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October 5, 2005 Won't do the same for the open-source OS that it did for Apple's software--at least for now, an exec says. TAGS: Linux desktop, Eric Raymond, Linux, LinuxWorld, Microsoft Office, open source, open-source community, market share, Apple Computer, Unix, London, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows

October 1, 2003 The group behind the open-source rival to Microsoft's Office releases the first major update of its software, OpenOffice 1.1. TAGS: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office 2003, open source, Microsoft Office, XML, Sun Solaris, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., document, Linux, operating system, PC

February 4, 2004 The company's productivity software, a competitor to Microsoft's Office, debuts on Sun's desktop version of Unix. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Solaris, Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop computer, Unix, Microsoft Office, operating system, open source, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Intel, PC

May 2, 2005 The company touts the software's "dramatically improved" compatibility with Microsoft Office, its chief competitor. TAGS: StarOffice, OpenOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, compatibility, Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, open source, Linux, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., operating system

November 30, 2005 The license covering Linux faces revisions, the Firefox browser gets a makeover, and Gollum points the way to Wikipedia. TAGS: Firefox 1.5, Firefox, Amazon.com Inc., OpenDocument Format, IBM DB2, Wikipedia, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Massachusetts, Web browser, Linux, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., database, operating system

April 23, 2004 The upstart operating system may be entrenched in the data center, but even Linux backers say it needs some sprucing up before it can grab a significant spot on the desktop PC. TAGS: Linux, backer, open source, data center, Apple Computer, desktop computer, worker, operating system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC