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X-post - survey of FOSS success stories
by Kenneth Gonsalves 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

hi, Sandip Saini of NRC-FOSS is doing his PhD in a study of foss methodologies. As part of his work, he is trying to compile a set of FOSS success stories. Definition: <quote> Documenting the success stories of FOSS implementation in India-- Nature, Scope and Methodology of the study. The goal of the study is to bring out into public a reliable and independent compilation of some instances where FOSS implementation has been carried out successfully in India. A 'success' in this context is defined as one where there has been an acceptance of at least one FOSS technology or solution across at least one unit of organisation – a department, a project, an enterprise or an institution – either public or private, either IT or non-IT. In other words, an individual who uses only FOSS for his/her needs would not qualify for being considered a success in this context; it has to be an organisational entity/unit. The best case would be where an entire large enterprise (a government department say like Indian Railways, a private corporation like an IT major or an Automobile manufacturing company, etc) has completely switched over to FOSS for all its IT and Computing needs, and the least acceptable instance would that of a small unit of an enterprise (one department of a University, one section of a company or government organisation,etc) that have started using mainly FOSS for at least one significant part of its operations. All instances between these two limiting cases would of course be acceptable too. </quote> We would be happy if members of these lists could suggest places he could investigate. You may contact him at: sksaini(a)au-kbc.org also feel free to post such things in this list. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

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[ANN] sparc2gpx released
by Kenneth Gonsalves 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

hi, first attempt at creating OSM acceptable gpx files from sparc device: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/confman/browser/branches/sparc2gpx/ sparc2gpx.py usage: get gps data from sparc device: cat /dev/ttyUSB0 > infile.txt sparc2gpx -t infile.txt outfile.gpx output has been tested with JOSM and Potlatch and is accepted by both. (This is not to say that it is a 100% pukka gpx file, but it is useable) -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

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3d CAD for those interested
by jtd 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

http://www.gcad3d.org/ -- Rgds JTD

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Fwd: Community Choice Awards
by Raj Mathur 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

[Forwarding without prejudice. What Indian packages are worth nominating? -- Raju] ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Community Choice Awards Date: Sunday 08 Jun 2008 From: Ross Turk <rturk(a)corp.sourceforge.com> To: Raj Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> Hi from SourceForge.net! I wanted to drop a quick note about something that your members might be interested in. Nominations are officially open for the 3rd annual Sourceforge.net Community Choice Awards. This year, for the first time, the awards will be open to ALL open source projects, not just those that count SourceForge.net as home. The nomination period is open until June 20th, then there are 6 weeks of voting on the finalists for each category. To nominate, log into SourceForge.net and then visit: http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-nominate Thanks! Ross ------------------------------------------------------- -- Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves

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FM Radio help
by Dinesh 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi I'm using Fedora 8 with Philips 7130 Tv / FM tuner card, I'm unable to listen FM radio on it. I'm using GNOME radio for FM. If anyone face same problem pls. help me. Thanks Dinesh RHCE, CCNA, MCP+I 9869032205 --------------------------------------------- Free POP3 Email from www.Gawab.com Sign up NOW and get your account @gawab.com!!

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The Moblin Contest / and a special Event Invite
by Arun Khan 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

On behalf of an open source colleague. -- Arun Khan ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: The Moblin Contest / and a special Event Invite Date: Thursday 05 Jun 2008 From: "Williams, Valsa" To all my dear Open Source Friends, I encourage all of you to register and attend the events marked below, if you are there, or send it to the developers in Chennai & Hyderabad. More events in other cities in the future, stay tuned :-) As mentioned to all of you, this is our chance of making Linux & OSS the default platform for the new generation of computing devices - Mobile Internet Devices, low cost netbooks, sub notebooks etc. These products built by several OEMs will flood the market soon. Asus, HCL, Wipro are excellent examples. Retail outlets will have them and many sales persons know only Windows! Some of my friends in Pune went to retail outlets (CROMA) to demonstrate Linux & OSS loaded on Mileap & Asus eeePC to the sales person, who was then convinced & happy :-) :-) Let's also encourage developers to join the Contest to develop interesting applications for housewives, children, doctors, games, educational software, content, entertainment software etc etc, relevant for our country and for others. Please do circulate to all. Thanks a ton! Join us to learn more about the Moblin community. Moblin is an open source initiative bringing developers together all over the world to create rich media and internet experience based on Linux operating systems for Intel(r) Atom(tm) Processors <http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/communities/atom?cid=sw:InAtom08> . Our community of developers and partners is growing tremendously, come see what the buzz is all about. We're waiting for you. Hyderabad : 26th June 2008 Chennai : 27th June 2008 Register for this event <http://www.endtoend.in/ete2008/intel/isss/moblin/registration.html> or Sign-up for a Webinar <http://www.endtoend.in/ete2008/intel/isss/moblin/registrationw.html> ________________________________ Participate in YourMove - the Moblin Developer Challenge <http://moblin.org/contest_india.php> Win a trip for 2 to any Open Source Event in the world! ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------

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In Debian Virtualbox, Guest XP Cannot Receive Packets.
by Rony 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Any help towards resolving this problem will be highly appreciated. Hello Everyone, I have setup Virtualbox OSE in Debian Etch and my guest OS is XP. I am using Samba and bridged mode networking in order to use the 'Host Interface' feature that allows the host and guest OS to talk to each other in the same subnet. I am facing a problem of networking in the guest XP. It's ethernet interface has stopped receiving any packets so it is no longer on the net. The History: The virtual HDD is on an NTFS partition so Etch was first upgraded to kernel 2.6.22 in order to use ntfs-3g. Then Virtualbox OSE was installed manually from the tar ball on the VBox site. It took a long time to compile and install but everything went smoothly. Initially Virtualbox was used in NAT mode so everything was fine and net was up and running in the guest XP. Then as per instructions on various websites, uml-utilities and bridge-utils were installed and the tap0 interface was set up. In Etch, Samba was installed as per various website instructions. At one time the 2 OSs even talked to each other and I could access shared folders. However after correcting some minor mistakes in my setup and rebooting the machine, the guest XP canot receive any packets. Once, manually changing the /dev/net/tun ownership even let me get communication back again. However the joy was short lived and after a reboot, even duplicating the same process yielded no results. Now everything is as per the book with proper startup entries but still no packets received by the guest OS. The brctl showstp br0 command shows that both eth0 and tap0 are alive and kicking in forwarding mode. The Mystery: What is amazing is that when I cross checked my Virtualbox by booting it with a live Kubuntu CD, it was and is always able to get its IP address by DHCP from my ADSL router and internet was up and running too. However the OS booted from the virtual HDD cannot get its net up. It was even knocked off and a new virtual disk and OS was loaded but still no result. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Ayttm v0.5.0-45 Released
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi All, Ayttm v0.5.0-45 has been let loose. This is mostly a bug-fix release, mainly for yahoo protocol related fixes. You can download ayttm from: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=77614 http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/files.shtml Changes are as follows: * Yahoo protocol updates. Yahoo is working again * Removed more deprecated functions (thank you Scott Kitterman) * Tray Icon! * Fixes to the UI (tooltips beautification, linkification) * Revived broken auto-translate module * IRC fixes * Jabber bugfixes Detailed ChangeLog can be found here: http://ayttm.cvs.sourceforge.net/ayttm/ayttm/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=… -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in

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mod_rewrite query !
by Agnello George 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

hi i am trying to get mod_rewrite working for my apache server ( apache 2.2.8 ). my virtual host files ( vhost.conf ) looks something like this : ########################################################################## NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin(a)agnello.sys.qualiproj.com ServerName agnello.sys.qualiproj.qualispace.com ServerAlias www.agnello.sys.qualiproj.com DocumentRoot /websites/agnello.com/web <Directory /websites/agnello.com/web/*> Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Order allow,deny Allow from all RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^bob.html$ index.html </Directory> ErrorLog /websites/agnello.com/logs/agnello.sys.qualiproj.error_log CustomLog /websites/agnello.com/logs/agnello.sys.qualiproj.access_logcombined TransferLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /websites/ agnello.com/logs/agnello.sys.qualiproj.access_log 5M" TransferLog "|/usr/local/apache2/bin/rotatelogs /websites/ agnello.com/logs/agnello.sys.qualiproj.error_log 5M" </VirtualHost> ###################################################################### My basic aim is to check if mod_rewrirte works . In the httpd.conf the following lines exist so the modules are loaded !! LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so i add a ( very simple ) rule to rewriite on the url anything matching the pattern bob.html ---- to index.html But when i try to browse *http://*www.agnello.sys.qualiproj.com/bob.html<http://www.agnello.sys.qualiproj.quali.com/bob.html>its still shows me the html page for bob.html and not index.html. no error logs found !! Can any one help me with this. Thanks -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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An Open letter on OOXML happenings in India
by Praveen A 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

It is time of Open Letters, this time it is from Dr Deepak Phatak of IIT Bombay. "With reference to the recent happenings in connection with the ISO standardization process of OOXML, actions by or on behalf of Microsoft have caused me deep pain and hurt. Apart from the personal anguish, these actions have tarnished the name of my Institute along with that of several other organizations represented on our committee. In my opinion, these actions go well beyond the behavioral boundaries for a commercial entity. some of these amount to interference with the governance process of a sovereign country. Luckily, wiser and experienced people are in-charge of governance of the nation. However, as a humble teacher and a proud Indian, I wish to register a strong and visible protest." It is a really long post, but surely worth reading. It will give you an insight into a real and personal experience by a professor in one of the most respected instituitions of our country. Read full letter at http://deepakphatak.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is.html Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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AJAX pioneer Jesse James Garrett talks about Free Software in todays Hindu
by Praveen A 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Todays Hindu Bangalore edition carries an interview with Jesse James Garrett and a quote from the article about Free Software: And what does a self-made man like him think about the Free Software movement? "Tell me if my metaphor makes sense," he says, as he proceeds to compare it to a large ball atop a hill which needs an initial push before it gathers momentum. "I think the movement is coming of age and is extremely important. Based on sharing of ideas, it is integral to any innovation and growth," he explains animatedly. Full story http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/02/stories/2008060250750200.htm Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Port mapping in linux
by Nikhil Marathe 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

I have the following situation: A windows based program that lacks proxy support is on my secondary computer, which is connected to the internet *through* the primary (linux) one. Now in windows I use AnalogX's portmapper ( http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pmapper.htm ) so that all data received by the primary on certain ports is forwarded to a certain IP on the same ports, and any data received back is sent to the secondary computer. Is there a way to do this is Linux? I tried iptables but couldn't figure out the exact rules required. Thanks a lot. Nikhil

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In Debian Virtualbox, Guest XP Cannot Receive Packets.
by Rony 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hello Everyone, I have setup Virtualbox OSE in Debian Etch and my guest OS is XP. I am using Samba and bridged mode networking in order to use the 'Host Interface' feature that allows the host and guest OS to talk to each other in the same subnet. I am facing a problem of networking in the guest XP. It's ethernet interface has stopped receiving any packets so it is no longer on the net. The History: The virtual HDD is on an NTFS partition so Etch was first upgraded to kernel 2.6.22 in order to use ntfs-3g. Then Virtualbox OSE was installed manually from the tar ball on the VBox site. It took a long time to compile and install but everything went smoothly. Initially Virtualbox was used in NAT mode so everything was fine and net was up and running in the guest XP. Then as per instructions on various websites, uml-utilities and bridge-utils were installed and the tap0 interface was set up. In Etch, Samba was installed as per various website instructions. At one time the 2 OSs even talked to each other and I could access shared folders. However after correcting some minor mistakes in my setup and rebooting the machine, the guest XP canot receive any packets. Once, manually changing the /dev/net/tun ownership even let me get communication back again. However the joy was short lived and after a reboot, even duplicating the same process yielded no results. Now everything is as per the book with proper startup entries but still no packets received by the guest OS. The brctl showstp br0 command shows that both eth0 and tap0 are alive and kicking in forwarding mode. The Mystery: What is amazing is that when I cross checked my Virtualbox by booting it with a live Kubuntu CD, it was and is always able to get its IP address by DHCP from my ADSL router and internet was up and running too. However the OS booted from the virtual HDD cannot get its net up. It was even knocked off and a new virtual disk and OS was loaded but still no result. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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C-DAC includes GNU/Linux in Course... PGDST
by Abhishek Ambe rkar [अभिषेक ] 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Many of you are may be already aware about this course... PGDST http://education.cdacmumbai.in/mod/resource/view.php?id=24 PGDST ONLINE http://education.cdacmumbai.in/mod/resource/view.php?id=33 FPGDST http://education.cdacmumbai.in/mod/resource/view.php?id=26 Information Regarding Entrance Exam http://cst.cdacmumbai.in/ -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Born To Be Free... Born To Use GNU/Linux...

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Thank You, South Africa !!
by Praveen A 31 May '08

31 May '08

"The national body of South Africa (SABS), as a P member of JTC 1, hereby submits an appeal against the outcome of the fast track processing of DIS 29500 Office open XML. This is based on the procedures followed before and during the ballot resolution meeting (BRM) held from 25 to 29 February 2008 to discuss the comments submitted on the fast-tracked DIS 29500 and the proposed responses from Ecma." Read the full letter from http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-61468/south-africa-appeals-against-ooxml-cal… Can we get BIS to back this appeal, considering it has voted no and raised concerns about the process? Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [URL] IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads
by Arun Khan 31 May '08

31 May '08

On Friday 30 May 2008, "Dinesh Joshi" wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 00:47:41 +0530 > From: "Dinesh Joshi" > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [URL] IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads > > 2008/5/28 Ravindra Jaju <ravindra.jaju(a)gmail.com>: > > Good to know IITB taking forward the good thing they have been part > > of (along with our awesome FOSS leaders!) > > > > http://in.rediff.com/money/2008/may/28iit.htm > > > > But it? rediff, and something? gotta be broken! It is Dr. Phatak, > > and not Dr. Pathak. > > Bad or no proof reading? I think not. This is done to mislead the aam > junta incase they wanna contact the concerned person. I've personally > seen this happening for many articles not just this one. I think it is a case of incomplete proof reading. I have read the article and saw Dr. Phatak's name spelt correctly in 2 places, only in the last instance did I notice the error. It happens. Have we not all, at one time or another, sent out emails w/o checking for spelling errors? -- Arun Khan

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[COMMERCIAL] PHP Developers
by contact＠tagg.in 30 May '08

30 May '08

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[URL] IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads
by Ravindra Jaju 30 May '08

30 May '08

Good to know IITB taking forward the good thing they have been part of (along with our awesome FOSS leaders!) http://in.rediff.com/money/2008/may/28iit.htm But itś rediff, and somethingś gotta be broken! It is Dr. Phatak, and not Dr. Pathak. -- jaju

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Solutions/problems solvable/brainstorming by OPEN MESH ROUTING (almost free packet routing)
by Erach 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hi, Besides LINUX which is "open computing" there is another possible "open technology routing of packets". OLSR or "open mesh routing". Please see the few emails on the google group "OPEN MOBILE". *** This open mesh routing is a technology in search of a solution ----- like Xerox copiers initially were, nobody knew why Xerox copiers would be useful -------------- so I'm brainstorming all of you to ask: what will you do with free or almost free routing of packets. ******** Initially, I said, everybody in India should have a cheap monthly payment computer which includes services providable by free routing such as ----------- security cameras for everybody in the building, security cameras for everybody in shops, even genuine-ness of currency note verification (the chip would be very small with a very small antenna which would be embedded in each currency note to be read and verified with a central database or by local digital signing), then we had training for everybody as in life-long education and skills training, then local advertisements. ******* Now, in local shops GOOGLE is sending out teams of people with CARDS to sign in to their web-site and provide information (we did get these cards --- there exact usage is to enable shops to sign in and display information). ** Potentially, with ubiquitous routing (similar to Microsoft's ubiquitous computing) every valuable item on this planet can be tagged ---- the inventory taking problem of factories would be solved (no more lost articles in shops or factories or even homes). ** The supply-chain delivery problem, the transportation problem, gets completely resolved. Erach

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Disclaimer Issue
by Sandeep Deshmukh 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hi All, I made a Q-mail server on suse 9.3 on dell 2950 m/c , all the services are working properly regarding qmail. The problem is that i want add Disclaimer to all the outgoing mails from it , i have tried many things but it doesn't help at all. Can somebody explain me the procedure to add Disclaimer to all outgoing mails. Thanx in Advance Regards, S A N D E E P      Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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[X-Post] KDE 4.1 Videos
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 28 May '08

28 May '08

Heya, Here are some nice videos [1] for KDE 4.1. Have a look, they look really awesome. [1] http://www.czessi.de/en/weblog/2008/05/movies-about-kde-4-1-alpha Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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PHP Lecture on 1st Jun 2008
by Prashant Shah 25 May '08

25 May '08

Details : http://elitemumbai.wordpress.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] CD Writing at 24x
by Arun Khan 25 May '08

25 May '08

On Thursday 22 May 2008, jtd wrote: > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:50:38 +0530 > From: jtd > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] CD Writing at 24x > > On Thursday 22 May 2008 03:22, Rony wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Current laptops and older desktop cd writers have a write speed > > limit of 24x and the current Moser Bayer 52x media do not write at > > that speed even in DVD writers. 32x works fine but drives with 24x > > limits are handicapped. Any solutions to this, any user > > experiences? > > Afaik u can use low speed drives to write on high speed media. I think what the OP was trying to ask: How does one get a 24X writer to write @ it's max. speed 24x given that media supports upto 52X write speeds. -- Arun Khan

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[OT] ekiga setup ...
by Arun Khan 24 May '08

24 May '08

I am trying to use ekiga but have not had much success. During setup of the ekiga client it correctly detects that my system is behind a NAT and configures it appropriately. The client is able to login to "ekiga.net" and I guess I am "online" because I am notified of incoming calls. However, when I accept the call, I cannot hear the far party nor can the far party hear me. My network setup is as follows: | ekiga client-------| | *|-------------------| +|--------- Internet (ADSL) ekiga client is 192.168.1.68 (Ubuntu 8.04, ekiga v2.0.12) * Linksys WiFi AP - LAN port is 192.168.1.1, WAN port is 192.168.0.9 (Nodes on LAN NAT'd on the WAN port) + DLink DSL502T router/modem - LAN port is 192.168.0.1, WAN port is dyn. IP (PPPoE) (Nodes on LAN NAT'd on the WAN port) Would appreciate pointers from anyone who has used ekiga successfully - please share your setup. TIA -- Arun Khan

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] M$ retired hurt?
by Arun Khan 23 May '08

23 May '08

On Friday 23 May 2008, jtd wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 12:04:34 +0530 > From: jtd > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] M$ retired hurt? > > M$ office 2007 will support odf natively. at least that waht the PR > says. > > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2008052 >1092930864 Another article states Office XP/2K3 will also have ODF support. <http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63120.html> Perhaps this was a ploy to appease the EU but the EU is not convinced. AFAIK, MS has a track record of features becoming vaporware by the time the product is released. -- Arun Khan

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