I have been using Microsoft Office as my go-to productivity suite ever since it was first released several decades ago. Even I now find myself using both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice, thanks to a ...

If you haven’t checked out the new Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet focus areas on the Network World Web site yet, you should. Both offer interesting commentaries on their particular subjects. But I ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

Beta of the open source office suite brings a new Start Centre and some added features that provide a serious, free alternative to Microsoft Office If you think that you always get what you pay for, ...

OpenOffice.org Monday called Microsoft’s assertion that its open source application suite violates 45 of its patents “a desperate act.” “It’s just hard to put into credible terms,” said Louis ...

Sun on Monday unveiled OpenOffice 3.0, the personal productivity suite that’s targeted as the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. On Wednesday, the OpenOffice.org site had a notice that read: ...

If only Microsoft Office were free, secure, and allowed you the freedom to modify and distribute it as you see fit. But since that is not the case, you can try these free open-source alternatives I ...

More specifically, the Geneva-based organization formed a Technical Committee to produce a formal standard of the work that is compatible with Office Open XML formats. That committee will take on ...

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...

If you think that you always get what you pay for, the just-released beta of OpenOffice 3.0 should convince you otherwise. This free, open-source software suite provides most of what anyone could want ...