Erwin's StarOffice TangoErwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br>... or why Open Competition mattersMicrosoft Invites to ODF Workshop in Redmond- June 23, 2008 This is probably my last blog post on blogs.sun.com (see this in case you wonder why), but I wanted to share with you my excitement about the success of ODF. The news of the last few days together with numbers like the OpenOffice.org download data clearly show, that ODF can't be ignored anymore. According to this invitation on the OASIS ODF TC mailing lists, Microsoft is inviting to an ODF Workshop in Redmond. Maybe this invitation has something to do with Microsoft's public "ODF has clearly...http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/microsoft_invites_to_odf_workshop Leaving Sun and going to SAP- June 19, 2008 As many colleagues and friends already know, I decided to leave Sun at the end of this months in order to pursue a new opportunity at SAP. Actually, my very last day at Sun will be upcoming Monday (June 23rd). It was a great time at Sun, and I learned a lot! I really like the people, the culture, the attitude and the fact that Sun cares about more than just revenue (e.g. eco responsibility, fun, accessibility, volunteer work, etc.). I will definitely miss Sun and my colleagues! It was a great...http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/leaving_sun_and_going_to OpenOffice.org being distributed to Portuguese schools- June 17, 2008 I was just made aware of this Portuguese blog entry. CDs including OpenOffice.org will be distributed to Portuguese schools again. Great news!http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_being_distributed_to New article about the OpenOffice.org mail merge feature- June 17, 2008 "The office where I am network administrator switched most users to OpenOffice.org (OOo) back at version 1.1, and has followed the upgrade process to the current version 2.3 (a few poor users who have to exchange documents outside the office with high fidelity are still clinging to their MS Office 97). Our receptionist does a lot of general secretarial duties, including lots of letters, envelopes, and labels that involve mail merge. Since this seems to be a sticking point for many people, I am..http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/new_article_about_the_openoffice Video showing the new PDF import feature for OpenOffice.org- June 12, 2008 I just created a short video in which I demo the new Sun PDF Import Extension (beta) for OpenOffice.org. Don't expect a perfect screencast! It's just a quick hack. It was more of an experiment! It was interesting for me to realize that I started to "stutter" and to have my brain "go blank" the more the longer I played with the screencast software. I'm sorry that I can't offer more different video formats right now! Anyway, I think the video should still give a good impression of the new PDF...http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf Already 1,800 downloads of the Sun PDF Import Extension- June 12, 2008 The new Sun PDF Import Extension (beta) for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice could quickly become the most popular extension for OpenOffice.org. It has been available less than 24 hours, but has already been downloaded more than 1,800 times. Very cool!http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of Editing PDF files with OpenOffice.org- June 11, 2008 With the new Sun PDF Import Extension people can now edit PDF files. For example it's very easy to change a typo, date, name, phone number, diagram, etc. In addition, the Sun PDF Import Extension can be used to reuse content from old presentations. Once the extension is installed, the PDF export feature shows a new option at the bottom as well. With the Sun PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org allows creating so-called "hybrid files". These are PDF files that also include the ODF content,...http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/editing_pdf_files_with_openoffice OpenOffice.org Support Incidents for 9.99- June 11, 2008 In case people get stuck with an OpenOffice.org problem and don't find the right answer in the OpenOffice.org Community Forum, they might take advantage of the special promo for professsional OpenOffice.org support. Until mid September support incidents can be purchased for just 9.99.http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_support_incidents_for Who speaks Slovak and can translate this ODF related article- June 10, 2008 Who speaks Slovak and can translate this ODF related article I'm curious to know what it says regarding ODF!http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/who_speaks_slovak_and_can "Polish Walmart" selling laptops with OpenOffice.org pre-installed- June 3, 2008 I just received a link to this Polish offer. A Polish store similar to Walmart is selling a laptop with Kubuntu and OpenOffice.org pre-installed. Cool! I guess this means even more OpenOffice.org and ODF users!http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/polish_walmart_selling_laptops_with |