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Digital Tipping Point: Joerg Heilig, Sun Microsystems Senior Engineering Director talks about OpenOffice.org 10
- Publication date
- 2004
- Topics
- Joerg Heilig, Heilig, Joerg, Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice.org, Star Office, Open Standards, Importance Of, Control, And Open Source
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- DTP Crew
This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point (DTP) archive. Thanks to Thomas King, a writer for Linux.com and LXer, for doing the rough editing for this series of interview segments!
In this series of 18 interview segments, Sun Microsystems Senior Engineering Director Joerg Heilig talks about OpenOffice.org, a project that he was responsible for within Sun. He talks about the economic motivation for Sun to sponsor OpenOffice.org; OpenOffice.org's competition with Microsoft; the importance of free file formats; and how Sun interacts with the OpenOffice.org community council. This is a great interview with the guy who was responsible for what has become arguably one of the top five Free Open Source Software projects in the world. OpenOffice.org fills a critical need for a Free (as in Free Speech) office productivity suite that is capable of competing with Microsoft's juggernaut Office productivity suite. If the real world digital tipping point does arrive and Free Open Source Software reaches 51% on the consumer desktop, it will be in no small measure thanks to OpenOffice.org.
In segment 10 (Tape 151~001), Joerg says that the XML file format is very popular with governments, especially Latin American governments and the EU. The EU values that the XML file format is free from patent issues and IP issues and it is a good file format and it is vendor independent. The EU recommended that the format be submitted to the ISO, a standards organization that is more relevant to the EU. Lots of people have suggested that Sun adopt the Microsoft file format, but Sun is not interested in that option. First, it doesn't make sense strategically. It is better to use a true standards-based file format, and not be dependent on a single company. Second, it is important that Sun be able to innovate at its own pace and stay ahead of the competition. Switching topics, he says that it is important to have an office productivity suite available to whatever computer system you are using. Apple was threatened by Microsoft with dropping Microsoft Office for Apple. Linux needs a competitive office productivity suite, and through the open-sourcing of OpenOffice.org (OOo), it became the de facto standard for Linux users. Also, OOo allows you to move from Microsoft Windows to Linux very easily, because of course your data will follow you easily from Microsoft Windows to Linux. This allows busineses to baby-step a migration from Microsoft Windows to Linux. It's the same thing for Mozilla Firefox.
In segment 11 (Tape 151~002), Joerg finishes up his thought from the previous segment about how companies will migrate in baby-steps from Microsoft Windows to Linux using Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice.org. His discussion is brief but technical. He then talks about how Sun benefits from all of these migration strategies. Sun needs a desktop Linux offering to succeed. Sun's real strength is the back office. Linux gives Sun control over the desktop [he is implying that they lack that control with Microsoft dominant on the desktop]. Sun is a systems company, and they need to provide total systems integration to be able to succeed financially. Star Office was important because it provided Sun with the opportunity to offer a complete front end and back end solution for large companies. Sun needs a certain level of freedom on the desktop to get value to their back end clients. The same is true for cell phones and PDAs.
This footage is our raw rough-cut footage. It lacks transitions, music, special effectsor finish rendering. It is our "source code". Please feel free to rip, mix and burn this footage consistent with our Creative Commons license as disclosed on this page.
All of Joerg's interview segments can be found here:
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_modified_b_001.ogg (segment 01)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_001_002.ogg> (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_001.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_002.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_004.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_005.ogg (segment 14)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_006.ogg (segment 15)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_modified_007_009.ogg (segment 16)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv152_sf_03_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_001.ogg (segment 17)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv152_sf_03_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_002.ogg (segment 18)
If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page.
The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com.
Or, if you would like to contribute by directly transcribing this particular video segment, you can do so by going here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Tape_151
and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 001, Joerg Heilig
You can find other ways to contribute by going to our wiki front page here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thanks for viewing our video!
In this series of 18 interview segments, Sun Microsystems Senior Engineering Director Joerg Heilig talks about OpenOffice.org, a project that he was responsible for within Sun. He talks about the economic motivation for Sun to sponsor OpenOffice.org; OpenOffice.org's competition with Microsoft; the importance of free file formats; and how Sun interacts with the OpenOffice.org community council. This is a great interview with the guy who was responsible for what has become arguably one of the top five Free Open Source Software projects in the world. OpenOffice.org fills a critical need for a Free (as in Free Speech) office productivity suite that is capable of competing with Microsoft's juggernaut Office productivity suite. If the real world digital tipping point does arrive and Free Open Source Software reaches 51% on the consumer desktop, it will be in no small measure thanks to OpenOffice.org.
In segment 10 (Tape 151~001), Joerg says that the XML file format is very popular with governments, especially Latin American governments and the EU. The EU values that the XML file format is free from patent issues and IP issues and it is a good file format and it is vendor independent. The EU recommended that the format be submitted to the ISO, a standards organization that is more relevant to the EU. Lots of people have suggested that Sun adopt the Microsoft file format, but Sun is not interested in that option. First, it doesn't make sense strategically. It is better to use a true standards-based file format, and not be dependent on a single company. Second, it is important that Sun be able to innovate at its own pace and stay ahead of the competition. Switching topics, he says that it is important to have an office productivity suite available to whatever computer system you are using. Apple was threatened by Microsoft with dropping Microsoft Office for Apple. Linux needs a competitive office productivity suite, and through the open-sourcing of OpenOffice.org (OOo), it became the de facto standard for Linux users. Also, OOo allows you to move from Microsoft Windows to Linux very easily, because of course your data will follow you easily from Microsoft Windows to Linux. This allows busineses to baby-step a migration from Microsoft Windows to Linux. It's the same thing for Mozilla Firefox.
In segment 11 (Tape 151~002), Joerg finishes up his thought from the previous segment about how companies will migrate in baby-steps from Microsoft Windows to Linux using Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice.org. His discussion is brief but technical. He then talks about how Sun benefits from all of these migration strategies. Sun needs a desktop Linux offering to succeed. Sun's real strength is the back office. Linux gives Sun control over the desktop [he is implying that they lack that control with Microsoft dominant on the desktop]. Sun is a systems company, and they need to provide total systems integration to be able to succeed financially. Star Office was important because it provided Sun with the opportunity to offer a complete front end and back end solution for large companies. Sun needs a certain level of freedom on the desktop to get value to their back end clients. The same is true for cell phones and PDAs.
This footage is our raw rough-cut footage. It lacks transitions, music, special effectsor finish rendering. It is our "source code". Please feel free to rip, mix and burn this footage consistent with our Creative Commons license as disclosed on this page.
All of Joerg's interview segments can be found here:
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_modified_b_001.ogg (segment 01)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_001_002.ogg> (segment 02)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 03)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 04)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 05)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 06)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 07)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 08)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv150_sf_01_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 09)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_001.ogg (segment 10)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_002.ogg (segment 11)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_003.ogg (segment 12)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_004.ogg (segment 13)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_005.ogg (segment 14)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_006.ogg (segment 15)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv151_sf_02_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_modified_007_009.ogg (segment 16)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv152_sf_03_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_001.ogg (segment 17)
http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv152_sf_03_joerg_heilig_sun_open_office_002.ogg (segment 18)
If you like this segment, please consider typing up a summary for it and emailing that summary to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com. Your work will be credited and posted on this page.
The DTP will be many, many films created by the global open source video community about how open source is changing their lives. We, the DTP crew, are submitting this footage for anyone to rip, mix, and burn under the Creative Commons Attribute - ShareAlike license. We welcome edits, transcriptions, graphics, music, and animation contributions to the film. Please send a link for any contributions to Christian Einfeldt at einfeldt@gmail.com.
Or, if you would like to contribute by directly transcribing this particular video segment, you can do so by going here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Tape_151
and typing the audio as you hear it into the wiki. Please be sure to add the transcription for this segment under: Segment 001, Joerg Heilig
You can find other ways to contribute by going to our wiki front page here:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Thanks for viewing our video!
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For credits for this segment and all segments for the DTP main film, please go to this website:
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/12
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- Christian Einfeldt, einfeldt at g mail dot com
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