User: jpmcc Date: 2008-05-07 18:00:35+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 Wed May 7 19:00:13 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=1.415&r2=1.416 Delta lines: +94 -85 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-05-07 12:00:27+0000 1.415 +++ atom.xml 2008-05-07 18:00:31+0000 1.416 @@ -5,9 +5,97 @@ <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>2008-05-07T12:00:28+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-07T18:00:33+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">Running different operating systems in parallel</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/running_different_operating_systems_in"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/running_different_operating_systems_in</id> + <updated>2008-05-07T13:44:47+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">In case you did not notice, <a href="http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/New-version-of-VirtualBox-also-runs-under-Mac-OS-X-and-Solaris--/110659">a new version of VirtualBox</a> just came out. I use VirtualBox on my MacBook to also run Windows, Linux and OpenSolaris, so that I can easily take screenshots on other platforms or test software on other platforms. For example users might want to test <a href="http://opensolaris.org/index.html">the new OpenSolaris</a> using VirtualBox. VitualBox definitely has made my life much easier!</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>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">Groovy For OpenOffice.org</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/groovy_for_openoffice_org"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/groovy_for_openoffice_org</id> + <updated>2008-05-07T13:36:05+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">Cool! With <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/Groovy" for="For"></a> it's now even possible to use Groovy for OpenOffice.org programming. The website says: "Groovy For OpenOffice is an OpenOffice Extension that adds support for scripting OpenOffice Macros in Groovy".</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>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">Useful MySQL / OpenOffice.org Tutorial</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial</id> + <updated>2008-05-07T13:30:39+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">Roland Bouman wrote a very nice <a href="http://rpbouman.blogspot.com/2006/12/mysql-meets-openofficeorg.html">tutorial about using MySQL in connection with OpenOffice.org</a>. Here is a short extract:<br /> +<br /><br /> +"Of course, I do not want to suggest that MySQL "...is a Desktop Database", because it's not. Rather, MySQL is a general-purpose database, so there's no reason at all to dismiss it for typical "Desktop Database" purposes. +<br /><br /> +Even though MySQL is a server product, MySQL resembles a typical Desktop Database in a number of ways. For example, MySQL is not extravagantly resource-hungry, and does not require much maintenance - (not for this purpose anyway). So, there's not much against using MySQL here. +<br /><br /> +In fact, it's probably a good idea to back your Desktop Database applications with MySQL. A lot of the typical problems (resource contention due to locking, file corruption due to crashing application programs, scale limits, and much much more) that you encounter as these applications grow larger, are either not-existent or easily solved using a server solution such as MySQL. +<br /><br /> +So - let's dive in, and see what it takes to use MySQL in the daily office. Oh yeah - I once did a write-up on connecting MS Access and MySQL. This time, we won't be using MS Office at all. We'll use OpenOffice.org instead."</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>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta now available for download!</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta</id> + <updated>2008-05-07T13:23:59+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">As can be read in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html">the announcement</a>, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta is now available. Considering <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000WR2F2M/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1">these customer reviews at Amazon</a>, I have the feeling that the Mac version of OpenOffice.org will become very popular!</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>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">OpenOffice.org wins the 2008 Duke's Choice Award</title> <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-wins-2008-dukes-choice.html"/> @@ -162,7 +250,7 @@ <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>2008-05-02T18:00:29+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -245,7 +333,7 @@ <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>2008-05-07T12:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-07T18:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -287,7 +375,7 @@ <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>2008-05-02T18:00:29+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -307,7 +395,7 @@ <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>2008-05-02T18:00:29+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-07T18:00:30+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -344,86 +432,7 @@ <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>2008-05-07T12:00:17+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">OOo Extensions: Wiki Publisher</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/791"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=791</id> - <updated>2008-04-29T13:09:58+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>The <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org Extensions ecosystem</a> continues to grow. In fact, the OOo development team has adopted a strategy of providing some core functions as extensions, in order to keep the code base smaller but allow users to selectively adopt features useful to them.</p> -<p>While I have not tested it yet, I just discovered the <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher">Sun Wiki Publisher extension</a>, which sounds like a great tool to get more people using company intranet wikis, among other uses.</p></content> - <author> - <name>Benjamin Horst</name> - <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-05-07T06:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">Eagerly awaiting 3.0 beta</title> - <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/04/eagerly-awaiting-30-beta.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-4697984572185414638</id> - <updated>2008-04-28T18:17:29+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">In a few days, a first beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be made available, to show the great new features included to the public. We expect to have the beta release ready in the first half of May. Stay tuned for more information on what this new release will include!</content> - <author> - <name>floeff</name> - <uri>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632</id> - <updated>2008-05-07T12:00:25+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">FOSS in Geneva Schools: Followup</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790</id> - <updated>2008-04-28T14:09:26+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Recently, I came across an article about <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/774">Geneva schools migrating to open source</a>.</p> -<p>Now, more information emerges by way of IDABC in &#8220;<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7576/6008">Geneva Schools Completely Switch to Open Source</a>.&#8221; It turns out this migration will include a population of 70,000 students and 7,000 teachers, and will occur gradually over the next three years.</p> -<p>From the article: &#8220;The migration to Open Source will begin after the next summer holiday with three projects. One school, the Candolle College in Geneva, will try out a complete Open Source desktop, using the GNU/Linux distribution Ubuntu. Next, OpenOffice will be installed on the 9,000 PCs in the school district that are used by teachers, replacing Microsoft Office. A third project is the migration to OpenOffice on the PCs used by the boards of all primary school.&#8221;</p> -<p>&#8220;Replacing Microsoft Office by OpenOffice saves the state some 300,000 SFr (about 186,000 euro) per year, says Grandjean. &#8220;Moving to a complete Open Source system will cut the IT costs by a third.&#8221;</p></content> - <author> - <name>Benjamin Horst</name> - <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-05-07T06:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">Danish Newsletter from OpenOffice.org</title> - <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/danoish-newsletter-from-openofficeorg.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-1566992978670019720</id> - <updated>2008-04-26T18:33:29+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">The May issue of the Danish Newsletter is on the street now: -http://doc.oooforum.dk/Nyhed/2008Maj</content> - <author> - <name>Leif Lodahl</name> - <uri>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org</uri> - </author> - <source> - <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>2008-05-07T00:00:26+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-07T18:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.415&r2=1.416 Delta lines: +65 -64 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-05-07 12:00:28+0000 1.415 +++ index.html 2008-05-07 18:00:31+0000 1.416 @@ -34,10 +34,74 @@ <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 07, 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 07, 2008 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> <h2>May 07, 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/running_different_operating_systems_in";> +Running different operating systems in parallel</a> +</h3> +<p> +In case you did not notice, <a href="http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/New-version-of-VirtualBox-also-runs-under-Mac-OS-X-and-Solaris--/110659";>a new version of VirtualBox</a> just came out. I use VirtualBox on my MacBook to also run Windows, Linux and OpenSolaris, so that I can easily take screenshots on other platforms or test software on other platforms. For example users might want to test <a href="http://opensolaris.org/index.html";>the new OpenSolaris</a> using VirtualBox. VitualBox definitely has made my life much easier!</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/running_different_operating_systems_in";>by dancer at May 07, 2008 01:44 PM GMT</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/groovy_for_openoffice_org";> +Groovy For OpenOffice.org</a> +</h3> +<p> +Cool! With <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/Groovy"; for="For"></a> it's now even possible to use Groovy for OpenOffice.org programming. The website says: "Groovy For OpenOffice is an OpenOffice Extension that adds support for scripting OpenOffice Macros in Groovy".</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/groovy_for_openoffice_org";>by dancer at May 07, 2008 01:36 PM GMT</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/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial";> +Useful MySQL / OpenOffice.org Tutorial</a> +</h3> +<p> +Roland Bouman wrote a very nice <a href="http://rpbouman.blogspot.com/2006/12/mysql-meets-openofficeorg.html";>tutorial about using MySQL in connection with OpenOffice.org</a>. Here is a short extract:<br /> +<br /><br /> +"Of course, I do not want to suggest that MySQL "...is a Desktop Database", because it's not. Rather, MySQL is a general-purpose database, so there's no reason at all to dismiss it for typical "Desktop Database" purposes. +<br /><br /> +Even though MySQL is a server product, MySQL resembles a typical Desktop Database in a number of ways. For example, MySQL is not extravagantly resource-hungry, and does not require much maintenance - (not for this purpose anyway). So, there's not much against using MySQL here. +<br /><br /> +In fact, it's probably a good idea to back your Desktop Database applications with MySQL. A lot of the typical problems (resource contention due to locking, file corruption due to crashing application programs, scale limits, and much much more) that you encounter as these applications grow larger, are either not-existent or easily solved using a server solution such as MySQL. +<br /><br /> +So - let's dive in, and see what it takes to use MySQL in the daily office. Oh yeah - I once did a write-up on connecting MS Access and MySQL. This time, we won't be using MS Office at all. We'll use OpenOffice.org instead."</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial";>by dancer at May 07, 2008 01:30 PM GMT</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/openoffice_org_3_0_beta";> +OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta now available for download!</a> +</h3> +<p> +As can be read in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html";>the announcement</a>, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta is now available. Considering <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000WR2F2M/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1";>these customer reviews at Amazon</a>, I have the feeling that the Mac version of OpenOffice.org will become very popular!</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta";>by dancer at May 07, 2008 01:23 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> OOo Marketeers</a> : <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-wins-2008-dukes-choice.html";> @@ -308,69 +372,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/791";> -OOo Extensions: Wiki Publisher</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>The <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org Extensions ecosystem</a> continues to grow. In fact, the OOo development team has adopted a strategy of providing some core functions as extensions, in order to keep the code base smaller but allow users to selectively adopt features useful to them.</p> -<p>While I have not tested it yet, I just discovered the <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher";>Sun Wiki Publisher extension</a>, which sounds like a great tool to get more people using company intranet wikis, among other uses.</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/791";>by Benjamin Horst at April 29, 2008 01:09 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h2>April 28, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> -OOo Marketeers</a> : -<a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/04/eagerly-awaiting-30-beta.html";> -Eagerly awaiting 3.0 beta</a> -</h3> -<p> -In a few days, a first beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be made available, to show the great new features included to the public. We expect to have the beta release ready in the first half of May. Stay tuned for more information on what this new release will include!</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/04/eagerly-awaiting-30-beta.html";>by floeff at April 28, 2008 06:17 PM BST</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790";> -FOSS in Geneva Schools: Followup</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Recently, I came across an article about <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/774";>Geneva schools migrating to open source</a>.</p> -<p>Now, more information emerges by way of IDABC in “<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7576/6008";>Geneva Schools Completely Switch to Open Source</a>.” It turns out this migration will include a population of 70,000 students and 7,000 teachers, and will occur gradually over the next three years.</p> -<p>From the article: “The migration to Open Source will begin after the next summer holiday with three projects. One school, the Candolle College in Geneva, will try out a complete Open Source desktop, using the GNU/Linux distribution Ubuntu. Next, OpenOffice will be installed on the 9,000 PCs in the school district that are used by teachers, replacing Microsoft Office. A third project is the migration to OpenOffice on the PCs used by the boards of all primary school.”</p> -<p>“Replacing Microsoft Office by OpenOffice saves the state some 300,000 SFr (about 186,000 euro) per year, says Grandjean. “Moving to a complete Open Source system will cut the IT costs by a third.”</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790";>by Benjamin Horst at April 28, 2008 02:09 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h2>April 26, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; title="Lodahl's blog"> -Leif Lodahl</a> : -<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/danoish-newsletter-from-openofficeorg.html";> -Danish Newsletter from OpenOffice.org</a> -</h3> -<p> -The May issue of the Danish Newsletter is on the street now: -http://doc.oooforum.dk/Nyhed/2008Maj</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/danoish-newsletter-from-openofficeorg.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 26, 2008 06:33 PM BST</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=1.415&r2=1.416 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-05-07 12:00:28+0000 1.415 +++ opml.xml 2008-05-07 18:00:32+0000 1.416 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:29 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Wed, 07 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=1.253&r2=1.254 Delta lines: +36 -35 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-05-07 12:00:28+0000 1.253 +++ rss10.xml 2008-05-07 18:00:32+0000 1.254 @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/running_different_operating_systems_in"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/groovy_for_openoffice_org"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3232084203099121639" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6338599745735942889" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-1154756614249385704" /> @@ -29,14 +33,42 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/odf_development_using_perl_python"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-2284866363753465187" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/05159523ce1a6dc1" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=791"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-4697984572185414638" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-1566992978670019720" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/running_different_operating_systems_in";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Running different operating systems in parallel</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/running_different_operating_systems_in</link> + <content:encoded>In case you did not notice, <a href="http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/New-version-of-VirtualBox-also-runs-under-Mac-OS-X-and-Solaris--/110659">a new version of VirtualBox</a> just came out. I use VirtualBox on my MacBook to also run Windows, Linux and OpenSolaris, so that I can easily take screenshots on other platforms or test software on other platforms. For example users might want to test <a href="http://opensolaris.org/index.html">the new OpenSolaris</a> using VirtualBox. VitualBox definitely has made my life much easier!</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-05-07T13:44:47+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/groovy_for_openoffice_org";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Groovy For OpenOffice.org</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/groovy_for_openoffice_org</link> + <content:encoded>Cool! With <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/Groovy" for="For"></a> it's now even possible to use Groovy for OpenOffice.org programming. The website says: "Groovy For OpenOffice is an OpenOffice Extension that adds support for scripting OpenOffice Macros in Groovy".</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-05-07T13:36:05+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Useful MySQL / OpenOffice.org Tutorial</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial</link> + <content:encoded>Roland Bouman wrote a very nice <a href="http://rpbouman.blogspot.com/2006/12/mysql-meets-openofficeorg.html">tutorial about using MySQL in connection with OpenOffice.org</a>. Here is a short extract:<br /> +<br /><br /> +"Of course, I do not want to suggest that MySQL "...is a Desktop Database", because it's not. Rather, MySQL is a general-purpose database, so there's no reason at all to dismiss it for typical "Desktop Database" purposes. +<br /><br /> +Even though MySQL is a server product, MySQL resembles a typical Desktop Database in a number of ways. For example, MySQL is not extravagantly resource-hungry, and does not require much maintenance - (not for this purpose anyway). So, there's not much against using MySQL here. +<br /><br /> +In fact, it's probably a good idea to back your Desktop Database applications with MySQL. A lot of the typical problems (resource contention due to locking, file corruption due to crashing application programs, scale limits, and much much more) that you encounter as these applications grow larger, are either not-existent or easily solved using a server solution such as MySQL. +<br /><br /> +So - let's dive in, and see what it takes to use MySQL in the daily office. Oh yeah - I once did a write-up on connecting MS Access and MySQL. This time, we won't be using MS Office at all. We'll use OpenOffice.org instead."</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-05-07T13:30:39+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta now available for download!</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta</link> + <content:encoded>As can be read in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html">the announcement</a>, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta is now available. Considering <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000WR2F2M/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1">these customer reviews at Amazon</a>, I have the feeling that the Mac version of OpenOffice.org will become very popular!</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-05-07T13:23:59+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3232084203099121639"> <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org wins the 2008 Duke's Choice Award</title> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-wins-2008-dukes-choice.html</link> @@ -182,36 +214,5 @@ <dc:date>2008-04-29T15:37:03+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>erAck</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=791";> - <title>Benjamin Horst: OOo Extensions: Wiki Publisher</title> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/791</link> - <content:encoded><p>The <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org Extensions ecosystem</a> continues to grow. In fact, the OOo development team has adopted a strategy of providing some core functions as extensions, in order to keep the code base smaller but allow users to selectively adopt features useful to them.</p> -<p>While I have not tested it yet, I just discovered the <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher">Sun Wiki Publisher extension</a>, which sounds like a great tool to get more people using company intranet wikis, among other uses.</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-29T13:09:58+00:00</dc:date> -</item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-4697984572185414638"> - <title>OOo Marketeers: Eagerly awaiting 3.0 beta</title> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/04/eagerly-awaiting-30-beta.html</link> - <content:encoded>In a few days, a first beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be made available, to show the great new features included to the public. We expect to have the beta release ready in the first half of May. Stay tuned for more information on what this new release will include!</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-28T18:17:29+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> -</item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790";> - <title>Benjamin Horst: FOSS in Geneva Schools: Followup</title> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/790</link> - <content:encoded><p>Recently, I came across an article about <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/774">Geneva schools migrating to open source</a>.</p> -<p>Now, more information emerges by way of IDABC in &#8220;<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7576/6008">Geneva Schools Completely Switch to Open Source</a>.&#8221; It turns out this migration will include a population of 70,000 students and 7,000 teachers, and will occur gradually over the next three years.</p> -<p>From the article: &#8220;The migration to Open Source will begin after the next summer holiday with three projects. 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The website says: "Groovy For OpenOffice is an OpenOffice Extension that adds support for scripting OpenOffice Macros in Groovy".</description> + <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:36:05 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Useful MySQL / OpenOffice.org Tutorial</title> + <guid>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/useful_mysql_openoffice_org_tutorial</link> + <description>Roland Bouman wrote a very nice <a href="http://rpbouman.blogspot.com/2006/12/mysql-meets-openofficeorg.html">tutorial about using MySQL in connection with OpenOffice.org</a>. Here is a short extract:<br /> +<br /><br /> +"Of course, I do not want to suggest that MySQL "...is a Desktop Database", because it's not. Rather, MySQL is a general-purpose database, so there's no reason at all to dismiss it for typical "Desktop Database" purposes. +<br /><br /> +Even though MySQL is a server product, MySQL resembles a typical Desktop Database in a number of ways. For example, MySQL is not extravagantly resource-hungry, and does not require much maintenance - (not for this purpose anyway). So, there's not much against using MySQL here. +<br /><br /> +In fact, it's probably a good idea to back your Desktop Database applications with MySQL. A lot of the typical problems (resource contention due to locking, file corruption due to crashing application programs, scale limits, and much much more) that you encounter as these applications grow larger, are either not-existent or easily solved using a server solution such as MySQL. +<br /><br /> +So - let's dive in, and see what it takes to use MySQL in the daily office. Oh yeah - I once did a write-up on connecting MS Access and MySQL. This time, we won't be using MS Office at all. We'll use OpenOffice.org instead."</description> + <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:30:39 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta now available for download!</title> + <guid>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_3_0_beta</link> + <description>As can be read in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html">the announcement</a>, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta is now available. Considering <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000WR2F2M/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1">these customer reviews at Amazon</a>, I have the feeling that the Mac version of OpenOffice.org will become very popular!</description> + <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:59 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org wins the 2008 Duke's Choice Award</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3232084203099121639</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-wins-2008-dukes-choice.html</link> @@ -160,39 +196,6 @@ <description>I really don't know what that will bring along ;-) but now I'm the liaison member representative of OpenOffice.org in the Unicode Consortium and OOo is listed on the <a href="http://www.unicode.org/consortium/memblogo.html" title="Unicode members page">Unicode members page</a>.<br /></description> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Benjamin Horst: OOo Extensions: Wiki Publisher</title> - <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=791</guid> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/791</link> - <description><p>The <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org Extensions ecosystem</a> continues to grow. 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One school, the Candolle College in Geneva, will try out a complete Open Source desktop, using the GNU/Linux distribution Ubuntu. Next, OpenOffice will be installed on the 9,000 PCs in the school district that are used by teachers, replacing Microsoft Office. A third project is the migration to OpenOffice on the PCs used by the boards of all primary school.&#8221;</p> -<p>&#8220;Replacing Microsoft Office by OpenOffice saves the state some 300,000 SFr (about 186,000 euro) per year, says Grandjean. &#8220;Moving to a complete Open Source system will cut the IT costs by a third.&#8221;</p></description> - <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate> -</item> -<item> - <title>Leif Lodahl: Danish Newsletter from OpenOffice.org</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-1566992978670019720</guid> - <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/danoish-newsletter-from-openofficeorg.html</link> - <description>The May issue of the Danish Newsletter is on the street now: -http://doc.oooforum.dk/Nyhed/2008Maj</description> - <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:33:29 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
