However, converting customised Microsoft Office applications to StarOffice is challenging because of internal differences in the software, said Gail Raynus, vice president at VistaPortal Software, which sells add-on tools for StarOffice.
The macro migration tool will convert macros written in Microsoft Excel so that they can be recognised and used in StarOffice Calc, the spreadsheet included in the StarOffice bundle, said Sun. The migration question is a big one, a critical one.
Novell will charge $50 per person for an "entitlement" to use the software, a deal that includes one year of updates and bug fixes. The package will give customers the choice of using the Gnome or KDE user interface software, and it will include...
O2 UK has signed up Qualcomm to provide its user interface platform. The deal - the first of its kind for Qualcomm in Europe - will see the company's uiOne platform being used to develop a single user interface for O2's X signature device range...
Longhorn, the next major version of Windows for desktop PCs, will debut in 2005 and will usher in a new level of graphics for PCs, Microsoft executives said on Wednesday. While Microsoft plans to release "a couple of beta" versions of Longhorn in...
A new option lets users change the position of the sidebar to the bottom or left-hand side of the screen, as well as adjust the size in position with respect to the traditional task bar. Microsoft also tweaked the User accounts feature, adding more...