As I write this in Writely, the new web-based word processor build with AJAX technology, I’m amazed that it works at all. I’m using what seems to be a complete word processing application and document sharing environment — without installing … Continue reading
I’m using Writely, the web alternative to Word. It’s a powerful word processing application and document sharing environment that works with your browser (no installation required).
Continue readingTrue to form, Microsoft is spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about the standards process, the decision by Massachusetts to move away from Microsoft Office, and the nature of “open” standards with respect to file formats. The spread of FUD … Continue reading
Would the switch to Open Source software — or for that matter, anything that’s not Microsoft — be as attractive or even more attractive to individual/home computer users than business users? ZDNet‘s Dana Blankenhorn thinks business users, and in particular … Continue reading
Controversy continues to swirl around ZDNet‘s George Ou’s blog report that compares OpenOffice.org 2.0 with Microsoft Office. Here’s George’s latest entry, Performance analysis of OpenOffice and MS Office: Microsoft Office came out very lean and fast while OpenOffice.org Office Suite … Continue reading
Controversy swirls around a blog report from a respected columnist that compares OpenOffice.org 2.0 with Microsoft Office — in particular, OpenOffice.org Calc vs. Microsoft Excel — and declares OpenOffice.org to be a pig: slower and fatter in its memory footprint. … Continue reading
Programmers released version 2 of OpenOffice.org on Thursday, Oct. 20. It’s a major overhaul to the free open-source software suite that has become a serious rival to Microsoft Office. Nearly 50 million copies of OpenOffice have been downloaded, according to … Continue reading
The buzz is growing about Web applications one day replacing Microsoft Office, and perhaps replacing Outlook even sooner. And the Google-Sun alliance is fueling that buzz, for no other reason than people really want to see Microsoft challenged. For an … Continue reading
Do you know about Ajax? (Not the detergent.) Ajax enables developers to put together Web applications that rival the best desktop applications. An excerpt from a CNET report by Martin LaMonica, “AJAX gives software a fresh look“: Over the years, … Continue reading
The controversy surrounding the decision in Massachusetts to jettison Microsoft Office has government analysts speculating on how difficult it will be to make the transition from Office to, say, OpenOffice.org. But at least one government customer of the free OpenOffice.org … Continue reading