Open Office Plans To Party Like It's Version 3.0

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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Re:3.0?

[linhares]

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.

New computer users, don't know MS

[cenc]

I have an entire office full of staff using an all linux shop with Openoffice being the most used tool. Only a small percent had more than a little computers experience at all before we hired them, even in Windows. For them, they now can not use MS, if they are presented with a computer running windows system. They have adjusted to Office, and that is what they expect. As for the export BS. We export documents to clients all over the World without a problem. So, that is just FUD.