They think it's too similar to Microsoft Office
The open-source faithful are lambasting a proposed overhaul of OpenOffice.org's user interface, with critics saying it would "ape" Microsoft Office's controversial Ribbon layout.
Another snipe in the feud between the two vendors over document format standards
In the latest sniping in the long-running feud over document format standards, IBM this week claimed that Microsoft Corp.'s Excel 2007 corrupted formulas and data in spreadsheets created in the OpenDocument Format.
Question remains about best role model: Mozilla, Apache, or Linux Foundation?
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun out into an independent foundation.
The new edition of the friendly Linux desktop OS is more maintenance release than upgrade
Having rocketed to prominence as one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions in just a few years, Ubuntu has earned a reputation for stability and ease-of-use. The latest edition -- version 9.04, code-named "Jaunty Jackalope" -- continues that tradition and is mostly a maintenance release, but it brings a number of updates that should enhance its appeal.
Microsoft rolled out the service pack, which includes support for the OpenDocument Format
As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday began letting users of Office 2007 download Service Pack 2, marking a milestone in the company's document format battles with governments and other vendors.
New system uses the Google Gears browser extension
Google on Tuesday launched an updated version of Gmail that lets users access their accounts without an Internet connection.
But both still lag behind Microsoft, which hopes to cement its lead with Office Web
Confirming recent comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, an independent study released Friday found OpenOffice.org's free office suite to be five times more popular among adult US internet users than Google Docs.
OpenOffice.org has released two patches that repair older versions of its open-source office software productivity suite.
OpenOffice.org has released two patches that repair older versions of its open-source office productivity suite.
Three million copies of open-source office suite downloaded, group says
OpenOffice.org 3.0 was downloaded 3 million times in its first week, with about 80 percent of the downloads by Windows users, an official with the group said in a blog post on Monday.
The new OpenOffice.org 3.0 runs only on Intel-based Macs.
OpenOffice.org Monday released the first version of its open-source application suite written for Mac OS X.
The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite hit a snag Monday when Web-site problems made downloading the suite slow going.
The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite hit a snag Monday when the community experienced Web site problems that made downloading the suite extremely slow and at times impossible for users.