Use OpenOffice.org online with Ulteo

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December 11th 2007

Use OpenOffice.org online with Ulteo
Register to be one of the 15,000 beta users

Beta users will be able to access OpenOffice.org online with
collaboration capabilities through the Ulteo Online Desktop

The latest version of OpenOffice.org is now available using a browser
with a single click of a mouse, with no download or installation
process ('no install') of the productivity suite required. This new
service by Ulteo offers many benefits for users of the productivity
suite, and has been well received by early beta users across Windows,
Linux and Mac operating systems.

Collaboration:
As well as offering instant 'no-install' access, Ulteo's service also
provides OpenOffice.org users with instant collaboration capabilities.
A user working with OpenOffice.org on the Ulteo server can invite
other people to work with him or her on a shared document in real
time. Invitations are sent via email and allow access in either read
only or full edit mode, simply by clicking on a link in the email.

Collaboration was a hot topic at the recent OpenOffice.org
Conference.  Now everyone can use OpenOffice.org, from any connected
PC, anytime, anywhere  said Florian Effenberger, Marketing Project
Co-Lead of OpenOffice.org.  You even can work together on documents
online and collaborate with others. This especially is an interesting
option for trainers and workgroups. 
 
Collaboration features of Ulteo permit real-time on-line training,
another hot topic for the rapidly growing number of people migrating
to OpenOffice.org. Hundreds of OpenOffice.org professional trainers
around the world or experienced users in the community are now able to
offer the service, opening up exciting possibilities.

Instant trial:
Making OpenOffice.org available through a browser should also help
accelerate its adoption by an even broader user base. Users can
introduce OpenOffice.org to others via email, invite them to discover
OpenOffice.org with just one click, and can give a personal tour of
the program. Very soon, bloggers and journalists will be able to add a
link to OpenOffice.org in their articles for readers to click through
and try the program.

John McCreesh, Marketing Project Lead at OpenOffice.org, welcomed
this announcement by Ulteo:  This is an interesting development for
people who want to try out OpenOffice.org without having to download
and install the software. If you're wondering how OpenOffice.org
compares to your current office software, this is a convenient way to
see OpenOffice.org in action in a browser on your desktop. Take
OpenOffice.org for a test drive today! 

Using Ulteo's service, users can exploit features of OpenOffice.org
which may be missing from their current desktop software. For example,
OpenOffice.org can read and write Microsoft Office files and generate
.pdf format files without requiring any additional software.
OpenOffice.org also reads and writes documents in OpenDocument Format,
the ISO-approved standard for office documents, which can only be read
in Microsoft Office after installing a plug-in.

This new service is provided by Ulteo:
Ulteo powers the online version of OpenOffice.org (see
http://www.ulteo.com/home/ooo
). Ulteo is a new project initiated by Ga?Duval, recognized for
developing a user-friendly Linux distribution now enjoyed by millions
of people around the world.

Ulteo aims at simplifying the way people use computers so they can
enjoy applications and data rather than spending time on tedious
tasks. "Ulteo is very proud to deliver OpenOffice.org to the community
in a new, useful and exciting way: online and designed for
collaboration. We expect that it will contribute to spread
OpenOffice.org to even more users now that it is simpler than ever to
try and use it in a couple of clicks" says Thierry Koehrlen, CEO of
Ulteo. 

With Ulteo, OpenOffice.org becomes the de facto best online
productivity suite. It is standards based, mature, with lots of of
features. 
Ulteo is inviting 15,000 new OpenOffice.org users from Europe and
North America (where the Ulteo servers are located), to test the suite
online. Just register on http://www.ulteo.com/home/ooo

About Ulteo
Ulteo's mission is to simplify the PC users' digital life, i.e, the
way people use their applications, data and online services. Its first
service, the Ulteo Online Desktop (currently in beta), allows users to
safely try and use the latest version of desktop applications in one
click, with no download, no install. Ulteo plans to release other
services simplifying the life of PC users by providing easier access
to desktop applications and online services as well as data management
in the coming months.
http://www.ulteo.com

Contact Ulteo:
Thierry Koehrlen/Ga?Duval <press@ulteo.com>

About OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteers
and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the
leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org?.
OpenOffice.org's leading edge software technology (UNO) is also
available for developers, systems integrators, etc to use in
OpenOffice.org extensions or in their own applications.

OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office
Applications (ODF) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy
file formats such as Microsoft Office and is available on major
computing platforms in over 70 languages. OpenOffice.org software is
provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be
used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial.

The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a
number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor
and primary contributor.

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