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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. Also by martin-boundary · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a homage to 1999, OpenOffice.org is going to be renamed ?.org.

  2. Great idea! by supabeast! · · Score: 0, Troll

    A party for OpenOffice 3.0 is a brilliant idea. They can start it up, go drink, pass out, and when they crawl out of bed the next day OpenOffice should just be done loading and ready to run.

  3. So OOXML is a viable format by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    "and be able to open files created by MS Office 2007 and Office 2008 for Mac OS X."

    Time and time again, Slashdot users say OOXML can not be implemented by any third party. This release means that OO.o is compatible with MS office and that OOXML is a perfectly fine format.

  4. Re:pdf saving and editing by pdusen · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, I get to download a freebie plug-in for my moderately expensive word processor, you get to download freebie crap. I win.