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Category Archives: Open Office

More of a Move Away From Microsoft

This week I took what a lot of people would figure I would never do. On my primary pc at home I made a complete move away from any Microsoft applications. As of now I am not running one Microsoft application. The move I made to Google last week made this an even easier decision ...

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Open Source Software I Use

Today I am going to talk about all the good open source software that I use. Wikipedia define open source software as "Open source is an approach to the design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a software's source code.". Do not confuse this with manufacturer's who release free software version of ...

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Open Office Experiment

One of my great Twiiter friends Bill Mitchell(@askbillmitchell) and I were having a discussion this week how even on a Windows platform I run as much open source software as possible. I said for doing everything with the exception of the operating system(I run Windows) and my office product (I run office 2007). Bill said why ...

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Testing Software

I now have my test virtual machine running on my Vista pc at home. As a result I am now in position to do some more testing of software as well as commenting about them after I complete my testing. The first piece of software I will be testing this week is the new Open Office ...

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