Open Office

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Open Office A cheaper alternate to Microsoft
Office

• Edited by
• Irfan Ilyas

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What is Open Source Software?

• Computer software whose licenses permit users
  freedom to
• Run the program for any purpose
• Study and modify the program
• Freely redistribute copies of the original or
  modified program
• (http//www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_refs.html)

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What is open source?

• Two kinds of software
• Proprietary
• Open source
• Open source software is any computer program with
  accessible source code. Anyone can change or
  share any open source program for free (legally
  technically) .

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Most people use proprietary software

• Proprietary cant open hood, not clear what
  happens, cant change it
• Open source can open hood, can see what happens,
  can change it

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Open source is like...

• Changing sharing curriculum
• Education resources
• Learning Leading with Technology, May 2003
• Changing sharing cooking recipes
• Experimenting
• Improving
• Customizing
• Philosophically makes sense to educators

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Open source is community-driven
community-serving

• Many programmers are corporate employees, but the
  community thrives on volunteers
• Non-programmers help by filing bug reports,
  writing documentation, or answering questions on
  email lists

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Why should you care?

• Software is constantly being improved updated
• Proprietary - only the company can make change
• Open source - anyone can make changes open
  process

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Examples

• Mozilla
• Dansquardian, Squidguard
• Spam Assassin
• OpenOffice.org
• The GIMP
• Moodle
• Apache
• MySQL
• Linux

• Web browser
• Web Filtering
• e-mail Filtering
• Office suite
• Image editor
• Course Management
• Web server
• Database
• Operating system

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What is Open Office?

• An Open Source
• alternative to the
• Microsoft Office
• Suite
• -Word Processor
• -Spreadsheets
• -Math
• -Databases
• -Drawings
• -Presentation Creator

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Features/Benefits

• Effects of open source software and open office
  are advantageous with benefits ranging from lower
  costs to simplified management to superior
  software

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Features/Benefits

• Simplified license management
• Obtain software once and install it as many times
  and in as many locations as needed
• Scaling/consolidation potential
• Multiple options for load balancing, clustering,
  and open source applications (such as email)
• Gives organizations ability to scale up for new
  growth or consolidate to do more with less.
• Ample support
• Support is freely available accessible through
  the online community
• via the Internet.
• Many tech companies now supporting open source
  with free
• online and multiple levels of paid support.
• Escape vendor lock-in
• Exists as a declaration of freedom of choice.
• Ability to customize software to meet specific
  needs

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Open Office Software

• Runs well on low-cost PC hardware
• Small footprint, can
• run on small systems

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Costs

• Generally require no licensing fees
• No maintenance fees
• Time is only cost since it needs to be
  designed/modified by the users
• Expenditures for media, documentation, and
  support (if required)
• Companies can be hired to design and customize
  software for organizations/users

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Why choose Open Office?

• Free .
• Easy to learn and teach.
• It runs on most operating Systems.
• Small file sizes.
• Great tools and features.
• Same features as Microsoft Office.