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ThinkFree to take Web documents offline

December 14, 2006 A planned premium version, priced between $5 and $10 per user per month, will allow customers to work with documents offline. TAGS: ThinkFree, productivity-application, Microsoft Office, hard drive

Vienna to softly embrace Linux

January 25, 2005 Open source wins another local-government convert, with soft migrations to Linux imminent within the Austrian capital. TAGS: Vienna, open-source software, Debian, productivity-application, Linux, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, department, distribution, information technology, desktop computer, open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

Office standards battle grinds on

December 13, 2005 Creation of Ecma standard committee gives Microsoft a point in escalating battle over desktop software. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, productivity-application, technical committee, Massachusetts, committee, desktop software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Office, standards, IBM Corp., state, vice president, Microsoft Corp.

One city's move to open source

December 5, 2005 Mannheim, Germany, says its switch to Linux apps won't be fast or cheap--but that's just fine. TAGS: migration, OpenDocument Format, IT infrastructure, euro, productivity-application, city, open source, Massachusetts, OpenOffice, open standard, Linux, information technology, decision, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, manager

Google deal highlights Web 2.0 boom

March 13, 2006 Is Google's acquisition of Web word processor Writely a harbinger of more acquisitions? Dozens of Web 2.0-style start-ups certainly hope so. TAGS: Writely, Web 2.0, productivity-application, word-processing, Web service, AJAX, offering, Google Inc., acquisition, photograph, Microsoft Corp., video