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Is OpenOffice Drifting Dangerously?

Dana Blankenhorn notes that OpenOffice.org is “drifting,” which certainly seems to be true, although we’ve pointed out that it is definitely still kicking . Without a doubt, now that Oracle has swallowed up Sun Microsystems and is, by default, the new steward of the world’s most popular open source suite of productivity applications, there are questions to be asked about the future of OpenOffice

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OpenOffice.org Still Kicking

Reports to contrary , the launch of Microsoft Office 2010 doesn’t mean that OpenOffice.org is dead — or even wounded.

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OpenOffice.org Still Kicking

OpenOffice.org Still Kicking

Reports to contrary , the launch of Microsoft Office 2010 doesn’t mean that OpenOffice.org is dead — or even wounded.

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OpenOffice.org Still Kicking

Big Names in FOSS to Keynote LinuxCon; Mini-Summits Announced

The Linux Foundation announced the first round of keynote speakers and several mini-summits for its upcoming conference, LinuxCon . The event, scheduled for August 10-12, 2010 in Boston, MA, draws FOSS users and developers from around the country to learn, discuss, and collaborate on all things Linux. Speakers this year include: Ravi Simhambhatla , vice president and chief information officer at Virgin America, the San Francisco-based domestic airline.

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Big Names in FOSS to Keynote LinuxCon; Mini-Summits Announced

Xen Cut from RHEL 6

Red Hat pushed out a beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 this week with a long list of new features, and one that didn’t make the cut: Xen.

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Xen Cut from RHEL 6