Well it seems Microsoft is at it again with trying to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt against open source software. But wait, I thought they "loved" open source ...

Why reading Luis Villa's recent post about why he uses Microsoft Office 2007 over OpenOffice.org makes me want to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 I read Luis Villa’s post about why he’s not a big fan ...

OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released on Monday, and the demand was so massive that it crashed their servers. The crash is not good news, of course, but the tremendous demand for the new release certainly ...

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: ...

In the kingdom of business productivity, Microsoft Office reigns supreme. Its dominating position atop the word processing, spreadsheet, and presentations heap seems virtually unassailable. Its file ...

The office suite is a relic of a bygone age--one that may not amount to billions in Microsoft profits for much longer. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, ...

Although Microsoft Corp.’s Office suite is now being targeted by hackers, researchers at the French Ministry of Defense say users of the OpenOffice.org software may be at even greater risk from ...

Microsoft Office apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. are loaded with features; but, practically getting used to all of them would take weeks of training. Then there’s one feature that most of us ...

Microsoft’s settlement with Sun Microsystems has sparked attention in the open-source community, since it contains a provision giving Microsoft the right to sue developers and users of OpenOffice.org.

OpenOffice.org Monday called Microsoft Corp.’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 ...

Microsoft is getting ready to ship Office 2010, but a lot of small businesses realize they don’t need all the features (or licensing costs) that come with Microsoft Office. The front-runners for ...

Convert OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheets into a Microsoft Excel file to take advantage of Excel's built-in tools. OpenOffice.org spreadsheets default to a .xsc file extension, which certain versions ...