I-Oracle, i-Oracle ... manje ushaja i-plug-in ye-ODF ye-MS Office

I-Oracle ibeke a Imali engu- $ 90 ngomsebenzisi ukulanda ifayela le- ipulagi ye-Microsoft Office ebitholakala mahhala ngenkathi iphethwe yiSun Microsystems. Ithuluzi livumela abasebenzisi be-Word, Excel ne-PowerPoint ukuthi bafunde, bahlele futhi bagcine amadokhumenti ku-ODF (I-Open Document Format), okuyifomethi esetshenziswa yi-OpenOffice suite productivity.

ILanga, elatholwa yi-Oracle ekuqaleni konyaka, lisungule iphrojekthi yomthombo ovulekile edale i-OpenOffice.

I-Oracle iyaqhubeka nokuxhasa iphrojekthi futhi ithengisa izinhlelo ezimbili ze-OpenOffice. Uhlobo olujwayelekile, lwabasebenzisi ngabodwana noma amabhizinisi amancane kakhulu, lubiza u- $ 49.95 welayisense engapheli. Uhlelo lwebhizinisi, oludinga ubuncane babasebenzisi abayi-100, lungeza izici ezifana nesixhumi seMicrosoft SharePoint ne-SDK (ikhithi yokuthuthukisa isoftware), futhi kubiza u- $ 90 ukuthola ilayisense engapheli.

Kudingeka abasebenzisi abalinganiselwa ku-100 uku-oda i-plug-in ye-ODF, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-Oracle. Ngokwengeziwe, amakhasimende afisa ukuthola izibuyekezo ngokuzayo kufanele futhi athenge inkontileka yokuxhasa, ebiza cishe amaphesenti ama-22 imali yelayisense ngonyaka.

I-plug-in ye-ODF ivumela ukuhlinzeka ukusebenzisana phakathi kwesikhulumi seMicrosoft ne-ODF, esekelwa indawo yokwamukela izivakashi ebala i-IBM, EMC ne-Oracle phakathi kwamalungu ayo.

Ngenkathi iMicrosoft ifaka ukwesekwa kwe-ODF ngokukhishwa kwe-Office 2007 Service Pack 2 ngonyaka owedlule, lokhu "kuhamba" kwe-Oracle kungahle kuhlose "ukubamba" lezo zinkampani ezinqikaza ukuthuthukisa iHhovisi lazo 2003, kepha zifuna ukuthola wonke umuntu Amafomu wokuhambisana we-ODF.