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’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 ...

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 ...

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 ...