Proprietary Archive
7 Oct 2015
LibreOffice & El Capitan
LibreOffice 5 works without any noticeable issue with the new Apple OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11). So far, I have used all four major applications – Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw – with a large number
26 Feb 2014
Redmond, we have a problem…
By italovignoli On 26 February 2014 In Proprietary
Create a new spreadsheet using Microsoft Office 2013 or Microsoft Office for Mac. I am using the Italian version on one of the very first ASUS ZenBooks, running Windows 7 (fully updated) with 4GB of RAM and
13 Jun 2013
Some food for thought
Just spotted on Rob Weir’s blog: May 13th, 2013: The Power of Brand and the Power of Product, Part 2 (prepared with another apparently “neutral” post: The Power of Brand and the Power of Product, Part 1) This is the
18 Oct 2012
Another victim of Apple Maps ?
IBMmers didn’t show up, after a full day of search by the entire PlugFest crew… Someone has been speculating about a recent move of IBM to iPhone 5, which might be the reason why IBMmers did not
17 Oct 2012
Where are the IBMmers ?
If someone walks into the IBM people lost somewhere in Berlin and desperatedly looking for the site of the ODF PlugFest, please send them immediately to the Ministry of Economics and Technology in Invalidenstrasse. IBMmers did not
23 Sep 2012
Office Suites in Finland
Tietokone is probably the largest IT magazine in Finland, and it is regularly running online polls amongst the readers. One of the most successful polls in 2012 has covered the subject of office suites, and has been
2 Aug 2012
LibreOffice and Mountain Lion (MacOS X 10.8)
LibreOffice 3.5 and LibreOffice 3.6 – still to be released – work like a charm with Mountain Lion, although you need to tweak your security settings in order to get along with GateKeeper. The Document Foundation will
15 Mar 2012
Donut Charts
I have just discovered Donut Charts, a visual feature which has been there for quite a long time, but I have never been able to master. It is a nice feature which comes handy to compare developer’s affiliation
21 Sep 2011
IBM is hiring
Oliver-Rainer Wittmann – a former Oracle OOo developer – has written a message on the Apache OOo-Dev mailing list, where he explains that “after some change acceptance in the last months, I have got the possibility to
5 Sep 2011
Digressions on AOOo
I have one quarter of Roman blood, and I have spent my youth in Rome where I have attended the primary school. I can still speak with a decent Roman accent, so AOOo – the short name