Best Microsoft Office alternatives
Thinking of migrating away from Microsoft Office? Our comprehensive review compares all the top alternatives on flexibility, features and price.
July 13th, 2011 in Microsoft by Alex Serpo 4 Comments 5 VotesThere are currently no popular stories.
Thinking of migrating away from Microsoft Office? Our comprehensive review compares all the top alternatives on flexibility, features and price.
July 13th, 2011 in Microsoft by Alex Serpo 4 Comments 5 Votes
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.
January 5th, 2011 in Alternatives by CNET Staff Comment Vote
The many incarnations and distributions of open-source operating systems such as Linux, Red Hat and Ubuntu have received widespread acclaim for years, but is the penguin catching on in corporate Australia? Or is it being left out in the cold?
December 3rd, 2010 in Open Source by Luke Hopewell 16 Comments 10 Votes
A group of programmers has forked OpenOffice.org, the open-source rival to Microsoft Office that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems.
September 29th, 2010 in Open Source by Stephen Shankland Comment 1 Vote
As Office 2010 hits retail shelves on Tuesday, it finds itself competing with a host of free rivals, not the least of which are two new options from Microsoft itself.
June 16th, 2010 in Microsoft by Ina Fried 2 Comments VoteAs the chief open-source officer at Sun Microsystems, Simon Phipps spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the MySQL acquisition, and community engagement on OpenOffice.org and OpenSolaris.
February 4th, 2009 in Sun by Alex Serpo Comment VoteServers hosting the new version of OpenOffice.org have crashed, under the weight of demand for the latest version of the open-source office productivity suite.
October 14th, 2008 in Download by David Meyer Comment Vote
OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft's Office application suite. It is fantastic if you need basic office applications — such as a word processor or spreadsheet — at no cost. However, large organisations and power users may be disappointed by its lack of features and support.
August 5th, 2008 in Openoffice by Alex Serpo 1 Comment VoteIBM has launched a commercially supported version of its Lotus Symphony productivity suite, ready to take on Microsoft Office.
June 10th, 2008 in IBM by Peter Judge Comment VoteResponding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS).
May 22nd, 2008 in Odf by Mike Ricciuti Comment Vote* number of articles per week
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