OpenOffice extension rivals SharePoint
Most people think that OpenOffice.org is a strong office-suite in its own right. But, when it came to a back-office document collaboration and management engine, like Microsoft SharePoint to enable OpenOffice users to work together, it was a different story.
Things have changed, with the release by Dutch firm O3Spaces B.V. of a program that lets OpenOffice and StarOffice users collaborate on projects.
O3Spaces works by providing users a single web-based team environment, with built-in search capabilities and an optional Java-based Desktop Assistant. Its search functionality is said to work across PDF, ODF, and Microsoft Office document formats.
With its built-in alert capabilities, users can be notified whenever changes are made to their shared information. The integrated O3Messenger provides users with the means to communicate while shared calendars allow them to manage their time. The program also includes workflow management tools and discussion boards.
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O3Spaces takes on SharePoint for document collaboration
As a standalone office suite, OpenOffice.org lacks a back-end solution similar to Microsoft Office SharePoint, the software that integrates the office suite into a document collaboration and document management environment. Sure, there are applications that can handle both version control and user management, but until now, none of them offered seamless integration with OpenOffice.org that was easy enough for an average office worker to use. To fill the void, a relatively new Dutch software outfit has released O3Spaces, an integrated collaboration and document management application for workgroups and small businesses that use OpenOffice.org or its commercial sibling StarOffice.
I took the newly released software for a spin.
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