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- Rivals make run at Microsoft Office
- Rivals make run at Microsoft OfficeThere are a lot of things coming together at the same time to makealternatives more attractive. There is the push by governments to use open file formats, the drastically reduced need to actually PRINT documents, the increased need to share documents, and the increased quality...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Turnabout, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Projity OpenProj
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Public beta of Microsoft Project open-source competitor to launch at Linuxworld
- Microsoft's Office family of products is poised to get yet more open-source competition. On August 7, the first day of the LinuxWorld San Francisco show, Projity will officially release a public beta of OpenProj, its freely downloadable open-source competitor to Microsoft Project project-management software.There are already more than 50 customers...
- Tags: Open Source, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
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- Projity sells out to SERENA in SaaS push
- The move looks like a win-win for both sides, with OpenProj gaining access to capital and Serena moving more strongly into SaaS. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Serena Software Inc., Software-as-a-service, Projity, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- News to know: Apple; Fixing Vista; Earth Day; Web 2.0 Expo
- Notable headlines: Tom Foremski: Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers Jason O'Grady: Something killed my MacBook Pro David Morgenstern: Are there enough suckers in the world to make...
- Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- SaaS is the secret sauce for OpenProj
- Projity CEO Marc O'Brien called with his first update in a few months on OpenProj, the open source project management tool his company is pushing. The top line number is 1 million. That's how many OpenProj downloads he expects, just from Sourceforge, just this calendar year. ...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Open Source, OpenProj, Line Number, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- A phony headline for a phony story
- A phony headline for a phony storyWrong calculationsMore statistical garbage. Red Hat brings in a lot of money and so does Novell on its Linux-related products. That service-generated income would not exist if open source didn't exist. So it isn't a matter of 6% reduction in sales, it is largely...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, open source, income
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Microsoft disappoints on SaaS. Didn't you see it coming?
- Microsoft disappoints on SaaS. Didn't you see it coming?The finances are manageable, but not good investor relations...I actually think Microsoft's business is lumpy enough that a switch to SaaS right after an upgrade cycle could work without flushing the golden goose. It's a tricky business though, and it involves...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Microsoft Project, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., SaaS Office, software-as-a-service, Projity
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.
- OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.Wrong!One reason so many hate M$ Office is that it is *bloated*. Hello? You are actually clamoring for OOo to throw in everything plus the kitchen sink? The real smarts is keeping it slimmer...M$ could take a lesson.Not necessaryIt's not...
- Tags: Microsoft Project, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenProj, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.
- Since its introduction Microsoft Office has grown well beyond its initial bundle. (Picture from This Space for Rent, the blog of a railroad fan in Portland, Oregon.) There are now 15 products listed with Office, including such offerings as Visio charting software and Project, its scheduling software....
- Tags: Train, IBM Corp., OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- News to know: HP zero days; IE patches; Missing Mac apps; Microsoft service packs galore
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: IE gets a Patch Tuesday makeover. Microsoft bulletin. Zero-day flaw haunts HP laptop models. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases public test build of Vista SP1 David Morgenstern: Uncovering the missing Mac OS X applications ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Patch Management, Amazon.com Inc., Service Pack, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project
- Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft ProjectYikes.Microsoft Project has at times been the bane of my life. Well, not Project per se, the fact that any half-assed plan thats entered there-in becomes The Law.The fact that it was expensive was a good thing. At least I could credibly...
- Tags: Web browsers, open source, Projity, Microsoft Project, Project-ON-Demand, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project
- Projity is turning up the heat on its SaaS and open source attack on Microsoft Project. The San Mateo, Calif. company is launching next week the next major release of its commercial project management service, Project-ON-Demand. Projity is also looking to expand...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Projity, OpenProj, Microsoft Project, Open Source, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007
- OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007OpenProj is THE only open source alternative to Microsoft ProjectThat is a joke! OpenProj is actually a very good program that saved my company from spending $1,000/copy for Microsoft Project and it is availble on Linux, Mac or Windows. OpenWorkbench is...
- Tags: Project management, Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, eGroupWare, Computer Associates International Inc., OpenProj, Microsoft Project, OpenWorkbench, Microsoft Corp., Projity
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007
- Today starts our wind-down of the year with a review of the top 10 posts of this blog, and number 10 was the launch of OpenProj. OpenProj was downloaded over 150,000 times in its first weeks online, and is a product of Projity, a SaaS company which had been...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, License, Software As A Service (SaaS), Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphony
- IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphonyStick to politicsMaybe IBM ought to stick to using politics to take down MS. It is the only thing that seems to work for them. And maybe MS will realize that it has no choice but to build up a political machinery second to...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Processors, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, OpenOffice symphony, Citrix Systems Inc., OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Is there anyone not targeting Microsoft Office?
- Is there anyone not targeting Microsoft Office?Yes, it sounds like a lot of people smell blood with the OOXML rejection,and the EC decision, and in general more people demanding open formats like ODF and using standards based web browsers. Microsoft's switch to a new office suite and file format, the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 million
- Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 millionI personally love to see more cross platform applications with full supportfor Linux and Mac. Yahoo will have an online office suite sooner of later, but that will take more acquisitions which are not doubt coming.RE: Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 millionI think...
- Tags: LDAP, OPEN SOURCE, Domain names, Zimbra, Yahoo! Inc., SuSE
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Yahoo to buy Zimbra for $350 million; Eyes Google Office
- Yahoo to buy Zimbra for $350 million; Eyes Google OfficeNew ZDNet Article SuggestionI'd like to see ZDnet write an article exploring the pros and cons of buying FOSS software companies. With the recent purchase of XENsource by Citrix and now Zimbra by Yahoo, alot of questions are about to...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., Zimbra, Yahoo! Inc., Projity
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Open Source Outlook Choices
- Open Source Outlook ChoicesOutlook add-onsWHERE does one find out about Outlook add-ons?RE: Open Source Outlook ChoicesI don't think bundling is the answer. Interoperability is though. Just because MS thinks an e-mail/calendaring application should be bundled with office doesn't mean it should. If the integration between an e-mail client and OpenOffice...
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, E-mail, Projity, Chandler, Microsoft Outlook, OOo, Open Source Outlook Choices, Mozilla Thunderbird, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- Open source swimming instructor
- Open source swimming instructorKudos to Mark and Larry Rosen from a non-clientI was introduced to Mark and Larry Rosen as Projity was evaluating a move to open source. Mark and Larry were both generous with time and opinions. Mark had a conflict of interest due to his work with...
- Tags: open source, Larry Rosen
- Discussion threads 2007-09-01
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