If your main complaint with LibreOffice is that it looks like it's from 2005, then ONLYOFFICE is for you. The desktop editors ...

We keep seeing some mighty strange talk from Microsoft these days. Not only is Microsoft a platform company now for Microsoft-based applications through the Azure platform, but Microsoft is embarking ...

Microsoft has released two open source tools on CodePlex that let developers more easily create apps for Outlook PST files. Those tools are not only open source, they’ve been released under the Apache ...

I don’t know if you’ve paid attention, but installing apps on a PC can be a real pain. While the Microsoft Store is the ...

InfoWorld: Please describe Microsoft’s Shared Source program and its relation to open source and give some examples of code made available through it. Matusow: We ...

A prototype of the open-source SPARROW device, system, and solar array. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab this morning unveiled a new open-source project and AI-powered edge computing ...

Home Computer Archeology: Few early Microsoft products left as lasting a mark as 6502 BASIC. The interpreter introduced millions of people to computers and programming, shaping the next generation of ...

For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...

There’s been plenty of speculation this week about the consequences of the announced retirement of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But I’ve seen little that considers the consequences of the management ...

Digital Journal — “You can’t go forcing something if it’s just not right.” Those lyrics from Green Day’s “When I Come Around” could have worked as background music to Microsoft’s announcement today ...

Microsoft Corp. is providing the funding for a new foundation aimed at bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to participate side by side in open-source projects. According ...

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600. Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit ...