The OpenOffice.org community and Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co, Ltd. will jointly develop new features into the RedOffice software application that is based on OpenOffice.org as part of the Chinese localization of OpenOffice.org.

The RedFlag software company is a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Science. They make software called RedOffice that is based on OpenOffice.org, an open source software application package that has programs for word processing, drawing, and spreadsheets. OpenOffice.org supports the OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in more than 90 languages.

RedFlag is used by government offices. The company has promoted OpenOffice.org in China.

As part of the agreement, the RedFlag company will add about 50 engineers to the open source project. Sun is the primary sponsor of the OpenOffice.org project and will help with the engineering.

"We are glad to welcome Redflag Chinese 2000 to partner with us on OpenOffice.org, the world's leading free productivity suite and community," said Rich Green, executive vice president, Software, Sun. "Redflag's dedication and commitment to OpenOffice.org further strengthens the community and enhances the product with Chinese localization, quality assurance, and core productivity applications." [...read more...]

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