The transition of Apache OpenOffice to a Top-Level project from the incubator hopefully clears the way for speedier innovation for the cloud. It's not clear what the Apache folks are going to do for ...

In an open letter, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) outlines its vision to offer a neutral collaboration opportunity, with a few OpenOffice trademark restrictions laid out, too. Back in June 2011, ...

When I first started using Linux, way back in the last century, one of the biggest challenges was the lack of a decent productivity suite of the sort to which every Windows user is accustomed. The ...

As I reported on May 31st, 2011, Oracle has, with IBM's encouragement, given the open-source OpenOffice office suite to The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). IBM's Kevin Cavanaugh, VP of Collaboration ...

In its new role as steward of the OpenOffice.org open source office suite, the Apache Software Foundation expects to offer an Apache-branded version of the package for developers in 2012. Apache also ...

One of the questions would be why didn’t Oracle toss the code over to The Document Foundation, which is currently the maintainer of LibreOffice, the OpenOffice.org-forked office suite. On the surface ...

Apache OpenOffice is a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. Apache OpenOffice is a full suite of office applications: word processor, database, spreadsheet, presentation, and graphics. Each of them ...