Open-source fans are lambasting a proposed overhaul of OpenOffice.org's user interface, with critics saying it would "ape" Microsoft Office's controversial Ribbon layout.
JLS will bring together top talent from Japan, Asia Pacific, and around the world, including a unique blend of core developers, administrators, users, community managers and industry experts.
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1, the first public preview of what the company says will be a minor browser upgrade currently slated to ship this November.
Computerworld’s Preston Gralla blogged the other day that Microsoft, in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, admitted that Microsoft is afraid of Linux.
As word processors for Linux keep picking up in popularity, household names in the computer industry are getting into the act. Like Sun Microsystems, Novell and IBM Lotus are both offering word processors based on OpenOffice.org's open source Writer application, but none of these offerings is exactly alike.