iTweb: Sapila Launches Open Source OfficeWare

“Local company Sapila will next week launch its first open
source office productivity suite, OfficeWare. The company describes
it as the first open source office program to be developed by a
local firm.

“‘The program is based on open source code from the Sun
Microsystems’ Star Office Suite,’ says Sapila MD Mark Mackay. ‘But
we have developed the code further and will also launch an open
source Web site that will have all of OfficeWare’s source
code.’

“He says by providing the source code, Sapila hopes to include
as many local developers as possible. Mackay and two US partners
originally launched the company in the US, but moved their base to
SA a year ago with a view to working closely with the local
market…”

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