New version of LibreOffice ready for download

Just a month short of one year since it forked from OpenOffice.org, the free office suite, LibreOffice, has released version 3.4.2 aimed at both private users and businesses.
 

LibreOffice shows the strengths of FOSS

When free and open source software projects fork, it is often the case that the child turns out to be much worse than the parent.
 

IBM backs OpenOffice.org @ Apache

IBM will actively support the revamped OpenOffice.org project following its move to the Apache Software Foundation.
 

More bad karma for Oracle on FOSS front

When will Oracle rub up the folk who contribute to MySQL the wrong way? That's the only open source project left, which Oracle inherited as part of its deal with Sun and has yet to antagonise.
 

A Win-Lin situation: moving a small office over to Linux

Michael Pope is a pragmatic person by nature - a developer who, before he sets out on a task, takes sufficient care to create a soft-landing in case it is needed.
 

Dutch government launches ODF service

The Dutch government has launched a web service called Officeshots.org which enables users to compare the output quality of various office suites as far as interoperability is concerned.
 

NeoOffice 3.0.1 delivers Snow Leopard compatibility

Changes in Snow Leopard broke all previous versions of NeoOffice, the Mac-friendly version of the OpenOffice.org open source office suite. Version 3.0.1 provides compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6, along with a couple of new features.
 

Why Microsoft is Australia's default buy

A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.