Although the latest version of OpenOffice may not threaten Microsoft Office's place in the enterprise, it is an excellent (and free) substitute for homes and small offices.

Sun on Monday unveiled OpenOffice 3.0, the personal productivity suite that’s targeted as the open source alternative to Microsoft Office.

Novell on Monday said its edition of OpenOffice will soon support the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML format.

OpenOffice.org Monday called Microsoft’s assertion that its open source application suite violates 45 of its patents “a desperate act.” “It’s just hard to put into credible terms ...

OpenOffice included PDF export for years, but Microsoft just added that feature in Office 2007.

OpenOffice 3.0 supports the upcoming OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2 standard, and will also be able to open documents created in Microsoft Office 2007 and Office 2008 for the Mac, which means that ...

Microsoft's assertion that the OpenOffice.org software suite violates 45 of its patents is "an extraordinary and desperate act," according to Louis Suarez-Potts, a community manager for the open ...