Open Source for Office 2.0

Open Source for Ofice 2.0 Lars Trielo, Mindquarry

Lars Trielo

Lars Trielo • Entrepreneur: Founder of Mindquarry (2006)

Lars Trielo • Entrepreneur: Founder of Mindquarry (2006) • Author: DocBook-XML (in german)

Lars Trielo • Entrepreneur: Founder of Mindquarry (2006) • Author: DocBook-XML (in german) • Open Source Developer: Apache Cocoon, Mindquarry

Collaboration Infrastructure?

Collaboration Infrastructure? • Knowledge Workers need to collaborate

Collaboration Infrastructure? • Knowledge Workers need to collaborate • Requirement 1: An organization that supports collaboration

Collaboration Infrastructure? • Knowledge Workers need to collaborate • Requirement 1: An organization that supports collaboration • Requirement 2: Software that supports collaboration

Collaboration Infrastructure? • Knowledge Workers need to collaborate • Requirement 1: An organization that supports collaboration • Requirement 2: Software that supports collaboration • Collaboration Infrastructure

Collaboration Infrastructure?

How to achieve? • Microsoft Ofice Sharepoint Server • Microsoft Live Communications Server • Microsoft Ofice Groove Server • Microsoft Exchange Server • Alternatives?

Open Source Alternatives

Open Source Alternatives • Roller: Weblog Server

Open Source Alternatives ChandlerProject • Roller: Weblog Server • Chandler: Calendar Server and PIM

Open Source Alternatives ChandlerProject • Roller: Weblog Server • Chandler: Calendar Server and PIM • Jabber: Instant Messaging Protocol

Open Source Alternatives ChandlerProject • Roller: Weblog Server • Chandler: Calendar Server and PIM • Jabber: Instant Messaging Protocol • Mindquarry: Collaboration Server

Apache Roller • Weblog Software • Multi-Author Blogs • good for team blogs • Individual Theming • Rich-Text-Editing • Comments, Pings, Trackback

Inside Roller • Based on Java Servlets, Hibernate, Guice • Supports MySQL, Postgres, Derby, Oracle • Atom Publishing Protocol Support • Includes Planet Roller, a RSS-based community aggregator

Roller Project • 7 active committers • started as a demo project for an O‘Reilly article in 2002 • Adopted by Sun and IBM (Sun hired the lead developer) • In 2007: Top-level project of the Apache Software Foundatation

ChandlerProject Chandler Project • Personal Information Management • Mail Client • Calendar • Calendar Server • Web-based • Allows calendar sharing

ChandlerProject

ChandlerProject Inside Chandler • Based on Java Servlets, Spring and Hibernate • Supports MySQL, Postgres, Derby • Atom Publishing Protocol Support • Fine-grained Ticket-based Authentication

ChandlerProject Chandler Project • 8 active contributors • Started in 2001 with Chandler Desktop, Chandler Server started 2005 • Run by Open Source Applications Foundation, a non-proﬁt founded by Mitch Kapor, designer of Lotus 1-2-3

Jabber • Instant Messaging Protocol • Many Servers available • ejabberd • Openﬁre • Tigase • Many Clients available

Inside Tigase • Open Source Jabber Server • one server among a dozen • Written in Java • Supports MySQL, Postgres • StanzaSender and StanzaReceiver allow easy integrating into existing systems

Tigase Project • Started in September 2004 by Artur Hefczyc • 2 active committers • hosted at tigris.org open source community

Mindquarry • Open Source Collaboration • File Sharing • Desktop Synchronization • Wiki • Task Management • Forum and Mailing Lists

Inside Mindquarry • Based on Java Servlets (Apache Cocoon) • Java Content Repository backend, supports Postgres and other databases • REST API for remote data access

Mindquarry Project • 12 active committers • Started September 2006 by Mindquarry GmbH • Enterprise Support available from Mindquarry GmbH • 1.0 released in February 2007, 20000+ downloads since then

Wrap Up Chandler Project Blogging Calendar Chat Teamwork Theme ASL 2.0 ASL 2.0 GPL v3 MPL 1.1 License 2002 2001 2004 2006 Started 7 8 2 12 Team Size Java Java Java Java Platform Postgres Postgres Postges Postgres Database Integration

Open Source is ready for Ofice 2.0 Thank you very much for your attention Lars Trielo, lars.trielo@mindquarry.com

Open Source for Office 2.0

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