If you haven’t checked out the new Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet focus areas on the Network World Web site yet, you should. Both offer interesting commentaries on their particular subjects. But I ...

Microsoft is following a new tactic in its battle against OpenOffice.org's suite of office applications. Actually, a casual observer could be forgiven for being surprised at the fact that there even ...

Sun on Monday unveiled OpenOffice 3.0, the personal productivity suite that’s targeted as the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. On Wednesday, the OpenOffice.org site had a notice that read: ...

Well it seems Microsoft is at it again with trying to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt against open source software. But wait, I thought they "loved" open source ...

Microsoft has the best products money can buy — at least, that’s what they would have you believe. However, remove money from the equation so MS buyers can’t brag on the size of investment, and ...

On Tuesday, rivals Microsoft and OpenOffice.org both released toolkits that support building applications for their competing document file formats and productivity suites. OpenOffice’s toolkit allows ...

OpenOffice programs have always been able to open Microsoft Office files, and Microsoft Office has been able to do the same with OpenOffice files since a 2007 Service ...

I must admit I'm more than a bit skeptical when any company, Microsoft in particular, goes out of its way to make rivals' software work better with its own, especially if it's a cash cow product. But ...

The office suite is a relic of a bygone age--one that may not amount to billions in Microsoft profits for much longer. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, ...

I have been using Microsoft Office as my go-to productivity suite ever since it was first released several decades ago. Even I now find myself using both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice, thanks to a ...