FOSS4Biz Headlines (2023-02-03)

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OnlyOFFICE, an office productivity suite, launched version 7.3 of its editors. The company also offers a free community edition of its complete system for SMBs including collaboration, document management, project management, and CRM,
In response to the announcement of BharOS, an open alternative to Android developed with support from IIT Madras in India, Indian Express listed five other alternative mobile operating systems.
TechCrunch covered the announcement that PenPot, an open source design platform (not unlike Figma), closed a $12M round of financing.
HashiCorp, developer of a platform touching many parts of IT infrastructure, announced the open-sourcing of their document management system called Hermes. This solution allows users to design workflows around documents created using by Google Workspace users.
Version 7.0 of elementary OS launched on Jan. 31, ZDNet reports. The distribution, which focuses on unifying what can sometimes be a disjointed Linux desktop UI, has added features including menu entries for web apps (thanks to GNOME Web), simpler installation, and a redesigned Welcome App.

This article on TechCrunch highlights ToolJet, an open source project providing low-code tools. This is a particularly interesting space for SMBs, who in the absence of a dedicated engineering department often need to choose between off-the-shelf applications and costly custom development.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of low-code, this article from TechBullion does a good job of outlining its benefits by way of providing an overview to Mendix.
For those just starting out with Docker and struggling to get their favorite app running, TechRepublic outlines an easy way using the “Template” feature of Portainer.

The Enterprisers Project (a Red Hat site) published a list of four of its best FOSS articles from 2022.
For those who develop open source software, this article on Forbes by the creator of TDengine argues that providing their product via SaaS is a better way to monetize than selling “enterprise” or “premium” versions.