Excel remains popular in business for its familiar interface, data tools, and broad feature set. Open-source alternatives like LibreOffice Calc and Gnumeric offer compatibility with Excel files.

It’s true that a key benefit of open-source technology is that it doesn’t require a licensing fee—but thinking of it as just ...

Starfrost found unreleased beta binaries of MS-DOS 4.0 on floppy disks in the collection, prompting him to reach out to the Microsoft Open Source Programs Office to see about the potential for ...

Threat actors are abusing SourceForge to distribute fake Microsoft add-ins that install malware on victims' computers to both ...

Microsoft has been adopting a more open ... also made it a favorite target for proponents of Linux and other open-source software.

Software that is distributed with its source code so that end user organizations and vendors can modify it for their own purposes. Most open source licenses allow the software to be redistributed ...

Neon, an open-source database startup ... Today, Neon announced a $25 million strategic investment led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund. Neon will use this funding for research and development.