induscrypt/open source

From the page: "OpenOffice.org macros allow you to save a sequence of operations with a single name so you can do the same thing repeatedly. Automation is a first cousin to macros. It lets another application control OOo and make things happen without user intervention. "

An API to automate openoffice..

From the page: "By using the Google AJAX API Loader's google.load() method, your application has high speed, globaly available access to a growing list of the most popular, open source JavaScript libraries including:

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**Save your bandwidth***

From the page: "Introduction to one-man open source projects"

Apache Commons-- all components.
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From the page: "The point Jon made, as Matt Asay explains, is that �oethe more happy he is with his commercial open-source software, the less likely he will be to pay for it. Why? Because his developers will acquire the expertise over time to support themselves and because the product will mature to the point that support will be less necessary.”

There are essentially two ways that open source vendors can respond to that dilemma: further innovation and the introduction of proprietary products. Once mentioned, the dilemma cropped up again in a couple of other sessions, notably the one presented by Matrix Partners� David Skok in which he noted how the JBoss Operations Network was used to introduce proprietary technology through the back door.

If the number of open source vendor executives in the room is anything to go by, expect the new breed of open source vendors to choose the proprietary solution to the dilemma."

In short--brilliant stumbles. (Tech stuff)