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OpenOffice.org (Windows) 2.4
Take an open-source approach to office productivity.
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U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML
May 1, 2008
Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.
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Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
April 21, 2008
Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO. (By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)
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OpenOffice 2
Reviewed on December 6, 2005
OpenOffice 2, the freeware version of Sun Microsystems StarOffice 8, is a great deal for home and small-businesses users who don't mind browsing online forums for tech support. But enterprise users are better served by StarOffice 8.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 2
Reviewed on March 27, 2008
Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is a fine, free, extensible e-mail client and a solid alternative to pricey Microsoft Outlook 2007 or the free Windows Live Mail.
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IBM denies re-entering PC market with Russian deal
March 10, 2008
Big Blue says it's not getting back into the PC market, despite selling "Microsoft-free" PCs running Linux and OpenOffice in Eastern Europe.
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Making sense of Microsoft and open source
February 21, 2008
The software giant's latest move offers a nice dose of kumbaya to open-source developers, but it goes only so far.
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EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move
February 21, 2008
Announcement won't affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant, says European Commission.
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Rivals make run at Microsoft Office
September 18, 2007
Is the multibillion-dollar cash cow vulnerable at last to alternatives? Google, Yahoo and IBM seem to think so.
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Mozilla tries Firefox recipe with Thunderbird
September 18, 2007
The Mozilla Foundation is funding a subsidiary to improve the open-source e-mail software. Will more plug-ins and a universal mailbox come next?
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Week in review: Microsoft the magnanimous?
February 22, 2008
Microsoft says it wants to be more open with other software makers, while Toshiba closes down HD DVD. Also: Gates wants Yahoo for the people.
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Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policy
October 10, 2007
British Parliament member criticizes U.K. government's IT strategy, accusing it of "skewing the market" in favor of Microsoft.
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Year in review: Microsoft tries to find its 'wow'
December 19, 2007
Company finally gets Vista out the door. It also spends a bundle on acquisitions and looks ahead to the "computing cloud."
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Year in review: New players enliven open source
December 21, 2007
Yahoo, Google, Adobe, Sun Microsystems, and even Microsoft freshen up the open-source marketplace.
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Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
October 29, 2007
OLPC chairman says laptop project could not promote openness if it was closed to Microsoft.
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Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
May 14, 2007
Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.
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Week in review: Teaming up against Google
February 1, 2008
Microsoft offers to buy struggling Yahoo for $44.6 billion to better compete against Google. Also: Vista's one-year anniversary.
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Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model
October 25, 2007
After EU antitrust ruling, company questions whether Microsoft's patent arrangement is compatible with open-source licensing.
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