User: jpmcc Date: 2008-05-06 18:00:37+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 Tue May 6 19:00:14 BST 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.411&r2=1.412 Delta lines: +29 -26 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-05-06 12:00:32+0000 1.411 +++ atom.xml 2008-05-06 18:00:32+0000 1.412 @@ -5,10 +5,33 @@ <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>2008-05-06T12:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-06T18:00:33+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Whereâs OpenOffice.orgâs Desktop Publishing program?</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/wheres-openofficeorgs-desktop-publishing-program/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=505</id> + <updated>2008-05-06T16:16:40+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>From time to time I receive emails asking me when will <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> have a desktop publishing (DTP) program. My reply is always the same: &#8220;Have you tried Writer&#8221;? Although we position <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html">Writer</a> as a word processing package, in the hands of an expert user it can do so much more, well into the realms of what I would consider DTP. No doubt if we were selling OpenOffice.org, we&#8217;d split Writer into two products: Writer for word processing, and Publisher for DTP - but as OpenOffice.org is licensed as free software, we really don&#8217;t have a motive for doing that <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>However, I can&#8217;t really claim to be an expert in this area, and I make no claim whatsoever to having skills in graphics, layout, etc. That&#8217;s why I was pleased to read <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1565124045;pp;1;fp;4;fpid;2"> an article in Linuxworld</a> from the folks behind <em>GNUzilla magazine</em>, who do know what they are talking about. As enthusiasts for free software, they have tried a number of different packages to produce their magazine, but have not found anything to tempt them away from Writer:</p> +<blockquote><p>During the first year of GNUzilla&#8217;s existence, several<br /> +observations were made in sense of using some more professional tools like Scribus, or maybe Tex/LateX, but Writer followed the requirements very well. In the past three years OpenOffice.org became faster, Writer started to produce more and more optimized PDF&#8217;s, and remained everything GNUzilla needs right now.</p></blockquote> +<p>Judge for yourself - <a href="http://gnuzilla.fsnserbia.org/english/index.php?page=archive">have a look at their magazine</a> (in Serbian), and think what OpenOffice.org Writer could do for you!</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>2008-05-06T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Extend and Conquer</title> <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/extend-and-conquer/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=504</id> @@ -23,7 +46,7 @@ <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>2008-05-06T12:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-06T18:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -105,7 +128,7 @@ <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>2008-05-06T12:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-06T18:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -163,7 +186,7 @@ <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>2008-05-06T12:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-06T18:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -262,7 +285,7 @@ <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>2008-05-06T12:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-06T18:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -379,7 +402,7 @@ <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>2008-05-06T12:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-06T18:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -421,24 +444,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <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>2008-05-02T18:00:29+00:00</updated> - <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.411&r2=1.412 Delta lines: +19 -15 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-05-06 12:00:32+0000 1.411 +++ index.html 2008-05-06 18:00:33+0000 1.412 @@ -34,12 +34,30 @@ <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: May 06, 2008 12:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: May 06, 2008 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> <h2>May 06, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> John McCreesh</a> : +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/wheres-openofficeorgs-desktop-publishing-program/";> +Whereâs OpenOffice.orgâs Desktop Publishing program?</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>From time to time I receive emails asking me when will <a href="http://www.openoffice.org";>OpenOffice.org</a> have a desktop publishing (DTP) program. My reply is always the same: “Have you tried Writer”? Although we position <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html";>Writer</a> as a word processing package, in the hands of an expert user it can do so much more, well into the realms of what I would consider DTP. No doubt if we were selling OpenOffice.org, we’d split Writer into two products: Writer for word processing, and Publisher for DTP - but as OpenOffice.org is licensed as free software, we really don’t have a motive for doing that <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"; alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>However, I can’t really claim to be an expert in this area, and I make no claim whatsoever to having skills in graphics, layout, etc. That’s why I was pleased to read <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1565124045;pp;1;fp;4;fpid;2";> an article in Linuxworld</a> from the folks behind <em>GNUzilla magazine</em>, who do know what they are talking about. As enthusiasts for free software, they have tried a number of different packages to produce their magazine, but have not found anything to tempt them away from Writer:</p> +<blockquote><p>During the first year of GNUzilla’s existence, several<br /> +observations were made in sense of using some more professional tools like Scribus, or maybe Tex/LateX, but Writer followed the requirements very well. In the past three years OpenOffice.org became faster, Writer started to produce more and more optimized PDF’s, and remained everything GNUzilla needs right now.</p></blockquote> +<p>Judge for yourself - <a href="http://gnuzilla.fsnserbia.org/english/index.php?page=archive";>have a look at their magazine</a> (in Serbian), and think what OpenOffice.org Writer could do for you!</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/wheres-openofficeorgs-desktop-publishing-program/";>by John at May 06, 2008 04:16 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<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/2008/05/06/extend-and-conquer/";> Extend and Conquer</a> </h3> @@ -368,20 +386,6 @@ <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/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 GMT</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=1.411&r2=1.412 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-05-06 12:00:32+0000 1.411 +++ opml.xml 2008-05-06 18:00:34+0000 1.412 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:32 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:00:33 +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=1.250&r2=1.251 Delta lines: +11 -7 -------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-05-06 12:00:32+0000 1.250 +++ rss10.xml 2008-05-06 18:00:34+0000 1.251 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=505"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=504"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-4762751427598087650" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-6138504828996972846" /> @@ -32,11 +33,20 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/b296816a9a7285cc" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odfdom_to_become_available_in"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-5124202816941592059" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/a_pure_java_library_for"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=505";> + <title>John McCreesh: Whereâs OpenOffice.orgâs Desktop Publishing program?</title> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/wheres-openofficeorgs-desktop-publishing-program/</link> + <content:encoded><p>From time to time I receive emails asking me when will <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> have a desktop publishing (DTP) program. My reply is always the same: &#8220;Have you tried Writer&#8221;? Although we position <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html">Writer</a> as a word processing package, in the hands of an expert user it can do so much more, well into the realms of what I would consider DTP. No doubt if we were selling OpenOffice.org, we&#8217;d split Writer into two products: Writer for word processing, and Publisher for DTP - but as OpenOffice.org is licensed as free software, we really don&#8217;t have a motive for doing that <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>However, I can&#8217;t really claim to be an expert in this area, and I make no claim whatsoever to having skills in graphics, layout, etc. That&#8217;s why I was pleased to read <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1565124045;pp;1;fp;4;fpid;2"> an article in Linuxworld</a> from the folks behind <em>GNUzilla magazine</em>, who do know what they are talking about. As enthusiasts for free software, they have tried a number of different packages to produce their magazine, but have not found anything to tempt them away from Writer:</p> +<blockquote><p>During the first year of GNUzilla&#8217;s existence, several<br /> +observations were made in sense of using some more professional tools like Scribus, or maybe Tex/LateX, but Writer followed the requirements very well. In the past three years OpenOffice.org became faster, Writer started to produce more and more optimized PDF&#8217;s, and remained everything GNUzilla needs right now.</p></blockquote> +<p>Judge for yourself - <a href="http://gnuzilla.fsnserbia.org/english/index.php?page=archive">have a look at their magazine</a> (in Serbian), and think what OpenOffice.org Writer could do for you!</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-05-06T16:16:40+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=504";> <title>John McCreesh: Extend and Conquer</title> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/extend-and-conquer/</link> @@ -217,11 +227,5 @@ <dc:date>2008-04-25T10:53:02+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> </item> -<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> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.250&r2=1.251 Delta lines: +11 -7 -------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-05-06 12:00:33+0000 1.250 +++ rss20.xml 2008-05-06 18:00:34+0000 1.251 @@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>John McCreesh: Whereâs OpenOffice.orgâs Desktop Publishing program?</title> + <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=505</guid> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/wheres-openofficeorgs-desktop-publishing-program/</link> + <description><p>From time to time I receive emails asking me when will <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> have a desktop publishing (DTP) program. My reply is always the same: &#8220;Have you tried Writer&#8221;? Although we position <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html">Writer</a> as a word processing package, in the hands of an expert user it can do so much more, well into the realms of what I would consider DTP. No doubt if we were selling OpenOffice.org, we&#8217;d split Writer into two products: Writer for word processing, and Publisher for DTP - but as OpenOffice.org is licensed as free software, we really don&#8217;t have a motive for doing that <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>However, I can&#8217;t really claim to be an expert in this area, and I make no claim whatsoever to having skills in graphics, layout, etc. That&#8217;s why I was pleased to read <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1565124045;pp;1;fp;4;fpid;2"> an article in Linuxworld</a> from the folks behind <em>GNUzilla magazine</em>, who do know what they are talking about. As enthusiasts for free software, they have tried a number of different packages to produce their magazine, but have not found anything to tempt them away from Writer:</p> +<blockquote><p>During the first year of GNUzilla&#8217;s existence, several<br /> +observations were made in sense of using some more professional tools like Scribus, or maybe Tex/LateX, but Writer followed the requirements very well. In the past three years OpenOffice.org became faster, Writer started to produce more and more optimized PDF&#8217;s, and remained everything GNUzilla needs right now.</p></blockquote> +<p>Judge for yourself - <a href="http://gnuzilla.fsnserbia.org/english/index.php?page=archive">have a look at their magazine</a> (in Serbian), and think what OpenOffice.org Writer could do for you!</p></description> + <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:16:40 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>John McCreesh: Extend and Conquer</title> <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=504</guid> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/05/06/extend-and-conquer/</link> @@ -197,13 +208,6 @@ <description>Brazil--the Sinatra song speaks of holiday hope, escape, beauty, love, and their loss--<br /><br />Brazil, where hearts were entertaining June<br />We stood beneath an amber moon<br />And softly murmured "Someday soon"<br />We kissed and clung together<br /><br />Then, tomorrow was another day<br />The morning found me miles away<br />With still a million things to say<br />Now, when twilight dims the sky above<br />Recalling thrills of our love<br />There's one thing I'm certain of<br />Return I will to old Brazil<br /><br />Then, tomorrow was another day<br />The morning found me miles away<br />With still a million things to say<br />Now, when twilight dims the sky above<br />Recalling thrills of our love<br />There's one thing that I'm certain of<br />Return I will to old Brazil<br />That old Brazil<br />Man, it's old in Brazil<br />Brazil, Brazil<br /><br /><br />And it was brilliantly used by Terry Gillian in his bleak 1985 satire, Brazil. The country remains a focus of hope and expectation, a sunny future, shadowed by its dark realities. But the current federal administration, Lula's, is changing things, and though the disparities of wealth and privilege remain stark and brutal (Brazil is, like the US, one of the more dramatically disparate countries in terms of wealth and privilege), things are very much improving. The government takes seriously the condition of its people and the importance of social responsibility.<br /><br />I discovered this anew in my most recent trip to Brasilia, for meetings with the education ministry, and Porto Alegre, for fisl 9.0. Briefly, the meetings were immensely productive, and fisl was extraordinary. It is one thing to hear the strong rhetoric for Floss and another to see it in action (read about the KDE installations). The ministry, along with other federal and provincial governments, is dedicated to Floss and wants to move fast on it. OpenOffice.org is crucial there, as it is the best productivity suite on the planet, and that it is also free software--well that simply seals the deal. But the OpenOffice.org we are talking about is BrOffice.org, the Brazilian Portuguese version that is distributed by the BrOffice team. They had to rename it for trademark reasons, but it's the same thing that nearly a hundred million others use daily. And these facts raise some compelling points:<br /><br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#x2022;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Many Brazilians, including those in the Floss movement, as well as those in major corporations and government offices, are unaware of the identity of the two<br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#x2022;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Support and training are sporadically available. Now, if someone or some public or private enterprise wants support for OOo, they can find it in several languages by going to our Support page; Sun (my employer) also provides for-fee professional support for OOo, along the same lines as for StarOffice.<br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#x2022;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;But the default understanding of the public and private enterprises in Brazil does not include support, training, services, and these are sorely wanted. Thus, we have the states of Paran&#x00e1;, the huge, quasi-federal office Serpro, the social security agency and many, many more which I learned about in the three-hour session dedicated to OOo and in personal discussions. (Indeed, I had so many of these that I regretfully could attend very few sessions.)<br /><br />The ultimate point: we need to develop the support business in Brazil. Of course, Brazil is not alone; we need to do this elsewhere, too. But the need is urgent there and the market is open, and as I mentioned in my presentation late Saturday, Brazil really is the leader here and has the ability to join with India and South Africa and possibly China in proving the role and value of Floss in creating not only markets independent of colonial shadow but socially responsible. <br /><br />But what about support? By support, I mean first and second level support, the sort that reassures regular endusers; and I also mean training. NO polity, no enterprise embraces Floss without minimizing liability. That means they want support and services and training contracts. It means building the ecosystem for OOo and doing so now.<br /><br />BTW, if you have not looked at this, now is the time: http://www.hackerteen.com . <br /><br /><br /><br /></description> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:53:02 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<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> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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