Erwin's StarOffice TangoErwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br>... or why Open Competition mattersCool OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Feedback- May 14, 2008 I just came across the following OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta feedback: "I've been using the beta version of Open Office 3 for a week now and am quite impressed. It is a Mac-native build that doesn't require X11. It seems quite stable and noticeably faster than NeoOffice and Office 2008. There's no Entourage equivalent but an interesting database component. The spreadsheet and presentation components seem more or less equivalent to Office. And OO does have a pretty robust macro system built...http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/cool_openoffice_org_3_0 OpenSolaris running on popular Eee PC- May 14, 2008 Very cool! I just found out that OpenSolaris can be installed on the popular Asus Eee PC. Yesterday at the local book store I also noticed the first books about the Eee PC showing up on the shelves. During my recent trip to the US, I noticed the Eee PC everywhere, at JavaOne, at Starbucks, etc. For example, I asked the guy at Starbucks how happy he was with the pre-installed OpenOffice.org. He told me that he is extremely happy and that he is recommending OpenOffice.org to all his friends. He...http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/opensolaris_running_on_popular_eee 199 Euro laptop with OpenOffice.org pre-installed- May 8, 2008 I just found about this offer in Germany. A vendor called "one" is selling a low-cost laptop with Linux and OpenOffice.org pre-installed for 199 Euro. This special offer lasts until May 12th according to the website. Cool to see more and more hardware vendors bundle OpenOffice.org!http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/199_euro_laptop_with_openoffice New ODF API available- May 8, 2008 A new ODF API just became available. A first preview version of ODFDOM has just been released.http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/new_odf_api_available |