In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
OpenOffice.org 1.0 available now, is the result of 18 months of collaboration between Sun developers and more than 10,000 volunteer developers.
Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.
Programmers released version 2 of OpenOffice.org on Thursday, a major overhaul to an open-source software suite that has recently become a more serious rival to Microsoft Office.
As Apple prepares a coming-out party for Mac OS X at Macworld, a loose band of developers is struggling to port the OpenOffice suite to the OS.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.
Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Linux seller Red Hat has announced its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers, taking direct aim at Microsoft. Additional reading: Open Source Resource Centre
StarOffice 6.0 is relatively inexpensive, but it's unlikely to win over existing users of Microsoft's Office products.
Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.
Commentary: Yes, you do have alternatives. But the differences between WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org's Writer, and MS Word are very minor. Let me explain why you might--or might not--want to switch.
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