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GDocsOpen 3.0

GDocsOpen 3.0

...Windows using Google Docs; Supports extensions of MS Office, Open Office and Star Office: doc, docx, txt, rtf, odt, sxw, xls, xlsx, ods, csv, tsv... Read more

20 October, 2011
Directory File List 1.0

Directory File List 1.0

...tabular file format can be opened easily with Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, Star Office, Google Doc or other spreadsheet software Read more

24 August, 2011

Embed Linux, and put Microsoft on the desktop...

...was going to switch their office staff from Microsoft Office 2000 to Star Office -- not if they wanted to keep their job. And nobody is... Read more

27 March, 2001 by Guy Kewney

Government demands Office competition in schools

...government's advisor on IT in education. Open Office, Corel WordPerfect Office, Star Office, Lotus SmartSuite, Sun's One SE and EasyOffice all offer the... Read more

16 January, 2007 by Richard Thurston

StarOffice enters Solaris orbit

Sun has released a version of its productivity suite for its Unix-based operating system Read more

5 February, 2004 by David Becker

Ballmer and Gates are quitters, says Sun boss

Scott McNealy claims Microsoft's management got the steal on the competition by dropping out of college Read more

1 August, 2003 by Andrew Donoghue

Mandrake defends user club

The Linux distributor argues that its club shouldn't be seen as a charity system, but as a revenue model supplementing traditional packaged software and services Read more

5 April, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Why did Microsoft really buy into Corel?

Within minutes of Microsoft announcing on Monday that it was investing $135 million in Canadian software vendor Corel, the Redmond paranoia -- which the open-source community has turned into an extreme sporting event -- began running rampant. Read more

4 October, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

MS: Office 10 to be a 'major' release

You thought Office 95 was a big deal? Microsoft is lifting the veil of secrecy around what it claims will be its 'most significant' desktop suite to date Read more

30 August, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Open source gets training boost

...Foundation will now include a module on the use of Sun's Star Office Writer, Calc and Base applications for word processing, spreadsheets and database... Read more

30 October, 2006 by Richard Thurston

EeePC 901 on Orange mobile broadband

...best of it. This includes adding a PDF reader, Microsoft Works and Star Office to the EeePC right out of the box, and building a... Read more

19 December, 2008
Kural Tamil Software (Tamil) 4

Kural Tamil Software (Tamil) 4

...Microsoft Windows applications. It can be used with MS Office, Open Office, Star Office, Google's Docs, and Spreadsheet, WordPad, Notepad, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape... Read more

5 July, 2007
Becta: Educating Microsoft

Becta: Educating Microsoft

...alternatives to Microsoft Office that schools should consider: Open Office, WordPerfect Office, Star Office, Lotus SmartSuite, One SE and EasyOffice. But you say each of... Read more

1 February, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Vista migration plans unexpectedly ambitious

A survey of ZDNet UK readers shows that those who intend to upgrade to Vista plan to start soon — when they are are confident about stability, compatibility and drivers Read more

5 December, 2006 by Matt Loney

Microsoft Office 2007 beta 1

...productivity tools from those of the competition – chiefly OpenOffice.org 2.0, Star Office 8 and Corel's WordPerfect Office X3. Office 2007 will reveal... Read more

27 March, 2006 by ZDNet

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