microsoft office

Tech Talk: Can’t afford Microsoft Office? No sweat ...

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 11/30/2008 - 09:53

OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write Microsoft Office files.

It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.


 

Cortado and DataViz Offer New Bundle of Applications for BlackBe...

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 10:38

Cortado, the premier mobile office solutions company. ARVADA, CO UNITED STATES &nbsp&nbsp Cortado and Documents To Go deliver popular desktop functions with full Microsoft Office editing capabilities directly ...


 

Sun Wrestles Itself With StarOffice 9

Linux Today  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 07:03

Linux.com: "StarOffice 9 reminds me of the classic Monty Python skit in which Graham Chapman wrestles himself. Although StarOffice is being aggressively presented as an alternative to Microsoft Office, it seems to be equally marketed and bundled to compete against OpenOffice.org, the free software project that is sponsored by Sun and that shares a common code base with StarOffice.

The trouble is, the differences between the two have diminished with each release, until, with StarOffice 9, you have to wonder who the potential customers might be."


 

Tech Web Reader - Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Topix - Linux  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 01:31

Why Developers Prefer Macs Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office Safari 3.2 Update - Apple Fails To Shoot From Hip With Latest Browser U.S.

Postal Service's 'Shipping Assistant' excludes Apple Mac users Apple ...


 

Another Day, Another Microsoft Lie

Linux Today  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 14:44

Cyber Cynic: "This time around it's a study by ClickStream Technologies, which found Microsoft Office, to be far more popular than OpenOffice.org, which in turn was far more popular than Google Docs.

What Microsoft doesn't mention is that ClickStream is headed by Microsoft's former head of Microsoft Office research.

Very independent, eh?"


 

Microsoft Office Coming For Linux

Topix - Linux  Fri, 11/14/2008 - 09:43

No, Microsoft isn't releasing a platform-native version of Office for Linux. They're doing something a lot smarter: releasing a platform- neutral version of Office -- their vaunted Office Web suite -- that can ...


 

Is Microsoft finally seeing the light with Office?

Topix - Linux  Wed, 11/12/2008 - 20:35

A recent blog post from Sarah Parez tries to answer some "want-to-know" questions on the upcoming Microsoft Office Web Applications .A With software as a service becoming more popular, Google has quickly become ...


 

At UW, Web-based Office draws concerns

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 05:27

When Scott Barker, the director of IT at the UW's Information School, wrote in an e-mail to staff last week that there might be early trials of the Web-based Microsoft Office on campus, his announcement ...


 

IBM Lotus Symphony Embraces Mac, Recruits Channel Partners

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 11:37

Is IBM gearing up to disrupt Microsoft Office? Apparently so. In fact, Big Blue is bringing Lotus Symphony 1.2 — an open source application suite — to the Mac.

(Lotus Symphony already runs on Linux and Windows.) And IBM is recruiting channel partners to back Symphony.

Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.


 

OpenOffice 3.0 Beefs Up Collaboration, Extensions

Linux Today  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:03

Intranet Journal: "OpenOffice has hit version 3, and the free alternative to Microsoft Office and other commercial office suites is looking more professional and fully featured than ever before.

The suite counts a user base of over 100 million users, and has had over 160 million downloads since it began, according to community manager Louis Suarez-Potts."