I think it can with HTML but I can't be sure. As for the rest: Open Office sports pretty impressive interopability with Office stuff and it's getting better with each release (expect Oo 2 to be ...

After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and while ...

The latest version of the open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 3.1 has just arrived, and it’s a good one. While some of the improvements are visible to the naked eye, I found that the most ...

Very true, TeX is not bad, specially for math centered work, but troff is still my favorite.