User: jpmcc Date: 2008-04-25 11:00:56+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Fri Apr 25 11:00:14 UTC 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.372&r2=1.373 Delta lines: +48 -53 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-04-25 05:00:49+0000 1.372 +++ atom.xml 2008-04-25 11:00:52+0000 1.373 @@ -5,9 +5,49 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2008-04-25T05:00:42+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:45+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">"A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation"</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for</id> + <updated>2008-04-25T08:41:33+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">More and more ODF tools and libraries are emerging. I just came across <a href="http://www.jopendocument.org/start.html">jOpenDocument</a> which sounds promising. On the homepage it describes itself as "A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation". Developers should also keep their eyes open for more news from <a href="http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org ODF Toolkit Project</a>. In addition, there are ODF tools available for <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenOffice-OODoc/">Perl developers</a> and for PHP developers (check out <a href="http://opendocumentphp.org/index.php/home">this</a> and <a href="http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=439">this</a>). BTW, if you know of any tools for ODF development or applications supporting ODF, make sure they are listed at <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/">opendocument.xml.org</a>.</content> + <author> + <name>Erwin Tenhumberg</name> + <uri>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Erwin's StarOffice Tango</title> + <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:44+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">ODF Seminar for Municipalities</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities</id> + <updated>2008-04-25T08:27:38+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">On May 19th there will be an ODF seminar for municipalities in Schoten (Belgium). More details can be <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/calendar-event/odf-seminar-for-municipalities">found here</a>.</content> + <author> + <name>Erwin Tenhumberg</name> + <uri>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Erwin's StarOffice Tango</title> + <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:44+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">He really understands open source</title> <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/276446156/"/> @@ -101,7 +141,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-04-23T17:00:46+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:44+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -184,7 +224,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-25T05:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -232,7 +272,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-04-23T17:00:46+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:44+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -252,7 +292,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-04-23T17:00:46+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:44+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -337,7 +377,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-25T05:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -377,7 +417,7 @@ <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2008-04-20T17:00:43+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:43+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -395,7 +435,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-25T05:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-25T11:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -509,49 +549,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Todayâs security announcement</title> - <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/todays-security-announcement/"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=500</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T07:02:41+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>We made <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=358">the formal announcement</a> today that the recently released OpenOffice.org 2.4 included some security vulnerabily fixes. We normally release this information when the software is released. This time, Sun Microsystems had not completed the necessary US export classification process for StarOffice at the launch date, so we held back the announcement until StarOffice was able to ship.</p> -<p>As usual, we get emails from people asking whether they should update. Here&#8217;s my response:</p> -<blockquote><p>On Thu, April 17, 2008 08:35, A concerned user wrote:<br /> -&gt; i&#8217;m using openoffice portable 2.3.1.<br /> -&gt; what would you suggest?<br /> -&gt; tks</p> -<p>I suggest you contact the maintainer of the version you are using, and ask when 2.4 will be available.</p> -<p>We always advise people to upgrade when we release security fixes - this is best practice in the IT industry. However, you can always do your own risk assessment. Look at the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html">security bulletin</a><a></a> for what has been fixed. How do you use OpenOffice.org? e.g. if there is a vulnerability around <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html">opening Quattro Pro files</a>, and you never open Quattro Pro files, then you might decide the risk of not upgrading is acceptable for you personally.</p></blockquote> -<p>In fact, the message is simple: the vast majority of exploits require you to accept a file from someone else, or download a file from the internet. If you regularly click on links in emails from people you don&#8217;t know, or without checking they are genuine, then <em>&#8220;be scared, be very scared&#8230;&#8221;</em></p></content> - <author> - <name>John McCreesh</name> - <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-04-22T11:00:15+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">fisl9.0</title> - <link href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8626285142036136310</id> - <updated>2008-04-16T21:22:55+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/">9th F&#x00f3;rum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/">BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</content> - <author> - <name>oulipo</name> - <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">ooo-speak</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id> - <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:22+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.372&r2=1.373 Delta lines: +30 -38 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-04-25 05:00:49+0000 1.372 +++ index.html 2008-04-25 11:00:52+0000 1.373 @@ -34,8 +34,37 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 25, 2008 05:00 AM UTC</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 25, 2008 11:00 AM UTC</em></p> +<h2>April 25, 2008</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/"; title="Erwin's StarOffice Tango"> +Erwin Tenhumberg</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for";> +"A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation"</a> +</h3> +<p> +More and more ODF tools and libraries are emerging. I just came across <a href="http://www.jopendocument.org/start.html";>jOpenDocument</a> which sounds promising. On the homepage it describes itself as "A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation". Developers should also keep their eyes open for more news from <a href="http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/";>the OpenOffice.org ODF Toolkit Project</a>. In addition, there are ODF tools available for <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenOffice-OODoc/";>Perl developers</a> and for PHP developers (check out <a href="http://opendocumentphp.org/index.php/home";>this</a> and <a href="http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=439";>this</a>). BTW, if you know of any tools for ODF development or applications supporting ODF, make sure they are listed at <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/";>opendocument.xml.org</a>.</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for";>by dancer at April 25, 2008 08:41 AM UTC</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/"; title="Erwin's StarOffice Tango"> +Erwin Tenhumberg</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities";> +ODF Seminar for Municipalities</a> +</h3> +<p> +On May 19th there will be an ODF seminar for municipalities in Schoten (Belgium). More details can be <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/calendar-event/odf-seminar-for-municipalities";>found here</a>.</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities";>by dancer at April 25, 2008 08:27 AM UTC</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>April 23, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="Marketing OSS"> @@ -454,43 +483,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> -John McCreesh</a> : -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/todays-security-announcement/";> -Todayâs security announcement</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>We made <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=358";>the formal announcement</a> today that the recently released OpenOffice.org 2.4 included some security vulnerabily fixes. We normally release this information when the software is released. This time, Sun Microsystems had not completed the necessary US export classification process for StarOffice at the launch date, so we held back the announcement until StarOffice was able to ship.</p> -<p>As usual, we get emails from people asking whether they should update. Here’s my response:</p> -<blockquote><p>On Thu, April 17, 2008 08:35, A concerned user wrote:<br /> -> i’m using openoffice portable 2.3.1.<br /> -> what would you suggest?<br /> -> tks</p> -<p>I suggest you contact the maintainer of the version you are using, and ask when 2.4 will be available.</p> -<p>We always advise people to upgrade when we release security fixes - this is best practice in the IT industry. However, you can always do your own risk assessment. Look at the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html";>security bulletin</a><a></a> for what has been fixed. How do you use OpenOffice.org? e.g. if there is a vulnerability around <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html";>opening Quattro Pro files</a>, and you never open Quattro Pro files, then you might decide the risk of not upgrading is acceptable for you personally.</p></blockquote> -<p>In fact, the message is simple: the vast majority of exploits require you to accept a file from someone else, or download a file from the internet. If you regularly click on links in emails from people you don’t know, or without checking they are genuine, then <em>“be scared, be very scared…”</em></p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/todays-security-announcement/";>by John at April 17, 2008 07:02 AM UTC</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h2>April 16, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak"> -Louis Suarez-Potts</a> : -<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html";> -fisl9.0</a> -</h3> -<p> -It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/";>9th Fórum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/";>BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html";>by oulipo at April 16, 2008 09:22 PM UTC</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.372&r2=1.373 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-04-25 05:00:50+0000 1.372 +++ opml.xml 2008-04-25 11:00:53+0000 1.373 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:00:42 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:00:45 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.230&r2=1.231 Delta lines: +14 -23 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-04-23 23:00:46+0000 1.230 +++ rss10.xml 2008-04-25 11:00:53+0000 1.231 @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=462"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=461"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/city_of_munich_and_german"; /> @@ -31,12 +33,22 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=501"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/783"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=500"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8626285142036136310" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: "A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation"</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for</link> + <content:encoded>More and more ODF tools and libraries are emerging. I just came across <a href="http://www.jopendocument.org/start.html">jOpenDocument</a> which sounds promising. On the homepage it describes itself as "A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation". Developers should also keep their eyes open for more news from <a href="http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org ODF Toolkit Project</a>. In addition, there are ODF tools available for <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenOffice-OODoc/">Perl developers</a> and for PHP developers (check out <a href="http://opendocumentphp.org/index.php/home">this</a> and <a href="http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=439">this</a>). BTW, if you know of any tools for ODF development or applications supporting ODF, make sure they are listed at <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/">opendocument.xml.org</a>.</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-04-25T08:41:33+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: ODF Seminar for Municipalities</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities</link> + <content:encoded>On May 19th there will be an ODF seminar for municipalities in Schoten (Belgium). More details can be <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/calendar-event/odf-seminar-for-municipalities">found here</a>.</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-04-25T08:27:38+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=462";> <title>Italo Vignoli: He really understands open source</title> <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/276446156/</link> @@ -309,26 +321,5 @@ <p>It&#8217;s a great starting point for learning about and using the wealth of extensions out there.</p></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-04-17T13:48:33+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=500";> - <title>John McCreesh: Todayâs security announcement</title> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/todays-security-announcement/</link> - <content:encoded><p>We made <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=358">the formal announcement</a> today that the recently released OpenOffice.org 2.4 included some security vulnerabily fixes. We normally release this information when the software is released. This time, Sun Microsystems had not completed the necessary US export classification process for StarOffice at the launch date, so we held back the announcement until StarOffice was able to ship.</p> -<p>As usual, we get emails from people asking whether they should update. Here&#8217;s my response:</p> -<blockquote><p>On Thu, April 17, 2008 08:35, A concerned user wrote:<br /> -&gt; i&#8217;m using openoffice portable 2.3.1.<br /> -&gt; what would you suggest?<br /> -&gt; tks</p> -<p>I suggest you contact the maintainer of the version you are using, and ask when 2.4 will be available.</p> -<p>We always advise people to upgrade when we release security fixes - this is best practice in the IT industry. However, you can always do your own risk assessment. Look at the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html">security bulletin</a><a></a> for what has been fixed. How do you use OpenOffice.org? e.g. if there is a vulnerability around <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html">opening Quattro Pro files</a>, and you never open Quattro Pro files, then you might decide the risk of not upgrading is acceptable for you personally.</p></blockquote> -<p>In fact, the message is simple: the vast majority of exploits require you to accept a file from someone else, or download a file from the internet. If you regularly click on links in emails from people you don&#8217;t know, or without checking they are genuine, then <em>&#8220;be scared, be very scared&#8230;&#8221;</em></p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-17T07:02:41+00:00</dc:date> -</item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8626285142036136310"> - <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: fisl9.0</title> - <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html</link> - <content:encoded>It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/">9th F&#x00f3;rum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/">BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-16T21:22:55+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.230&r2=1.231 Delta lines: +14 -22 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-04-23 23:00:47+0000 1.230 +++ rss20.xml 2008-04-25 11:00:53+0000 1.231 @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: "A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation"</title> + <guid>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for</link> + <description>More and more ODF tools and libraries are emerging. I just came across <a href="http://www.jopendocument.org/start.html">jOpenDocument</a> which sounds promising. On the homepage it describes itself as "A pure Java library for OASIS Open Document files manipulation". Developers should also keep their eyes open for more news from <a href="http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org ODF Toolkit Project</a>. In addition, there are ODF tools available for <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenOffice-OODoc/">Perl developers</a> and for PHP developers (check out <a href="http://opendocumentphp.org/index.php/home">this</a> and <a href="http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=439">this</a>). BTW, if you know of any tools for ODF development or applications supporting ODF, make sure they are listed at <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/">opendocument.xml.org</a>.</description> + <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:41:33 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: ODF Seminar for Municipalities</title> + <guid>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_seminar_for_municipalities</link> + <description>On May 19th there will be an ODF seminar for municipalities in Schoten (Belgium). More details can be <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/calendar-event/odf-seminar-for-municipalities">found here</a>.</description> + <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:27:38 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Italo Vignoli: He really understands open source</title> <guid>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=462</guid> <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/276446156/</link> @@ -293,28 +307,6 @@ <p>It&#8217;s a great starting point for learning about and using the wealth of extensions out there.</p></description> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:48:33 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>John McCreesh: Todayâs security announcement</title> - <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=500</guid> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/todays-security-announcement/</link> - <description><p>We made <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=358">the formal announcement</a> today that the recently released OpenOffice.org 2.4 included some security vulnerabily fixes. We normally release this information when the software is released. This time, Sun Microsystems had not completed the necessary US export classification process for StarOffice at the launch date, so we held back the announcement until StarOffice was able to ship.</p> -<p>As usual, we get emails from people asking whether they should update. Here&#8217;s my response:</p> -<blockquote><p>On Thu, April 17, 2008 08:35, A concerned user wrote:<br /> -&gt; i&#8217;m using openoffice portable 2.3.1.<br /> -&gt; what would you suggest?<br /> -&gt; tks</p> -<p>I suggest you contact the maintainer of the version you are using, and ask when 2.4 will be available.</p> -<p>We always advise people to upgrade when we release security fixes - this is best practice in the IT industry. However, you can always do your own risk assessment. Look at the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html">security bulletin</a><a></a> for what has been fixed. How do you use OpenOffice.org? e.g. if there is a vulnerability around <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html">opening Quattro Pro files</a>, and you never open Quattro Pro files, then you might decide the risk of not upgrading is acceptable for you personally.</p></blockquote> -<p>In fact, the message is simple: the vast majority of exploits require you to accept a file from someone else, or download a file from the internet. If you regularly click on links in emails from people you don&#8217;t know, or without checking they are genuine, then <em>&#8220;be scared, be very scared&#8230;&#8221;</em></p></description> - <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:02:41 +0000</pubDate> -</item> -<item> - <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: fisl9.0</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8626285142036136310</guid> - <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html</link> - <description>It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/">9th F&#x00f3;rum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/">BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</description> - <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
