bad-thing-for-openofficeorg/
Drivers that are overlooked: cost, hardware requirements, open source, ODF
support ("ODF is the future"), no forced(ish) upgrades, and cross platform
capabilities. The many links below may help make the right decision...
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Good looks, security mark OpenOffice 2.2 release
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| The OpenOffice.org community today announced version 2.2 of the
| popular open source office suite, a release it hopes will make
| further inroads into the Microsoft Office user base.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1428
NeoOffice 2.1
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| NeoOffice is a fully-featured set of office applications (including
| word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database
| programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite,
| NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can
| import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office
| programs such as Microsoft Office. Unlike the Mac OS X release
| of OpenOffice.org, NeoOffice does not require the X11 windowing system.
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http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15797/neooffice
OpenOffice: More Pros Than Cons
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| I didn't find any bad reviews for the OpenOffice word processor,
| only a mention that it doesn't have a grammar checker. The beauty
| of open source is that you can help make the product better.
| Although the software is based on code acquired by Sun
| Microsystems, the project invites users to offer ideas,
| identify bugs and, if they're technically proficient, offer fixes.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/56341.html
100,000,000 OpenOffice.org fans can't be wrong
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| 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."
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2006/11/100000000_openo.html
OpenOffice.org Issues an Invitation to Dell Computer Corporation
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| OpenOffice.org urges Dell's CEO to respond to customer demand and
| bundle OpenOffice.org's free software alternative to Microsoft
| Office with Dell's computers
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http://prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb510567.htm
My Family Photos - and ODF
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| [Sun CEO:] "we're working with Google to ensure interoperability
| between Google's office documents and OpenOffice documents -
| leveraging ODF as an exchange mechanism. Any document created
| in Google's office can be trivially exported to (and soon
| imported from) OpenOffice.
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http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/microsoft_vista_microsoft_office_and
BharateeyaOO.o: Enabling OpenOffice.org for India
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| Today as it stands, BharateeyaOO.o has completed localization of OOo
| in about 15 languages in its labs, of which about 5 are community
| supported. These languages are, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati,
| Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythili,
| Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
|
| Of these about 10 languages have already been submitted upstream
| as patches. OOo 2.1 has support for about 10 languages in its
| source. Our aim is to complete OOo in all 22 scheduled Indian
| languages by December 2007 and we are bang on schedule.
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http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/bharateeyaooo.html
Office 2007 Review: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - Part 1
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| I've been using Office 2007 for a couple of weeks and I'm convinced
| that Microsoft missed an opportunity to change the way we relate to
| software by taking one step toward radical change, but ultimately
| failing when it came to implementation.
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http://byronmiller.typepad.com/byronmiller/2007/04/office_2007_one.html
Vole redesigns our Office space
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| It's hard to define, but the new office suite feels good and is
| comfortable to use. That said if your requirements don't stretch
| beyond the normal usage of the odd letter, a spreadsheet to
| balance your budget and some email then there isn't a lot to
| recommend forking over cash for Office 2007, when there are
| several free options out there are increasingly attractive
| and compatible with Office documents.
|
| The Good
| Ribbon interface quite intuitive
| Interface is attractive and easy to use
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| The Bad
| Quite expensive
| Free applications available that can perform the same tasks
| No major improvements over previous versions
|
| The Ugly
| Too many components seem solely designed to leverage synergies or something
| No option to revert to old interface
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http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=37376
Bold Redesign Improves Office 2007 But Learning Curve May Be Too Steep for
Some Users
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| "it requires a steep learning curve that many people might rather avoid.
| In my own tests, I was cursing the program for weeks"
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116786111022966326-T8UUTIl2b10DaW11usf4NasZTYI_20080103.html
Office 2007 may be Microsoft's Titanic: former Government IT boss
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| Bill Gates has been talking up Office 2007 ahead of its business launch
| on November 30. However, the recently departed deputy CIO of one of
| Australia's biggest government Microsoft sites believes introducing
| the new version of Microsoft Office may be the company's biggest
| ^^^^^^^
| ever disaster.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7234/53/
Question: why do I need to upgrade to Office 2007?
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| Much has been said and written about Microsoft's "bold", "gutsy",
| and "innovative" initiative of releasing Office 2007, an office
| productivity suite with a totally new user interface. However, the
| question that is bound to be on the lips of every user will be: "why
| do I need to upgrade?" Microsoft doesn't really have a good answer.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoft, however, claims to have come up with something better
| and more intuitive - the Ribbon. Such a claim begs the question:
| "If the new user interface of Office 2007 is so intuitive, why does
| it have a learning curve?" And it does have a learning curve - a
| very steep learning curve.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8561/1023/
Office 2007: From bloated to sleek
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| Life has a funny symmetry, don't you think? When you're born, you're
| short, toothless and bald. You spend the first part of your life
| gaining height, teeth and hair--and the last part losing them again.
| Believe it or not, Microsoft Office is following the same trajectory.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6151153.html
What Happens When Microsoft Cannot Tell The Difference Between Their
Products and Open Source Products...
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| What happens when Microsoft cannot tell the difference between
| their products and Open Source products?
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| You get blogs like this from a Microsoft "Expert" Employee.
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http://www.novell.com/coolblogs/?p=726n
OpenOffice.org Training for Local Self-government Units in Macedonia
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| About 100 employees in 25 Macedonian municipalities will be trained
| during the six day training.
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http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/825/4/lang,en/
(Macedonia) Announcement: Citizens Have the Right to Choose
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| Considering that the computer literacy trainings for the general
| population announced by the Government of Republic of Macedonia
| are in general a positive move for development of information
| society, the Metamorphosis Foundation and the NGO Free Software
| Macedonia encourage the Government to provide right to choose for
| the citizens, by offering trainings for use of free and open
| source (FOSS) also.
|
| [...]
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| Macedonian citizens continue to show great interest in FOSS use.
| The latest example is the support they collectively provided by
| partially covering the expenses for publishing the CD "Get Your
| Job Done," distributed in 5.000 copies.
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http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/818/1/lang,en/
Is Imitation The Sincerest Form of Flattery?
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| As many as 8 of the top 10 benefits of Microsoft Office 2007
| provide capabilities that have already been addressed by Corel
| WordPerfect Office X3. Some "new" features of Microsoft Office
| 2007 have even been part of Corel WordPerfect Office for
| close to a decade!
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http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Content_C1&cid=1166553933785&lc=en&pagename=CorelCom%2FLayout&trkid=wpe0107ft
http://tinyurl.com/2key74
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