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OpenOffice 2.0 released | Friday, October 21, 2005

OpenOffice 2.0 has been officially released. With its cross-platform capabilities, an updated ability to export to PDF, the new addition of Base, the new database program, and a superb user friendly interface, OpenOffice would be a strong contender on store shelves along side MSOffice. You won't, however, find it there. As has been the point of OpenOffice from it's conception at Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice 2.0 is a completely free program, downloadable from their website.

OpenOffice.org is a company that is part of the open source community. It is driven by donations, and the desire to have an open source community, where anyone can write and contribute, and growth is measured by technological advances that benefit the community it thrives in as opposed to dollars and cents.

With the recent (and vague) announcement of Google and Sun Microsystems, speculation has arisen as to what their projects together will entail. Many are guessing that they may release an online office software interface, where the software is server-side, accessible through a web interface. This type of web app could take a big bite out of the Microsoft Office clientele base.

posted by ~mike @ 7:16 AM   3 comments

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3 Comments:

At 1:31 PM, Blogger Fallout75 wrote...

OpenOffice 2.0 is great!

Web based office is a bad idea and will never work. If your internet goes down then your apps do too. If they have server problems then your out of luck. OpenOffice or MS Office is still the way to go. I'll stick with the FREE OpenOffice.

 
At 2:46 PM, Blogger Jessi wrote...

It is a great day for open source!

I must disagree Beau. Web based applications may seem unwise at the moment, but they are the future. Soon, the idea of the home PC will be as impractical as regularly powering your home with a generator.

 
At 8:38 AM, Blogger ~mike wrote...

Never is a strong word, but I do agree that the current setup will not be the best solution for personal use. I do, however, see server-side apps and a trend towards more drone station in business situations becomming more and more aplicable...it is just a lot easer to deal with spyware/adware/viruses when the bulk of the users are not capable of getting them :). And as internet connections become more stable, it's only a matter of time before they make their way to the home users.

 

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