OPEN SOURCE WORLDDescription: General category holding articles and news related to the Free Open Source Software World. You are currently browsing the articles from cdriga’s blog on IT & Open Source World matching the category GoodSpeedIn today’s computing technology, when you have more horse-power in the cheapest computers on the market than you would’ve dreamed say 5 years ago, one almost ridiculous aspect of the battle between open vs closed source software and open standards vs closed standards is the so called “fight of proving that my application is faster […]
Written by theFUDterrier on April 17th, 2006 with no comments.
Why technical writers aren’t using FOSS“What I chiefly noticed was how little knowledge about FOSS had reached the average tech writer. And if such relatively expert computer users knew so little, what chance can there be of FOSS ideals motivating the everyday user? If the responses I received were typical, the day that a FOSS desktop is on every computer […]
Written by cdriga on April 14th, 2006 with no comments.
Why open standards matter[…] He went on to show the audience, through another word picture describing a 1904 fire in Baltimore, how open standards can prevent unhealthy dependence on one vendor. “Firefighters were called in from all the surrounding states,” Wheeler said. “But all they could do was stand and watch the building burn, because their firehoses would […]
Written by cdriga on April 10th, 2006 with no comments. Being open-mindedThis is what it takes to be able to truly evaluate other software solutions. The existing offer is great and the alternatives might be better than what you are currently using: operating systems, office suites, graphics applications, etc. You only need to open your mind when trying these applications in a few work sessions and […]
Written by cdriga on April 9th, 2006 with no comments. Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.2One of the greatest application hacks I’ve used a lot in the last month is the portable version of the OpenOffice.org office suite (includes Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentations, Database and Drawing applications and it’s totally free) which can be run from any USB pen-drive without the need to install it. I simply downloaded, unzipped and […]
Written by cdriga on April 8th, 2006 with no comments. High migration costs holding back LinuxVnunet (http://www.vnunet.com) has a great article in which they speak about one flavor of Linux maintained by a big company and draws the conclusion that Linux in general is not to be used yet.
Written by cdriga on April 8th, 2006 with no comments. First ECDL certification in Romania using OpenOffice.orgNovember 30th 2005: The Romanian national operator for ECDL announces that they have held the first ECDL Module 3 - Word Processing - examination using the OpenOffice.org office suite. This is a first time in Romania and it finally gives the ECDL certifications true vendor independence in this country and it also proves that […]
Written by cdriga on December 2nd, 2005 with no comments. Open standards for office documentsNovember 21st, 2005 - Microsoft Corporation has admitted for the first time that the public demand for open standards in office documents file format is huge. They also announced that they are going to submit their Office 12 XML file format for adoption as a standard. The news is great in the sense that they […]
Written by cdriga on November 28th, 2005 with no comments. kFacts (and figures)The number of users who register a software application represents only a small fraction from the total number of people who download and install it. This is a fact.
Written by cdriga on October 29th, 2005 with no comments. OpenOffice.org 2.0 - freedom reloadedOpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here
Written by cdriga on October 20th, 2005 with no comments. |
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