I’ve just uploaded the ‘tactical’ version of the why.openoffice.org site. This is intended to be a simple guide to the main features and benefits of the OpenOffice.org software package: it’s great software it’s easy to use and it’s free with a particular focus on the main target markets for the product: governments and public administrations [...]
Celebrate UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day with OpenOffice.org
I’ve commented before on Simon Phipps’ thoughts on the economics of open-source commununities: Each member is responsible for covering their own costs and because of that there’s a level playing field for all participants, and use without contribution is also OK. I came across a neat example of how this is working in practice with LightZone, [...]
Scene: Sunday morning in the kitchen, 9 o’clock, busy getting a casserole ready for the slow cooker. As usual, I had BBC Radio 4 on in the background, listening to the news: Government vets have been working through the night to contain an outbreak of the deadly Asian strain of bird flu found at a [...]
