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Recognising a shift in the way people work, Microsoft is putting more emphasis on collaboration in the next version of Office.
The free office tools suite OpenOffice.org for the first time doesn't need to be downloaded and installed thanks to Ulteo's online desktop.
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OpenOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft's Office productivity suite got a boost on Wednesday when Ulteo, a company staffed by Linux veterans, launched a service that lets people run the OpenOffice.org suite in a browser.
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The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
Collaboration, records management, and workflow are just some of the features in current electronic document management software. We examine your options.
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