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 ...

Beta of the open source office suite brings a new Start Centre and some added features that provide a serious, free alternative to Microsoft Office If you think that you always get what you pay for, ...

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 ...

After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and while ...

OpenOffice used to be the best free alternative to Microsoft’s Office, but now it seems to be falling on hard times. Development on the open-source productivity suite is down to just 16 people, ...

If you think that you always get what you pay for, the just-released beta of OpenOffice 3.0 should convince you otherwise. This free, open-source software suite provides most of what anyone could want ...