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Open Office Plans To Party Like It's Version 3.0

Posted by timothy on from the undervalued dept.

penguin_dance writes "The Register reports that 'OpenOffice.org is throwing a launch party in Paris on 13 October' to celebrate eight years, and hopefully announce the release of version 3.0. Some notes: [OpenOffice.org 3.0] will support the OpenDocument Format 1.2 standard, and be able to open files created by MS Office 2007 and Office 2008 for Mac OS X." As maj_id10t notes, though the OO.o site does not yet carry an announcement, "Lifehacker has posted an entry stating the final release of OpenOffice 3.0 is available for download via their distribution mirrors."

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  1. Re:3.0? by linhares · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No nail on Microsoft's Office coffin, you say?

    If you don't think that FOSS will spread in the upcoming downturn, consider this: How about the fact that Campbell's Soup's stocks are on the rise (+28.8% 5y outlook), while Microsoft is gradually going down (-25.62%)?

    These numbers speak tones.