Stories about: OpenOffice

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    Five open source technologies for 2012 28/12/2011 22:05:00

    Next year, if all goes according to plan, Red Hat will become the first open source software company to generate more than US$1 billion a year in revenue. It will be a watershed moment for the open source community, who have long seen their approach of community-based development as a viable, even superior, alternative to traditional notions of how software should be written.
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    LibreOffice backers want community to join 'bug hunt' 22/12/2011 04:19:11

    The organization behind LibreOffice is hoping community members will help it uncover problems with an upcoming release of the open-source office suite via an international "bug hunt" next week.
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    Apache asserts OpenOffice stewardship 15/10/2011 03:52:31

    Despite the growing momentum of the LibreOffice fork of OpenOffice, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is urging the community of volunteer developers to rally around the OpenOffice code base as the canonical version of the open source software suite.
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    Back to school: 6 tips for not overspending on tech 16/08/2011 08:48:00

    School is just about to start, and if you have a kid heading for college you're probably grimacing at the thought of all those bills. You're on your own when it comes to soaring tuition and housing costs, but there are ways to spend less on your student's technology needs while still giving them what they need to succeed.
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    Google Docs reconsidered 12/08/2011 04:39:00

    Since Google Docs officially went out of beta on July 7, 2009, the Web-based office application suite has steadily gone through a series of changes and tweaks.
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    LibreOffice releases 'enterprise-ready' version 3.4.2 02/08/2011 05:06:00

    Version 3.4.2 of the open-source LibreOffice suite is now available and "enterprise-ready," project backers The Document Foundation announced Monday.
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    DoD debuts a brand-new Linux for telecommuters 26/07/2011 07:49:00

    With all the hundreds of Linux distributions already available for practically every niche and purpose, users of the open source operating system are accustomed to having a wealth of choices. Recently, however, the set of options got even bigger thanks to a brand-new, security-focused Linux distribution from none other than the U.S. Department of Defense.
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    IBM bequeaths Symphony code to Apache 15/07/2011 02:44:20

    Hoping to further sharpen OpenOffice's competitive viability against Microsoft Office, IBM is donating the code of its Symphony open source office suite to the nonprofit Apache Software Foundation.
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    FAQ: What's the future of OpenOffice.org? 03/06/2011 05:10:49

    Oracle suddenly announced Wednesday it was submitting the codebase for OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, ending speculation about the open-source productivity suite's fate following Oracle's recent announcement it would be transitioned to a "solely community-based project."
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    Oracle submits OpenOffice.org codebase to Apache 02/06/2011 03:04:00

    Oracle is submitting the codebase for OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, where the productivity suite will live on in the group's incubator program for open-source software initiatives, Oracle announced Wednesday.
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    Skype's asterisk move begins its closed future 26/05/2011 03:26:00

    When Microsoft announced its purchase of Skype earlier this month, it took great pains to affirm its commitment to continuing support for the technology on platforms other than Windows.
 
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