Our pick of the low-cost office suites has had a much-needed overhaul, and now battles Microsoft in terms of features, not just price.

With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

Get your licensing shop in order before you build you new server.

Microsoft is now officially an open source vendor.

Shared Source licence seeks official open source label.

Impossible to marry enterprise and community needs in oneopen source licence.

A hydrogen car would have car enthusiasts excited, but the Riversimple urban car also has the tech community smiling; its detailed plans are totally open-source, making it the future Linux of automobiles

Mike MacCana ponders the wine industry, rants online, and discovers a neat tip for intra-server messaging...

Vendor squabbling is a recipe for confusion, says Gartner.

It doesn't make sense for all software to be open sourced, developercharges.

In an exclusive interview, Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues.

Redmond forced to provide free, irrevokable patent pledge to non-commercial open source.

Sun adds mobile Java to the open source mix.

Most important software trend in decades, says IDC.

Open Solutions Alliance hopes to increase adoption of open source apps.

Closed source software seen as greater security risk.

Leigh Dyer looks at Sun’s attempts to keep Solaris relevant in a Linux world.

Industries keeping a sweet outlook during these sour times.