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Digital Tipping Point: Joerg Heilig, Sun Microsystems Senior Engineering Director talks about OpenOffice.org 13
- Publication date
- 2004
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- Joerg Heilig, Heilig, Joerg, Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice.org, Star Office, Printing Press, Open Source Software As, China and Free Open Source Software, Overshot Customers
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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 12 (Tape 151~003)Joerg restates that Sun needs to be able to integrate the back office solutions with client devices like desktop computers, cell phones, and PDAs, and Linux provides them with a means to do that. Microsoft has not typically gone out of its way to help with those kinds of integration. Free Open Source Software is disruptive because it allows influence over software by many more people. He then draws an analogy to the printing press. Long ago, only professional scribes could do copies of a book, and only wealthy people could afford books. But with the printing press, the masses could get copies of books, because making copies was relatively cheap. Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is the same way. The general public gets access to the software for use, and then the public gets inspired to contribute back as well, just like more people started writing after they could read. [This is a key point to the Digital Tipping Point film project]. College students are motivated to contribute to FOSS projects because they know that future employers will look at their contributions to FOSS projects as proof of their skills. He says that Microsoft Office is say $500.00 which can be expensive for some. [He continues this thought on the next segment].
In segment 13 (Tape 151~004) Joerg says that $500.00 is half a year's salary for the average worker in China. So it is very unlikely that you will see legal copies of Microsoft Office in China. With the printing press, it was possible for newspapers to produce a newspaper for a few cents; and so with Free Open Source Software, it is possible for the government or businesses to distribute good software inexpensively in areas like China. In Brazil, even really poor people can now get up-to-date software, and even get jobs by developing skills with the software. He then switches topic and starts talking about how to govern code projects. He says that you want to be flexible but stable. He says that sometimes you get contributions right before the deadline for releasing. There are some issues sometimes about coordinating volunteers that can be challenging. Also the OpenOffice.org code base is mature, and getting to know 6 million lines of code can be complex. That is why you see contributions from individual volunteers in localization or porting of the code base.
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 004, 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 12 (Tape 151~003)Joerg restates that Sun needs to be able to integrate the back office solutions with client devices like desktop computers, cell phones, and PDAs, and Linux provides them with a means to do that. Microsoft has not typically gone out of its way to help with those kinds of integration. Free Open Source Software is disruptive because it allows influence over software by many more people. He then draws an analogy to the printing press. Long ago, only professional scribes could do copies of a book, and only wealthy people could afford books. But with the printing press, the masses could get copies of books, because making copies was relatively cheap. Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is the same way. The general public gets access to the software for use, and then the public gets inspired to contribute back as well, just like more people started writing after they could read. [This is a key point to the Digital Tipping Point film project]. College students are motivated to contribute to FOSS projects because they know that future employers will look at their contributions to FOSS projects as proof of their skills. He says that Microsoft Office is say $500.00 which can be expensive for some. [He continues this thought on the next segment].
In segment 13 (Tape 151~004) Joerg says that $500.00 is half a year's salary for the average worker in China. So it is very unlikely that you will see legal copies of Microsoft Office in China. With the printing press, it was possible for newspapers to produce a newspaper for a few cents; and so with Free Open Source Software, it is possible for the government or businesses to distribute good software inexpensively in areas like China. In Brazil, even really poor people can now get up-to-date software, and even get jobs by developing skills with the software. He then switches topic and starts talking about how to govern code projects. He says that you want to be flexible but stable. He says that sometimes you get contributions right before the deadline for releasing. There are some issues sometimes about coordinating volunteers that can be challenging. Also the OpenOffice.org code base is mature, and getting to know 6 million lines of code can be complex. That is why you see contributions from individual volunteers in localization or porting of the code base.
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 004, 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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