 OpenOffice
One of the main obstacles to emigration from MS is an adequate office software package. Sun's OpenOffice, an open source project, is coming closer and closer to overcoming that obstacle.
OpenOffice.org is an Open Source community project building the next generation of office-productivity software. Sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc., and hosted by CollabNet, Inc., OpenOffice.org provides the full infrastructure for global, Open Source community work and growth.
Three vastly different approaches to the future of software writing and distribution - and sometimes those approaches bump heads.
All the OpenOffice news that fits updated daily.
September 26, 2001 11:24 AM UTC
The Consumer Federation of America, the Consumers Union, the Media Access Project and US Public Interest Research Group don't like MS software and hold a press conference in Washington DC to explain why.
October 2, 2001 16:23 PM UTC
Hot on the heels of Office XP, Sun makes a beta of StarOffice 6.0 available for download.
October 5, 2001 13:23 PM UTC
Finland's second academic city decides to follow the lead of Finnish Customs and jump the MS ship.
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