First Desktop to Web to Mobile Solution Based on ODF Standard
A rebranding is in store for StarOffice and StarSuite, and a web-based office suite is in the works that will be tightly integrated with the OpenOffice.org desktop version, allowing users to access their documents from basically any browser and from any device. This information is from Michael Bemmer, former Sun staffer and now head of the new Office Global Business Unit at Oracle, who presents a brief summary of the future of OpenOffice.org and office productivity at Oracle, along with how the Sun Oracle merger will benefit customers and users.
Now the World’s Largest Purveyor of Open Source Software
With its acquisition of Sun, Oracle is now the world’s largest purveyor of open source software. However, as Ken Hess notes on the DaniWeb Forum Index, Oracle’s support didn’t start with its purchase of InnoDB, MySQL or Sun. The company has a history of supporting free and open source software and has done much for the FOSS community.
Links to a Variety Resources on the Current Roadmap
The Jan. 27 Oracle presentation on its product strategy for integrating Sun hardware and software produced a lot of information on a variety of solutions and technologies. In this article, readers will find links and references from many different sources to help find material on their valued interests.
Oracle is hiring 2,000 salespeople and engineers to sell not just software but hardware, now that Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, which was completed on Jan. 27, transforms it from a software company to a systems company. In a five-hour event, Oracle executives assured the IT industry it will accelerate the investment in Sun’s SPARC/Solaris server and storage hardware.
Information on GlassFish, OpenOffice.org, NetBeans, VirtualBox Revealed
Sun GlassFish, OpenOffice.org, NetBeans and VirtualBox are a few of the Sun-related technologies whose futures’ Oracle recently addressed in an update on its frequently asked questions page regarding the proposed merger of the two companies. Oracle’s new statements on the above mentioned projects and others are summarized.
Mark Hit Just Over One Year Since Release of Version 3.0
OpenOffice.org (OOo) project developer Joost Andrae has announced that the free office suite has been downloaded more than one hundred million times since the launch of version 3.0 a little over a year ago. The total number of downloads comes from combining 59.9+ million downloads since OpenOffice 3.0 was announced and 40.2+ million downloads of OpenOffice 3.1, which was released this past May.
Intended as a guide for IT professionals and system integrators wishing to move an organization from Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP/2003 to OpenOffice.org or StarOffice. The Sun white paper “Migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org or StarOffice 9″ provides a general framework for a migration including a discussion of the key technical aspects of migration planning and file conversion. The basic information that is needed to plan for contingencies during the critical pre-conversion and post-conversion stages of the migration is also provided.
Just released is the MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org 1.0. This OpenOffice.org extension allows Sun’s open source office suite to be connected to a MySQL server, versions 5.1 and later. This driver is compatible with OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, StarOffice 9.1, StarSuite 9.1 or newer, including the upcoming OpenOffice.org 3.2.
10 FOSS-on-Windows Treasures Selected by ITBusiness.CA
Many don’t know that there are compelling open source software solutions for Microsoft Windows. Besides the free and open source Mozilla Firefox web browser, which is widely known, used and definitely part of this top 10 list, there are many more undiscovered FOSS-on-Windows treasures and Randall Kennedy with itbusiness.ca has picked out another 9 applications he believes all Window users must have.
MySQL, Java, NetBeans, VirtualBox, and OpenOffice.org Recognized
NetBeans 6.7 and VirtualBox were named as two of the 40 named best open source softwares in InfoWorld’s 2009 Bossies. This year a new Hall of Fame list was compiled to name the top picks for the most indispensable open source software of all time and MySQL landed in the top 10 of “the most important and valuable” open source software. Also in the Hall of Fame, Sun and its Java programming language received a salute along with JIT compiler for becoming a part of the open source community.
