The Great OpenOffice.org Challenge
Why are you not using this great Free Open Source Software? CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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David Both, RHCE President Millennium Technology Consulting LLC www.millennium-technology.com www.databook.bz
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Legal Stuff OpenOffice.org is a trademark of Oracle Fedora is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. DataBook is a registered trademark of David Both Other marks are the trademarks of their respective owners
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Questions I promise to Answer What does “free” really mean? Can I run my business on free software? What is OpenOffice.org? Is there Documentation? Can I get support? Do my existing documents (spreadsheets, presentations, etc.) work with OpenOffice.org? Copyright© Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Why we do the things we do Pot Roast Organizational history Lack of Training / Education
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Open Source A development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. Better quality Higher reliability Greater security More flexibility Lower cost End to predatory vendor lock-in CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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What Does “Free” Mean? As in Beer No charge
As in Speech Unencumbered Use as I choose Install on many machines Make copies Share with others Copyright© Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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What Does “Free” Mean? From worry No license police Lots of documentation Secure High quality software High quality support
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GNU Public License (GPL) Requires access to source code for all. Encourages copying and redistribution of software. Requires all changes to be made public in the same way. It is possible to violate the GPL.
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GPL Does NOT preclude charging $$ for software or service. Red Hat SUSE (Novell) Sun / Oracle Many others
Charging for Open Source Software Service / Support “Commercial” version of the software Copyright© Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Can I Run My Business on Free Software? Cost Quality Software availability Documentation Support Upgrades
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Windows Software Costs Per Computer for 5 Years Software Initial Cost Yearly Total Windows 7 $169.99 $169.99 Office SBE 2007 $269.99 $269.99 Norton AntiVirus $39.99 $40.00 $239.99 Norton AntiSpyware $69.99 $45.00 $294.99 Backup/Recovery $54.99 $54.99 Totals $604.95 $85.00 $1,029.95 Assumptions No hardware upgrade required now or within 5 years Keep Windows 7 for 5 years Software costs only Does not consider labor costs to upgrade to Windows 7 CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Linux Software Costs Per Computer for 5 Years Software Linux OpenOffice.org AntiVirus AntiSpyware Backup/Recovery Totals
Initial Cost Yearly $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Assumptions No hardware upgrade required now or within 5 years Upgrade Linux and all Open Source Software as needed Software costs only DoesMillennium not consider labor costs Copyright Technology Consulting LLC, 2011to upgrade to Linux Š
Total $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Value Proposition
The value of any software lies in its usefulness not in its price.
―Unknown Possibly Linus Torvalds?
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Office Suites StarOffice OpenOffice.org http://www.OpenOffice.org/
LibreOffice http://www.libreoffice.org/
Koffice Gnome Office CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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A Little History StarWriter Released in 1985 StarDivision founded in 1986 in Germany StarOffice released in 1995
Sun MicroSystems Purchase StarDivision in 1999 OpenOffice.org announced, July, 2000 Code Open Sourced StarOffice: OpenOffice.org plus proprietary “enhancements” Copyright© Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Recent History Oracle Purchased Sun MicroSystems in 2010
LibreOffice Fork of OpenOffice.org in 2010 Developer concerns over direction Oracle is taking with OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org currently at Version 3.3
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OpenOffice Multiple Operating Systems Linux Mac Windows Solaris
Standards based Open Document Format (ODF) Files generally 33% the size of MS Office CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Other Document Formats Writer Microsoft Word 6.0/95/97/2000/XP) (.doc, .dot) WordPerfect Document (.wpd) Microsoft Word 2003 XML (.xml) WPS 2000/Office 1.0 (.wps) Microsoft Winword 5 (.doc) DocBook (.xml) StarWriter formats (.sdw, .sgl, .vor) Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 (.jtd, .jtt) AportisDoc (Palm) (.pdb) Hangul WP 97 (.hwp) Pocket Word (.psw) .rtf, .txt, .csv CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Other Document Formats Spreadsheets Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP (.xls, .xlw, .xlt) Rich Text Format (.rtf) Microsoft Excel 4.x–5/95 (.xls and .xlw, .xlt) Text CSV (.csv and .txt) Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (.xml) Lotus 1-2-3 (.wk1 and .wk1) Data Interchange Format (.dif) StarCalc formats (.sdc, .vor) dBase (.dbf) SYLK (.slk) .htm and .html files including Web page queries Pocket Excel (pxl) Quattro Pro 6.0 (.wb2) Copyright Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011 ©
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Other Document Formats Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (.ppt, .pps) Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm) Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template (.pot) StarDraw, StarImpress (.sda, .sdd, .sdp, .vor)
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Other Document Formats Graphics Native OpenDocument formats .odg, and .otg BMP, JPEG/JPG, PCX, PSD, SGV, WMF, DXF, MET, PGM, RAS, SVM, XBM, EMF, PBM, PLT, SDA, TGA, XPM, EPS, PCD, PNG, SDD, TIF/TIFF, GIF, PCT, PPM, SGF, VOR
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Other Document Formats Math OpenDocument Formula files StarMath (.smf) MathML (.mml)
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OpenOffice.org Applications Writer – Word Processor Calc – Spreadsheet Impress – Presentation Draw – Graphics Math – Formula generator Base – Database
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Who Uses OpenOffice.org http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Majo r_OpenOffice.org_Deployments
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Updates and Upgrades Reported problems fixed quickly Always Free Report bugs and download latest versions http://www.openoffice.org/ Links on home page
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Support and Education http://www.openoffice.org Community FAQs Forums Mailing lists Tutorials
Always Free
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Documentation Complete documentation Available on-line in multiple formats Open Licenses GPL V3 Creative Commons with attribution V3
Multiple formats On-Line Wiki format Downloadable PDF CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Documentation Installation Guide Getting Started Migration Plus a document for each application
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Help Help Function Comprehensive Indexed Searchable
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Compatibility Highly Compatible with MS Office Documents Convert documents to Open Document Format (ODF) Use in current formats Export to other document formats
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Issues Oracle / OpenOffice.org directions Closed code?
Fork of LibreOffice – bad or good? Splitting developers Two projects, different ideas Cross-pollination
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The Pain Complex Document Formats Word Spreadsheets
Training Cost Any change can be painful
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Sharing Files With MS Office Users http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Migration_Guide/Sharing_Files
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Docume ntation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Migration _Guide/Sharing_Files
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The Great OpenOffice.org Challenge CopyrightŠ Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, 2011
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Webliography Main OpenOffice.org web site http://www.openoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org Forums http://www.oooforum.org/
OpenOffice.org Education and Training http://documentation.openoffice.org/ http://www.getopenoffice.org/ (Commercial)
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Webliography OOExtras Templates, graphics, etc. http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ http://www.smalldataproblem.org/ooextras/index.php
Long discussion on LinkedIn – OpenOffice.org vs MS Office
http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=43875&item=32366561&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-t
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Bibliography Proffitt, Brian, Introducing Fedora: Desktop Linux, Course Technology PTR, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4354-5778-2 Chanelle, Andy: Beginning OpenOffice.org 3, apress, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4302-1590-5 Team, OO Authors: Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3, CreateSpace, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4404-5175-1 Granor, Carr, Hiser: OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching To OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office, Hentzenwerke Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-93091936-5
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