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What can Google do for Open Office

What can Google do for Open OfficePlease just tell me whyI would want to relinquish control of my documents and store them on a remote server? And why would I want to use a template from that server that could have been contaminated with some type of malware? ...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, XML, OO2, OpenOffice, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-11-04

Hey Google, can you spare a few KLOCs for OO.o?

Hey Google, can you spare a few KLOCs for OO.o?Memory footprintSince Mr. Ou has to mention his wrong data again I'll publish my "more reliable" data again!The best test is to run OpenOffice and MS Office in wine under Linux to find out the true memory footprint:MSWord in wine: 2'504'036kbOOwriter...

Tags: OpenOffice, OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Blogging, MS Fanboy, OO2, OpenOffice.org, fanboy, object-oriented, hardware, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-11-02

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On the Linux laptop the distro is key

On the Linux laptop the distro is key"technical problems like installing software "Oh, thats right. You can't just click "setup.exe" can you.So, just how long did you go without Open Office functional before your expert pal bailed you out? Once again, if we were to substitute Vista for...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, eeePC, community version, Xandros, Linspire, distro, Linux, ASUS, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

The Gartner Rules: Linux, Sun Ray, and Windows/XP

The Gartner Rules: Linux, Sun Ray, and Windows/XPOr youz can call me Ray or youz can call me NXOr NX Thin Client over PXE!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoMachinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_EnvironmentEspecially FreeNX:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeNXBrilliant Man. Brilliant!Have a Guinness on MeSun FanboysYou forget that a good share of ZDNet columnists are Sun fanboys. They see the universe as...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Processors, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows XP, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Sun Solaris, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, SunRay, Microsoft Windows, Linux, server

Discussion threads 2006-03-27

Portable version of OpenOffice.org unveiled

Portable version of OpenOffice.org unveiledHas a winge Gary Barnett"...according to Gary Barnett, a research director at analyst firm Ovum."Big deal. Such a version will be useful to many, well done OOo team.ZDNet open source reporting is hitting new lows:-(256MB - 144MB = how many documentsquite a few. surely enough...

Tags: Notebooks, OpenOffice, Gary Barnett, laptop computer, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

More frequent upgrades? That's the last thing Micosoft customers need

More frequent upgrades? That's the last thing Micosoft customers needAUGH, no more "upgrades"talk to ANY techy or geek or even computer user about operating systems and eventually you'll get to this overwhelmingly universal sentiment:STOP WORKING ON NEW OS'S. TAKE EXTRA TIME AND JUST GET ONE RIGHT."hey, new windows...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, operating system, subscription model, Extreme Programming, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Linux Distro

Discussion threads 2005-10-31

More on a Web-based Microsoft Office

More on a Web-based Microsoft OfficeSounds coolBut I wonder how they would price it?More on a Web-based Microsoft OfficeWoah, someone actually quoted me :) Half the time I'm just talking out of my you know what."Moron" a web-based officeWhat a perfect title. It will never happen.Some parts are...

Tags: Channel management, Groupware, Web, Web based Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2005-10-28

VMWare puts the pressure on Microsoft

VMWare puts the pressure on MicrosoftMS will stomp itAaah, the good old trick of pushing your competitor to the brink of nonrelevance. Make it 'free' and bundle with Windows - works every time, easy as pie. Except MS still makes money out of 'free' by hiding the cost to the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Operating systems, irony, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-26

Hosted Office? Been there, done that, no thanks!

Hosted Office? Been there, done that, no thanks!Private hosted office does workWithin an enterprise, a hosted office paradign can work very effectively. I work in a UNIX support group and my workstation is running Linux. I use an ICAClient to connect to a farm of Windows servers that...

Tags: Hosted Office, server, Microsoft Office, environment

Discussion threads 2005-10-25

OpenOffice.org 2.0 is here, but is it a pig?

OpenOffice.org 2.0 is here, but is it a pig?Ram $ < Software $Hey buddy. You forgot one thing. For $320.95 of MS Office 2003 Pro I could buy 2 gig of cas 2 ddr400 and still have money to spare. Heck, I could put together a system...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org 2.0

Discussion threads 2005-10-21