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If buying a new PC or laptop has left you with a light wallet, the good news is that there is plenty of free software to get you going. Here are three office and productivity apps that provide an alternative to ponying up for Microsoft Office.

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Sun buyout leaves Aussies divided

Opinions are mixed amongst Australian chief information officers, partners and analysts on whether Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems will end up with a positive or negative result.

April 23rd, 2009 in Centrelink by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Photos: Open Office 3 new features

When the third major release of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite made its appearance on Monday, the OpenOffice.org servers promptly crashed. Check out this gallery to see what's new.

October 15th, 2008 in Open Office by David Meyer Comment Vote

Photos: Fresh features in OpenOffice 2.4

OpenOffice 2.4, which was released on Thursday, comes with an assortment of collaboratively engineered bug fixes and small, but significant, usability enhancements.

April 1st, 2008 in Open Office by David Meyer Comment Vote

Australia abstains on final OOXML vote

Standards Australia has maintained its "abstain" vote on Microsoft's attempt to attain international standard status for its Office Open XML file format.

March 31st, 2008 in Vote by Marcus Browne Comment Vote

United States set to vote 'yes' on OOXML

The US seems set to vote for Microsoft's Open XML (OOXML) file format be ratified as an international standard; the chair of its technical committee said opposition to the file format was based on spite and anti-Microsoft sentiment.

March 11th, 2008 in Iso by Martin LaMonica Comment Vote

OOXML voting ends - both sides predict victory

A pivotal meeting of international delegates to decide the fate of Microsoft's Open XML finished on Friday with advocates and foes of the standards bid predicting victory.

March 3rd, 2008 in Iso by Martin LaMonica Comment Vote

Google: OOXML makes a mockery of ISO process

The head of Google's open-source programs on Monday urged international delegates to vote against certifying Office Open XML as an ISO standard, saying the Microsoft-led effort poses a risk to users who want unfettered access to documents.

February 27th, 2008 in Google by Martin LaMonica Comment Vote

Microsoft CTO: ODF is an 'elegant' standard

The chief technology officer of Microsoft APAC thinks ODF is an elegant standard — if it is used alongside the Redmond giant's OOXML (Office Open XML) format.

February 20th, 2008 in Iso by Victoria Ho Comment Vote

Fighting Office with open source

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.

September 28th, 2007 in Word by Colin Barker Comment Vote

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