In 2002, the IT is a very sensational OpenOffice and Sun Staroffice / Starsuite 6.0, is there a fever?
Non-also, the opposite, will soon rise to a new wave, because the OpenOffice 2.0 Beta version will be released in February 2005 and is scheduled to issue a formal version in May.
Although 2.0 Beta has not been launched, the closest progress version of the eyes is 1.9.m65 (also a beta version, the latest official version of 1.1.4), which has been applying from this version to 2.0 new features, including with Microsoft Office Have higher compatibility, faster programs start speed, and a new set of personal desktop databases, etc.
Because OpenOffice 2.0 code is Q, it is called the Q version of the desktop free software.
Openoffice's past life
OpenOffice's open original software project, in fact, there is an advanced example, 1998 Netscape Company delivers its browser: Communicator 5.0 to open software communities, forming a Mozilla project, the community is responsible for subsequent program upgrade and revision , Netscape will derive the new version of Communicator based on the new development of Mozilla, and then receive Netscape after Netscape, and also launched Communicator 6.x, 7.x, etc.
OpenOffice is similar to this mode, but you can explain from an earlier track. A young boy in Germany has written a set of text processing software in the 1980s: StarWriter, and expanded the anti-anti-anti-defense | FFICE suit software, called StarOffice, Staroffice STARCALC, STARIMPRESS, including the trial table, and STAR Division, which set up Star Division to operate this business software.
However, SUN was consuming Stardivision to get StarOffice 5.0 and launched STAROFFICE 5.0 and launched a new version of STAROFFICE 5.2. However, Sun thinks: If Staroffice will develop, it will be difficult to make Microsoft Office in traditional business management methods, so The resolution released in NetScpae to release Staroffice, become an OpenOffice project, and Sun is still based on the new version of OpenOffice's new research and development results. The difference is that Sun's commercial version StarOffice will add more business needs and features, and provide Enterprise support and service.
However, in fact, Sun is just added more font, template, and some search features. In addition, the original StarOffice has a desktop database of Star Base, but it seems to stop subsequent development, and the SUN is changed to Software Ag in Germany. The company authorizes a database of AdaBas D to replace it.
OpenOffice and Staroffice
The foundation of OpenOffice is from StarOffice 5.2. It can be said to be OpenOffice 0.0, after 2002 OpenOffice 1.0 officially launched, SUN is based on this new version is Staroffice 6.0, and STAROffice 6.0 also supports CJK (Full, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean The language, the term Staroffice has registered this trademark in the Asia Pacific region, so the CJK version used by the Asia-Pacific region is renamed into StarSuite 6.0, but the function is not separate from STAROFFICE 6.0.
In 2003, OpenOffice launched version 1.1, it is expected that Sun will also be based on this, and the bottom is revised into StarOffice 6.1. However, Sun seems to increase the version number, called Staroffice 7.0, in fact, Sun is not the first time. The last time I "big" on the version number. In the past, Solaris 2.6 turned into Solaris 7, in fact, "2." numbers were omitted, and the Java raised from 1.1 to 1.2, and it was also refreed to Java2 (1) .), And the latest J2SE 1.5 is more written by SUN to J2SE 5.0, version number, seems to be a marketing habit of Sun. OpenOffice 1.1 hugs "open"
STAROFFICE / OpenOffice (referred to as: SO / OOO) to open community development, the function improvement is stunning, because OpenOffice is a single business commercial ventilation software, there is still a designed design in the file format The shadow, the attachment name of the document document is * .sxw is an example, the community seems to be "open" name, OpenOffice 1.1 version immediately has a large hugging action, including StarWriter's document processing, can output the file to *. PDF file (Adobe's portable file file), and StariMpress can also output a briefing to * .swf file (Macromedia's Flash Animation).
Whether PDF or Flash is an open format file standard, any software company can output according to standards, generate PDF files, Flash files, relative Microsoft Office's various files are still closed, proprietary, completely autonomous by enterprises .
R & D code "q" OpenOffice 2.0
After the release of 1.1, OpenOffice quickly had a subsequent long-term development plan (Roadmap), and there is a new product concept called "Q" in August 2003, which is a more dynamic improvement direction and implementation for SO / OOO. aims.
"Q" has its instructions for the big spindle of the subsequent development, to continue to be more compatible with Microsoft office, to continue to be more refined than Microsoft Office, to continue to perform efficiency than Microsoft Office, and make users more OA work efficiency.
The above instructions are for the user's point of view, and other development outline indications for the program developer, including more easily let the programmer to write the required applications based on SO / OOO, and make SO / OOO easier with others Desktop programs and environmental integration (specifically mentioned in documents must be closely integrated with GNOME).
And the latest version of OpenOffice is being gradually implemented toward this route. It is expected that OpenOffice 2.0 will have a faster program startup speed, as well as higher Microsoft Office compatibility, which will also support the OASIS organization "Open" Office XML Format, OASIS is agency focused on e-commerce open standards, while Open Office XML Format is hoping to build a global OA file open standard, allowing OA files no longer sticking, attaching to software companies OA applications. On the open file format, this open file format is formed in XML as the main body.
OpenOffice follow-up main shaft road concept: QHTTP: //Tools.OpenOffice.org/releases/q-concept.html
