Jambo OpenOffice

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Jambo OpenOffice Writer 1.1.3
Developer(s)
Initial release 4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)
Development status abandoned[2]
Written in C++ and Java
Operating system Linux, Microsoft Windows[1]
Available in Swahili
Type Office suite
License GNU Lesser General Public License[3]
Website www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz

Jambo OpenOffice (Hello OpenOffice[4]) was an open source office suite based on OpenOffice.org written for Swahili speakers and runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows.[5]

It was developed by Kilinux and the first major project release took place in December 2004 as JambOO.o[5] based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.3.[1]

The project seems to have been inactive since 2005 [2] and the plans to update and sync Jambo OpenOffice to OpenOffice.org 2[6][7] were never finished.

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[edit] Background

Swahili is a language spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, and in parts of the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes by about 100 million people.[4] Most use Windows and Microsoft Office, but since that is not available in Swahili,[8] they have to use English or French.[4] The Open Swahili Localization Project (the long version for Kilinux) tried to reduce this threshold by localizing Open Office.[9] In June 2004 Microsoft announced a Swahili version of Windows.[10][11]

[edit] Distribution

Since the countries have major problem with their Internet and electricity infrastructure,[12] neither the finished Jambo OpenOffice nor the original source code could be sent over the Internet, so the team tried to distribute the office suite by delivering CD-ROMs to schools and universities.[8]

[edit] History

How can ICT develop Tanzania by adopting it in English in secondary education when only less than 12 per cent of the relevant age group enter into secondary schools?

A participant in the workshop The future of ICT in Secondary Schools - Strategizing for Implementation in January 2005[9]

The Kilinux project began in 2003 with the development of a glossary and a spell checker for OpenOffice.org.[9] In October 2004 Kilinux released a Swahili IT Glossary under the Creative Commons ShareAlike license containing over 1500 "computer related terms in English and their Swahili equivalents",[1][13] because the Swahili language did not contain any computer terminology.[8] After that the team was able to localize the 18,000 strings of OpenOffice.org [1][14] and the first version of Jambo OpenOffice was unofficially released on the 4 December 2004 for Linux only.[1][5][8]

The later officially released version was available for both Linux and Windows on 28 February 2005[15] after a Spanish company donated the cost for a Microsoft Visual Studio for doing essential optimizing of the source code.[16]

The Kilinux Project received an award in May 2006 as the best ICT project in the category education of the 2006 Stockholm challenge.[6][17][18]

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[edit] See also

Wikinews has related news: First Swahili office suite released in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Because it could be done, we play our part! Swahili Free and Open Source Software.". 4 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090225090659/http://www.o.ne.tz/pressrelease_en.php. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "The Kiswahili Linux Localization Project: OPENOFFICE Archives". Kilinux. 17 August 2005. http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/cat_6.html. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "Copyright Agreement with OpenOffice (JCA)". Kilinux. 19 September 2004. http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/permalinks/2004-09-19T23_55_51.html. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c "L'Afrique dit "Jambo" aux logiciels libres" (in French). BBC. 15 December 2004. http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2004/12/041215_openofficejambo.shtml. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  5. ^ a b c Lettice, Robin (7 December 2004). "Jambo OpenOffice released". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/07/jambo_openoffice_swahili/. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Kilinux". Stockholm Challenge. http://www.stockholmchallenge.org/project/data/kilinux. Retrieved 2 January 2011. 
  7. ^ "First Swahili Translation of OpenOffice.org 2.0 generated". IT+46. 30 July 2005. http://www.it46.se/entry/188. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
  8. ^ a b c d Marson, Ingrid (6 December 2004). "OpenOffice.org goes Swahili". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2004/12/06/openofficeorg-goes-swahili-39179058/. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c Menda, Aloyce (17 March 2005). East Africa: Kilinux OSS Innovation Propels ICT localization in Ki-Swahili. Pambazuka News. ISSN 1753-6839. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/internet/27220. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 
  10. ^ "'Jambo' to open source software". BBC. 9 December 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4078753.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  11. ^ "Microsoft bets on Africa's IT future". IDG News Service. 2 January 2005. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080611211054/http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2418/050201africa/. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
  12. ^ Suárez-Potts, Louis; Escudero, Alberto (25 October 2004). "Interview: Alberto Escudero, klnX: The Open Swahili Localization Project". OpenOffice.org. http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/interview_alberto_escudero.html. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  13. ^ Zuckerman, Ethan (3 March 2005). "Jambo OpenOffice". Worldchanging. http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002262.html. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
  14. ^ "OpenOffice 1.1.3 localization starts!". Kilinux. 6 October 2004. http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/permalinks/2004-10-06T10_02_25.html. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  15. ^ Frank, Kennedy (20 February 2005). "Jambo OpenOffice Official Release". Kilinux. http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/permalinks/2005-03-10T09_36_30.html. Retrieved 30 December 2011. 
  16. ^ Marson, Ingrid (14 February 2005). "OpenOffice developers clear Visual Studio licensing hurdle". ZDNET. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-apps/2005/02/14/openoffice-developers-clear-visual-studio-licensing-hurdle-39187741/. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  17. ^ Mkenda, Ulrick (15 May 2006). "Winners Stockholm Challenge 2006". Kilinux. http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/permalinks/2006-05-15T15_50_46.html. Retrieved 2 January 2011. 
  18. ^ Frank, Richard (24 May 2006). "African localisation wins at Stockholm". tectonic.co.za. Archived from the original on 25 September 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060925125152/http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1005. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 

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