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- Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" is ready for download - Go get it!
- Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" is ready for download - Go get it!OpenOffice 3.0is the biggest changeRE: Ubuntu 9.04 Its amazing how no one gets excited about a linux release. I guess there is nothing to be excited about when you have to reformat your drive every 6 months losing...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4.2, http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=5, update manager, Other OS, Ubuntu 9.04, Linux, Ubuntu, linux fanboy
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
- New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009
- New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009Not a factor in deployment plansMost of my customers are still on XP and Office2003. It will take more than lipstick and sharepoint to get them to move, even with new hardware to replace the old. They don't see the value proposition for anyone...
- Tags: Groupware, Databases, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Office 2009, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Putting the XP into the OLPC
- Putting the XP into the OLPC...This is a shining example of why we as a species will continue to be locked into war, hate and slavery. Because we can't do a damn thing to help anyone without making sure we get out 10 pence out of them first.Greed has corrupted...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO
- The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISOHoly Spin, you must be dizzy![B]Those advocating greater sales of products other than Microsoft Office see this as their best opportunity to prevent the free market from operating as expected,[/B]There was no free market, this may well be the start of...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., ISO, free market, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-03-02
- Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standard
- Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardOk..."...argue there is no need for a rival standard to the widely used Open Document Format ODF..."I don't know a single person who uses it.RE: Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardMicrosoft does not need a "standard" for companies to be able...
- Tags: Open XML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Gets, open standard
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Live Documents enters the Office suite ring
- Live Documents enters the Office suite ringReminder...Dan,Sumanth from the Live Documents team here.Thank you for the post on our offering.Regarding your query on how our solution looks like, I guess you do not remember seeing us from DemoFALL 2007 when we previewed some parts of our service! In any case,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Live Documents, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-23
- Google updates presentation application, still falls short
- Google updates presentation application, still falls shortNon-starterThe only reason we need Google-this, or hosted-that is because applications are so irritaing and cumbersome.I think the portable-app movement will make this a non-starter. You can carry around an 8 gig pen drive with your key applications and data, and just plug it...
- Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., presentation application, export-to-PDF
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Open source needs lobbyists
- Open source needs lobbyistsSqueaking and whining is allopen source ever does.Correction[i]A legislator, prodded by his software-developer son, sought to place some language favoring open source into a bill creating a technology office for new Gov. Charlie Crist.[/i]The clause was about open formats, not open source.Microsoft's knee-jerk panic reaction illustrates the...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, open source, ODF Alliance
- Discussion threads 2007-04-18
- Two visions for delivering PCs to emerging nations
- Two visions for delivering PCs to emerging nationsTeach your children to Excel.Mr. Negroponte gets it wrong.He wants to make it possible to better teach people who are learning under a tree.Quoting:"It is about learning. It is a long-term investment in young children who will not be in the job market...
- Tags: Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Negropronte, thin client, Negroponte, NEC Corp., spreadsheet, PC, Microsoft Excel, vision
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Critical mass: The reason alternative office suites stumble
- Every time I do a post about Google Docs or its office suite plans there are a bunch of talkbacks and emails about other wannabe Office 2007 killers. This just in: None of them matter commercially. Why? They lack critical...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Office 2.0, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Zoho
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODF
- Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODFOff the Table[i]As such, there will be probably be a meeting this week or next involving Microsoft executives (like Office top dog Chris Capossela, who, at CES, answered my questions regarding this topic on video) who will weighing...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, ISO
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- File format wars: Is there more to ODF vs. OOXML than vendor politics?
- File format wars: Is there more to ODF vs. OOXML than vendor politics?TARDISYeah, but are they stuck with that stupid postbox or does theirs morph like it should?Microsoft, the lords of timeOh that wonderful 'open' standard. 6000 pages in which we learn tat any implementation of MS XML must be...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Miguel, OpenDocument Format, OASIS
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Mobile Office for UIQ3 1.2 (Mobile)
- Mobile Office is an Office suite for the new OpenDocument format. It is the first and only implementation for Symbian as well as any other mobile platform. With MobileOffice, you can now read and later on edit and create your files also on your mobile and have them always with...
- Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Odendahl SEPT-Solutions, Mobile Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-01-26
- Another Word zero-day bug used in attacks
- Another Word zero-day bug used in attacksopenoffice herenp!Space to improuve.Security vulnerability in http://www.preferatele.com Microsoft Word like alwayes. More and more to do. http://www.preferatele.com/docs/diverse/2/diverse9.phpkOfficefar and wide less zero day bugged.What is Symantec thinking?"Businesses should put policies in place to prevent Word documents from being distributed to users, Symantec said."What?!? And...
- Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, attacker, Finger-pointing, Microsoft Word, attack, Word Document, Microsoft Corp., security, zero-day bug
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Microsoft tries to stop Vista piracy monster
- Microsoft tries to stop Vista piracy monsterMicrosoft tries to stop Vista piracy monsterCreating this patch is a good thing. Microsoft has worked hard and long on Vista and will not stand to have people use it for free. The programmers spent uncountable hours producing a top notch quality...
- Tags: piracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- Mobile Office for S60 3rd Edition 1.2 (Mobile)
- Mobile Office is an Office suite for the new OpenDocument format. It is the first and only implementation for Symbian as well as any other mobile platform. With MobileOffice, you can now read and later on edit and create your files also on your mobile and have them always with...
- Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Odendahl SEPT-Solutions, Mobile Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing
- Software downloads 2006-09-24
- Office hit by another security problem
- Office hit by another security problemGood one MS"The issue relates to the ability to load ActiveX controls in an Office document and is not a vulnerability but an Office feature, a Microsoft representative said."For an OS with such poor security design would the MS representative describe anything as a vulnerability...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, security, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- OpenDocument gets ratified by ISO: Whoop-ass or big whoop?
- OpenDocument gets ratified by ISO: Whoop-ass or big whoop?The fact it's published in PDF says volumes...That is to anyone paying attention. Hey, don't get me wrong, standards are multiple and if they got this one in then good on them. Won't really mean much but good on them...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ODF Plugin, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF, ISO
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- How to displace Microsoft Office
- A couple of weeks ago I asked people to help me find a fair basis for a comparison between Microsoft Office and OpenOffice - and got 230 or so responses. There are some interesting themes in there. There's a large group, for example, who think some older...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
- Blog posts 2006-04-20
- Writely = Microsoft's Pearl Harbor?
- In response to my post Blog swarm on Writely, Gary Edwards who is steeped in OpenDoc and OpenOffice penned this TalkBack:To understand why this deal is Peal Harbor for Microsoft, and a declaration of all out war for Google, i think one has to make a leap and consider that...
- Tags: Google Inc., Writely
- Blog posts 2006-03-10
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