In the last installment, "Office Rich Client Applications", we talked of using the Office 2007 platform as a baseline from which to build rich client applications that interoperate with Java ...

Java Developer Anthony Goubard claims it took him just 30 days to build the open source office suite Joeoffice, which he hopes will someday compete with Google Docs.

Columnist Michael C. Daconta says the open source and free software communities have embraced Java, and the fruits of that relationship are starting to show.

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it's common for Microsoft to pull software ...

A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes.