Links 23/11/2008: 10 Million Fedora Users Claimed, Softmaker Office 2008 Supports ODF
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-11-23 10:48:29 UTC
- Modified: 2008-11-23 10:48:29 UTC
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- Now Online: "Europeana", Europe's Digital Library
- In Open Source Denial
- Open Source 101: An Executive Guide to Open Source
- The tanking economy and OSS
- eZ Publish Open Source CMS Heads to SaaS
- Open-Xchange as a Viable Alternative to Microsoft Exchange
- Open Source Software Institute Announces Release of Updated OpenSSL FIPS Object Module
- Barracuda Networks Breaks into SSL VPN Space for Small Business
- Jaspersoft - is free BI the way to go?
- Sex, Rock and Roll, and Open Source Reporting Frameworks
- Open Source Management company op5 expands into Germany
- Open Kernel Labs Expands Global Market Presence: Launches European HQ
- Google Considers Preinstalling Chrome On New PCs
- Open-source traffic is way up in 2008
- Developers Praise Open Source Support, Innovation and Freedom, and Reveal Preferences for PCs over Macs at ApacheCon US 2008
- Sheep-Throwing Marsupial in the "Yo Frankie" Game
- By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way
- Will identity be open source?
- The TWAIN Working Group To Release Open Source Unix And 64 Bit Data Source Manager And 2.0 Specification
- Open Source Metasploit 3.2 hits general release
- Fonality Open Source Call Center Solution Saves Manufacturer $100K
- Open source to the rescue of gene analysis
- Open source against AIDS
- Business.com Releases Open Source Query Tool
- MySQL Query Analyzer and open source business models
- Open source tries to make collaboration the differentiator
- Got a pink slip? Write more open-source software
- Trendy Solutions… or How Pre-built Open Source Rocks the Crisis
- Sun Microsystems Debuts Open Source GlassFish Server
- Unicon Adds Over Twenty New Open Source Projects for CAS, Sakai, uPortal and Zimbra in Q3 2008
- Yahoo to make BrowserPlus open-source
- Ingres 9.2 Offered With Ease Of Use Enhancements
- SoftMaker Office 2008 focuses on compatibility with Microsoft Office
Softmaker Office 2008 for Linux offers good compatibility with the proprietary Microsoft Office formats. However, unlike OpenOffice.org, SoftMaker lacks macros, doesn't do OLE, and only supports the Open Document Format in its word processor.
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