Microsoft is following a new tactic in its battle against OpenOffice.org's suite of office applications. Actually, a casual observer could be forgiven for being surprised at the fact that there even ...

If you haven’t checked out the new Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet focus areas on the Network World Web site yet, you should. Both offer interesting commentaries on their particular subjects. But I ...

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 ...

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: ...

On Tuesday, rivals Microsoft and OpenOffice.org both released toolkits that support building applications for their competing document file formats and productivity suites. OpenOffice’s toolkit allows ...

OpenOffice programs have always been able to open Microsoft Office files, and Microsoft Office has been able to do the same with OpenOffice files since a 2007 Service ...

Microsoft has the best products money can buy — at least, that’s what they would have you believe. However, remove money from the equation so MS buyers can’t brag on the size of investment, and ...

"Novell is cooperating with Microsoft and others on a project to create bidirectional, open-source translators for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft ...

I must admit I'm more than a bit skeptical when any company, Microsoft in particular, goes out of its way to make rivals' software work better with its own, especially if it's a cash cow product. But ...

OpenOffice.org today 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 ...

If you’re thinking about buying the latest version of Microsoft Office, it’s going to cost you $399 for each PC you own (or $239 if you qualify for an upgrade from an older version). If you need at ...