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Log: Planet run at Thu Aug 14 07:00:15 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=1.800&r2=1.801 Delta lines: +30 -47 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-08-13 23:58:41+0000 1.800 +++ atom.xml 2008-08-14 05:58:39+0000 1.801 @@ -5,9 +5,31 @@ <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>2008-08-14T00:00:24+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-08-14T06:00:24+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Malaysian State of Pahang Adopts OpenOffice.org</title> + <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/854"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=854</id> + <updated>2008-08-14T01:14:18+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>The <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/">Open Malaysia Blog</a> announces a major OpenOffice migration: the <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/the-entire-stat.html">Malaysian state of Pahang will move all its computers to OpenOffice</a>.</p> +<p>&#8220;The driving force for this migration seems to be cost of proprietary software and the fear of unlicensed software. OpenOffice.org is the obvious solution to these two pressing problems (thanks, BSA!) What is good is that they have chosen ODF by default, and they are not changing the file format to the binary proprietary ones.</p> +<p>&#8220;What is interesting is that the public sector in Malaysia is moving towards FOSS independently from any government directive or mandate, so no amount of <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/microcars-malay.html">whining</a> would derail our government from <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/04/its-not-about-c.html">choosing and making their choice</a>. 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For this reason we started to redesign the user interface, you can see the result in OpenOffice.org 3.0. For more information about the redesign, have a look at <a href="http://uxopenofficeorg.blogspot.com/2008/06/improving-usability-new-extension.html">OpenOffice UX Blog</a>.</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US"> <img width="400" height="246" border="0" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/sbres_1217251143_0__.png" name="Grafik1" /> <br /> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">Changing the user interface has some implications to the extension developer, too:</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <ol> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension can now show its own <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Icon">icon</a> ( up to 42x42 pixel )</p> - </li> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension should have a <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Display_Name">display name</a> set ( which can be localized, too )</p> - </li> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension should have a <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Short_Description">description</a> ( please without hard line breaks, which don't look well, especially because its possible to resize the new extension manager dialog )</p> - </li> - </ol> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">For more information about required or recommended entries for extensions have a look at the chapter <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Extensions">Extensions</a> in the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide">Developers Guide</a>.</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">The changes to the extension manager UI are not finished yet, in the next step we will integrate the update extensions dialog into the extension manager. You will find the specification of the new extension manager <a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/Extension_Manager_UI_Change.odt">here.</a> This specification will be updated as soon as we know how to integrate the update dialog.</p><br /> - </div></content> - <author> - <name>Dirk Voelzke</name> - <uri></uri> - </author> - <source> - <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>2008-08-14T00:00:17+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.800&r2=1.801 Delta lines: +19 -36 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-08-13 23:58:42+0000 1.800 +++ index.html 2008-08-14 05:58:40+0000 1.801 @@ -34,8 +34,26 @@ <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: August 14, 2008 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: August 14, 2008 06:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<h2>August 14, 2008</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> +Benjamin Horst</a> : +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/854";> +Malaysian State of Pahang Adopts OpenOffice.org</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>The <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/";>Open Malaysia Blog</a> announces a major OpenOffice migration: the <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/the-entire-stat.html";>Malaysian state of Pahang will move all its computers to OpenOffice</a>.</p> +<p>“The driving force for this migration seems to be cost of proprietary software and the fear of unlicensed software. OpenOffice.org is the obvious solution to these two pressing problems (thanks, BSA!) What is good is that they have chosen ODF by default, and they are not changing the file format to the binary proprietary ones.</p> +<p>“What is interesting is that the public sector in Malaysia is moving towards FOSS independently from any government directive or mandate, so no amount of <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/microcars-malay.html";>whining</a> would derail our government from <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/04/its-not-about-c.html";>choosing and making their choice</a>. Its a simple <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/06/neelie-kroes-cl.html";>business decision</a>, and the <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/04/choice_to_choos.html";>market has decided</a>.”</p> +<p>Nowhere could I find how many computers will be involved or other details, but this is yet another promising development in Malaysia, which seems to be growing into an open source stronghold year by year.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/854";>by Benjamin Horst at August 14, 2008 01:14 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>August 13, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> @@ -454,41 +472,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> -GullFOSS</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/the_new_gui_of_the";> -The new GUI of the Extension Manager</a> -</h3> -<p> -<div> - <p lang="en-US">While extensions become more and more popular, the user interface of the extension manager has been quite complex, so it wasn't easy for the average user to add new extensions to the office. For this reason we started to redesign the user interface, you can see the result in OpenOffice.org 3.0. For more information about the redesign, have a look at <a href="http://uxopenofficeorg.blogspot.com/2008/06/improving-usability-new-extension.html";>OpenOffice UX Blog</a>.</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US"> <img width="400" height="246" border="0" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/sbres_1217251143_0__.png"; name="Grafik1" /> <br /> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">Changing the user interface has some implications to the extension developer, too:</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <ol> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension can now show its own <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Icon";>icon</a> ( up to 42x42 pixel )</p> - </li> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension should have a <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Display_Name";>display name</a> set ( which can be localized, too )</p> - </li> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension should have a <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Short_Description";>description</a> ( please without hard line breaks, which don't look well, especially because its possible to resize the new extension manager dialog )</p> - </li> - </ol> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">For more information about required or recommended entries for extensions have a look at the chapter <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Extensions";>Extensions</a> in the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide";>Developers Guide</a>.</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">The changes to the extension manager UI are not finished yet, in the next step we will integrate the update extensions dialog into the extension manager. You will find the specification of the new extension manager <a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/Extension_Manager_UI_Change.odt";>here.</a> This specification will be updated as soon as we know how to integrate the update dialog.</p><br /> - </div></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/the_new_gui_of_the";>by Dirk Voelzke at July 28, 2008 01:30 PM 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=1.800&r2=1.801 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-08-13 23:58:42+0000 1.800 +++ opml.xml 2008-08-14 05:58:40+0000 1.801 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:24 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:00:24 +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=1.394&r2=1.395 Delta lines: +10 -29 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-08-13 23:58:42+0000 1.394 +++ rss10.xml 2008-08-14 05:58:40+0000 1.395 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=854"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-1438918177333451683" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=305"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/46fe557f222f7c3b" /> @@ -32,11 +33,19 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-855913218784007257" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5208393026365491542" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/07/28/microsofts-road-to-canossa/"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e1ba124cfffd9531" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=854";> + <title>Benjamin Horst: Malaysian State of Pahang Adopts OpenOffice.org</title> + <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/854</link> + <content:encoded><p>The <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/">Open Malaysia Blog</a> announces a major OpenOffice migration: the <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/the-entire-stat.html">Malaysian state of Pahang will move all its computers to OpenOffice</a>.</p> +<p>&#8220;The driving force for this migration seems to be cost of proprietary software and the fear of unlicensed software. 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Its a simple <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/06/neelie-kroes-cl.html">business decision</a>, and the <a href="http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/04/choice_to_choos.html">market has decided</a>.&#8221;</p> +<p>Nowhere could I find how many computers will be involved or other details, but this is yet another promising development in Malaysia, which seems to be growing into an open source stronghold year by year.</p></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:14:18 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: The entire State of Pahang moves to OpenOffice.org</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-1438918177333451683</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/08/entire-state-of-pahang-moves-to.html</link> @@ -285,34 +295,6 @@ </p></description> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:51:28 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>GullFOSS: The new GUI of the Extension Manager</title> - <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e1ba124cfffd9531</guid> - <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/the_new_gui_of_the</link> - <description><div> - <p lang="en-US">While extensions become more and more popular, the user interface of the extension manager has been quite complex, so it wasn't easy for the average user to add new extensions to the office. For this reason we started to redesign the user interface, you can see the result in OpenOffice.org 3.0. For more information about the redesign, have a look at <a href="http://uxopenofficeorg.blogspot.com/2008/06/improving-usability-new-extension.html">OpenOffice UX Blog</a>.</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US"> <img width="400" height="246" border="0" src="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/resource/sbres_1217251143_0__.png" name="Grafik1" /> <br /> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">Changing the user interface has some implications to the extension developer, too:</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <ol> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension can now show its own <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Icon">icon</a> ( up to 42x42 pixel )</p> - </li> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension should have a <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Display_Name">display name</a> set ( which can be localized, too )</p> - </li> - <li> - <p lang="en-US">The extension should have a <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Short_Description">description</a> ( please without hard line breaks, which don't look well, especially because its possible to resize the new extension manager dialog )</p> - </li> - </ol> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">For more information about required or recommended entries for extensions have a look at the chapter <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Extensions">Extensions</a> in the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide">Developers Guide</a>.</p> - <p lang="en-US"> <br /> </p> - <p lang="en-US">The changes to the extension manager UI are not finished yet, in the next step we will integrate the update extensions dialog into the extension manager. You will find the specification of the new extension manager <a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/Extension_Manager_UI_Change.odt">here.</a> This specification will be updated as soon as we know how to integrate the update dialog.</p><br /> - </div></description> - <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:30:05 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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