A rebranding is in store for StarOffice and StarSuite, and a web-based office suite is in the works that will be tightly integrated with the OpenOffice.org desktop version, allowing users to access their documents from basically any browser and from any device. This information is from Michael Bemmer, former Sun staffer and now head of the new Office Global Business Unit at Oracle, who presents a brief summary of the future of OpenOffice.org and office productivity at Oracle, along with how the Sun Oracle merger will benefit customers and users.
OpenOffice.org 3.2 for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Solaris is now available for download. This version is both a feature and bug release offering faster start up times, enhanced ODF 1.2 compliance, improved MS Office compatibility and support, and over 750 bug fixes. Numerous enhancements have been made in both stability and speed. For example, Writer and Calc have both reduced 'cold start' time by 46% since version 3.0 was released just over a year ago, the OpenOffice team reports.
The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is an XML-based file format for representing electronic documents such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. The ISO and IEC International Standard is gaining momentum as more enterprises, governments and organizations adopt it. A January 2010 guide offers suggestions on how to develop an action plan for ODF adoption and collaborate with Microsoft Office users, work with a PDF in an ODF environment, and use connectors for content management systems.
OpenOffice.org has been downloaded more than 100 million times in the past year. A Sun Inner Circle article takes a closer look at the reasons behind the accelerating adoption of OpenOffice.org, and offers a suggested migration roadmap along with advice to those organizations considering a move to the free, open-source, multi-platform, multilingual productivity suite.
A recent blog from Giri Mandalika shows readers how to go about "Accessing MySQL Database(s) from StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Suite of Applications". In the course of this how-to, Mandalika has readers create a MySQL database with read-only access for the user.
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