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- Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODF
- There has been a flurry of recent activity in the battle between Office Open XML (OO-XML) and the OpenDocument Format ODF that could be swinging the tide in the latters global favor. The two are competing formats for the storage and retrieval of the different documents created by word processors,...
- Tags: General, Legal, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Office 2.0, OO-XML, OpenDocument Format
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Microsoft rebuts "back-of-envelope" man-year calculations to offer full Office Open XML support
- Looks like we have another case of he said, he said in the blogosphere. In one corner is Adobes Andrew Shebanow. In the other is Rick Shaut who works in the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft (the guys who bring us a far better looking version of Office than, well...
- Tags: OO-XML, developer, Microsoft Office, handler, Government, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
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- Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
- Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Rocket Science Bundle 3.5.6 (Mac)
- The Rocket Science Bundle are three real time audio plug-ins, exclusively for MOTU's Performer product line: Roger applies human vowel filters OO EE AH to your audio. Follo dynamically adjusts the peak of a resonating bandpass filter according to MIDI Controllers and the level of the incoming audio. Orbit...
- Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, Audio Ease, Rocket Science Bundle, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Where should Mozilla go from here?
- Consolidation and security, Now!Firefox has emerged as the most buggy browser robustness and security. It has more vulnerabilities discovered than any other browser, month after month. Each new release sees new stability and robustness problems.And Firefox still does not have support for sandboxing.Repeatedly they have to patch patches because their...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Web browser, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Worship Him 4.41 (Windows)
- Worship Him makes preparing and executing worship services fast fun and easy. Worship Him's dual monitor support makes presenting song lyrics and much more a breeze, whether planned or spontaneous. Besides song lyrics, Worship Him also supports Bible verses, announcements, sermon points, PowerPoint, OO Impress, pictures, movie clips, sound clips,...
- Tags: Movie, Microsoft Windows, Freedom Software, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org
- re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OpenOffice, Workforce management, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., compatibility issue
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- News Corp. prepares to destroy more online value
- Finally Good PointsYou may have wanted to mention that comcast wanted to buy out 51 percent and then charge. Maybe they are delaying the inevitable but a reverse scenario? Due to sites like Hulu and other I and other have not paid for cable or satellite for over 3 years....
- Tags: OpenOffice, Piracy, Blogging, Network technology, Hulu, News Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives
- No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives
- Gartner is telling customers to upgrade to Windows 7 and the latest Office, but adds that it may make sense to at least ponder the alternatives and move toward a more operating system neutral stance. In a talk at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, Gartner analyst...
- Tags: Operating System, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Michael Silver, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service
- Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...
- Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard
- Ubuntu's Karmic Koala isn't the only hot Linux beta floating around. On October 1, the openSUSE project released Milestone 8 of openSUSE 11.2, which is slated for general release in November, just in time for the holiday season. Milestone 8 will precede two release candidates to be also released...
- Tags: Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, Object-oriented, KDE 4.3, openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.Org
- RE: Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.OrgMS Office appears to be a really expensive trap. Your solution: Softmakerhttp://www.softmaker.comSuperior compatibility with all MS versions. No bloatware. Simply solid German engineering.If this came from a credible author I would be confused too butMr Kusnetzky has an habit of interspersing his zdnet stream with...
- Tags: goodbye, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Linux as Wintel parasite
- You have some questionable ideas.If Microsoft hadn't happened, there still would have been the PC, there still would have been GUIs perhaps a more expensive IBM monopoly one, and there still would have been the opportunity for anyone such as Linus to write a free alternative.I think to even use...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Wintel, Linux, interrupt, parasite, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., hardware, Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-09-26
- Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop
- It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- Go-OO 3.1-10 (Windows)
- Go-OO is an OpenOffice.org fork that features faster load and response times, and several features not included in the standard version of the program. Go-OO's user interface is more familiar, with lots of small pieces of polish. Go-OO has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Go-OO.org, Go-OO, Office Suites, OpenOffice, Productivity, Word Processors, Microsoft Excel, Software, Microsoft Office
- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- What would it take for you to switch to Linux?
- Secret Service ProtectionI'd consider switching to Linux if I was provided presidential level protection. With all the spyware functionality built into Linux allowing serial killers to track your location, it's simply too dangerous to run Linux. You're literally asking to be killed. Save yourself, pay for your software.Linux - Whom...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, spyware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Microsoft in 2010: What do IT managers need to know?
- All they need to know is remove all MS SoftwareThat's the best course of action - [b]REDUCE DEPENDENCE on MICROSOFT[/b].re: YES get rid of $$$ licenses.....There is NO need to have MS Office to create a .doc file when you can with Open_Office for free and convert it to PDF...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, good-It
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Go-OO! 3.1.1 (Mac)
- Go-oo has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft Works files. Compared with up-stream OO.o, it has better Microsoft binary file support (with eg. fields support), and it will import WordPerfect graphics beautifully. If you are reliant on Excel VBA macros - then Go-oo offers the...
- Tags: Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Memory, Go-OO, Go-oo Performance, Linux, Office Suites, OpenOffice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-04
- Crystal REVS for C++ 4.36 (Windows)
- Crystal REVS for C++ has flowcharts, call/caller/class trees, tokens/comment panel, auto-format, visio export, and state diagrams. Verify correctness of function. Detect errors. Use flowcharts for quick code-reviews. Code and flowchart synchronization when browsing. Line up object-names in successive declarations. Line up assignment operators in assignments. Split and indent long expressions...
- Tags: Flowchart, Microsoft Windows, C++, SGV Sarc, C/C++, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-08-20
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