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Intel becomes a LibreOffice distributor

Intel has become a major backer of the LibreOffice open-source productivity suite, joining the advisory board of the The Document Foundation... Read more

24 February, 2012

LibreOffice gets first 'enterprise-ready' release

...a finalised release of LibreOffice 3.4, the first version of the open-source productivity suite that it claims is enterprise-ready. LibreOffice 3.4... Read more

2 August, 2011

LibreOffice gets milestone 3.3 release

...3.3, announced on Tuesday, is the first milestone release of the open-source productivity suite from The Document Foundation since it split from the... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

LibreOffice gets first release candidate

...available for download on Sunday, is the near-final release of the open-source productivity suite. It looks extremely similar to the latest version of... Read more

6 December, 2010
Ten future features that will lift OpenOffice

Ten future features that will lift OpenOffice

...its inception a decade ago, OpenOffice.org has been developing its free, open-source productivity suite to attract users away from Microsoft Office. Unfortunately, the... Read more

30 August, 2010 by Jack Wallen

OpenOffice releases version 1.1.2

Brief: The latest version of the open-source productivity suite, complete with bug fixes, is available on the Web... Read more

22 June, 2004 by David Becker

Premium OpenOffice released

Latest version of the open source productivity suite includes more fonts and a range of clip art... Read more

1 September, 2006 by David Meyer

OpenOffice denies rift with Sun

The project leader of the organisation behind the open source productivity suite has refuted a report claiming that he wants Sun... Read more

10 February, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Google plans OpenOffice hires

...open source with plans to hire people specifically to work on the open source productivity suite Read more

1 November, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

OpenOffice 2.0 released

...been delayed by bugs, but the landmark 2.0 release of the open source productivity suite can now be downloaded Read more

20 October, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Free OpenOffice for Mac users

Mac OS X gets its first version of Sun's open-source productivity suite, going head to head with Microsoft Office Read more

15 October, 2002 by Stephen Shankland
Ballmer: Microsoft sees Google as desktop OS rival

Ballmer: Microsoft sees Google as desktop OS rival

The Microsoft chief expects to see Android providing competition to Windows in the desktop operating-system market Read more

26 February, 2009 by David Meyer

OpenOffice may support OOXML

...s Office Open XML standard in future, but the organisation behind the open source productivity suite anticipates that everyone including Microsoft will have "difficulty" in... Read more

2 April, 2008 by David Meyer

ECMA approves Microsoft document format

...intends to support Office Open XML in its distribution of the OpenOffice open source productivity suite. Corel, which makes the WordPerfect Office suite, intends to... Read more

8 December, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

OpenDocument alliance 'optimistic' about ISO certification

...OpenDocument format is supported by a number of productivity applications including the open source productivity suite OpenOffice 2.0, Sun's StarOffice 8 and IBM... Read more

20 April, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

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