Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats up

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Collabora has released version 26.04 of CODE, the company's web-based office suite. CODE stands for "Collabora Online Development Edition" – "Development" indicating that this is a preview of what will be coming soon in Collabora Online, its web-based function-rich office suite. The announcement is Collabora staking its claim to a slice of the increasingly competitive online office suite market.

What's new

Depressingly, the first bullet point in each section of the release announcement – for the Writer word-processor, Calc spreadsheet, and Impress presentation module – is improved AI integration. We asked the company about this, and Collabora assured us that it's off by default.

"Basically, lots of partners and customers have been asking for the option for a while, so it was added, but we have ensured that people can decide whether or not to use it and how they use it. To be clear, AI assistance isn't...

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