As acting CIO is named, governor's spokesman says commonwealth is "on track" to use OpenDocument-based software next year. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open-source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining ground, particularly among governments. The ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Massachusetts’ top technology official said yesterday that third-party plug-in software that allows Microsoft Office users to open and save files in the OpenDocument format would meet the state’s Jan ...

Microsoft’s decision to allow its Office software to handle the increasingly popular OpenDocument Format was a belated acknowledgement that the company could lose customers if it didn’t, analysts said ...