I will talk today about an example of a FOSS, it is OpenOffice.org
First, what is OpenOffice.org?
OpenOffice.org is a free software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. i.e. like Microsoft Office.
OpenOffice component:
Writer (word processor)
Calc (spreadsheet) similar to Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3
Impress (presentation program) similar to Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote.
Base (database management program) similar to Microsoft Access.
Draw (vector graphics editor and diagramming tool) similar to Microsoft Visio
Math (tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae) similar to Microsoft Equation Editor.
Why I choose OpenOffice?
Great software:
OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years' software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software.
A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software. The result: OpenOffice.org 3 does everything you want your office software to do, the way you want it to.
Free software:
OpenOffice.org 3 is released under the LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like.
One of the most great things in OpenOffice is that it is available for number of different OS Linux, Windows, Mac.
It is not only available for open source OS but closed source too.
Little history:
OpenOffice.org was originally derived from StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun Microsystems in August 1999. The source code of the suite was released in July 2000 with the aim of reducing the dominant market share of Microsoft Office by providing a free and open alternative; later versions of StarOffice are based upon OpenOffice.org with additional proprietary components.
It is written in C++ and Java.
I will not talk long about OpenOffice, I think you now got the general idea.
You can now download OpenOffice to you suitable OS and enjoy free office suite.
Ah! I forgot.. it is really easy to use , a lot of tutorials exist ….here are some sites may help you.
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Main page:
To download:
http://download.openoffice.org/
User guide and tutorials (for OpenOffice.org 3):
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html
Wikipedia OpenOffice page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org
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