Danish Competition Authority Recommends ODF and OOXML
Aug 21, 2009The Danish Competition Authority has conducted a market analysis of office software so as to give governmental agencies recommendations for public purchases. The results are a definite "live and let live" between the competing standards ODF and OOXML.
more »i4i: "OpenOffice Doesn't Infringe Our Patents"
Aug 21, 2009On August 11, a court in Texas banned the sale of Microsoft Word in the US due to a patent lawsuit, concerning XML features, brought by the Canadian company i4i.
more »Fraunhofer Institute on OOXML und ODF
Aug 19, 2009The Fraunhofer Institute has published a whitepaper on the interoperability of Office Open XML (OOXML) and the Open Document Format (ODF). Microsoft had a hand in its development.
more »SLAMPP 2.0 LIVE
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OpenOffice Portable in Version 3.1
Jul 02, 2009The portable version of the OpenOffice suite is now available in version 3.1.
more »Ebook Readers Ebook readers for the Linux desktop
Jun 30, 2009A netbook and a good ebook reader are all you need to mine the wealth of free ebooks glimmering from the depths of the web.
more »Mozilla Weave Browser synchronization and more with Mozilla Weave
Jun 30, 2009Mozilla Weave for Firefox synchronizes your critical browsing information between multiple machines.
more »Workspace: Reminders and Microblogs Managing reminders and microblogs in OpenOffice
Jun 30, 2009If you spend a lot of time in OpenOffice, you can use it to remind you of deadlines or to update your microblog.
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