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OpenOffice

Wayne S. Rossi Mike Toresco for Open Source Development. OpenOffice. Overview. OpenOffice's purpose The Details Creation Licensing Projects Advantages and Disadvantages Conclusions. Why OpenOffice?. The OpenOffice mission statement:

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OpenOffice

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  1. Wayne S. Rossi Mike Toresco for Open Source Development OpenOffice

  2. Overview • OpenOffice's purpose • The Details • Creation • Licensing • Projects • Advantages and Disadvantages • Conclusions

  3. Why OpenOffice? • The OpenOffice mission statement: • To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. • In other words, make an open source project into the leading office suite program.

  4. The Great Showdown?

  5. FIGHT! The Great Showdown?

  6. Where OpenOffice Came From • StarOffice was developed by StarDivision in Germany during the 1980s • In 1999, Sun Microsystems bought StarDivision. StarOffice 5.2 was released in June 2000 • StarOffice was distributed in a pay version and a (proprietary) free version.

  7. Going Open Source • In 2000, Sun open sourced the StarOffice code under dual licenses: • GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) • Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL) • In 2002, OpenOffice.org goes online.

  8. What they're doing now • Accepted Projects • Includes API, DBA, GSL, XML, various applications, underlying framework, and documentation. • Native/Lang Projects • Includes Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai language support for OpenOffice. • Incubator/Whiteboard Projects • Community-sponsored or experimental projects.

  9. So Why Use It, Anyway? • This presentation was made using Impress in OpenOffice v. 1.0.1. • OpenOffice can generate fully Microsoft Office compatible files. • Word Documents (Writer) • Excel Spreadsheets (Calc) • PowerPoint presentations (Impress)

  10. Slices, dices, and makes julienne fries! • OpenOffice is designed to look and feel similar to Microsoft Office. • It's probably out for your operating system. • If you're running Windows, Linux, Solaris, LinuxPPC, FreeBSD, or Mac OS X (still in beta), you can download OpenOffice v. 1.0.3.

  11. And, since it's open source... • OpenOffice can be downloaded completely free. • StarOffice v. 6.0 can be bought for $79 and comes with CDs and documentation. • Microsoft Office XP Professional costs $579 and can only be installed on one computer.

  12. Is there anything it can't do? • No parallel for Microsoft Access • But open source solutions for databases still exist. • Cannot use some templates and macros. • The overwhelming majority of users are completely unaffected by this.

  13. So, who needs it? • Most people who use MS Office don't take advantage of enough features to justify its costs. • It's like driving your M1-A1 Abrams tank to work.

  14. Who should consider the switch? • Individuals who don't need the database, macros, and templates that MS Office has. • (Or just don't need them worth $479) • Businesses who can't afford or don't need MS Office Professional. • (At $579 per computer, that is fairly substantial.)

  15. Conclusions • 720,000 people have downloaded OpenOffice. • It has the desired compatibility with MS Office. • For most users, OpenOffice is a better choice.

  16. ? Got Questions?

  17. We do. • What company open-sourced the office suite for OpenOffice? • Name three popular MS Office programs whose function OpenOffice duplicates.

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