OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office.It is compatible with all other major office suites and is free to download, use, and distribute. It was previously known as StarOffice before it became an open-source project. OpenOffice comes with OpenWriter - a word processor, OpenCalc - a spreadsheet and OpenImpress - a presentational package.
* The first office suite to use the new OASIS OpenDocument format, the future-proof international standard for office software
* Easy to install, with a whole new look and feel, matched to the type of computer in use
* More intuitive, more easy to use than ever, with a host of new usability features
* Complete with Base: an easy-to-use database manager with a fully integrated database
* Compatible with other software packages - now understands even obscure and rarely used features in major competitors.
You may download OpenOffice.org completely free of any licence fees, use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public administration, commercial - and pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc.
News source: OpenOffice.org
Download: OpenOffice 3.0 RC4
View: Release notes
Is that honestly all it takes to make you laugh out loud?
Is that honestly all it takes to make you laugh out loud?
Depends what mood I'm in
Low On Lithium, right?
The Betamax was designed to be future proof, and here we are now with Blu-ray.
I dont think proof even means what you are trying to imply. It is just at the time the argument could be made/accepted that it will be good into the future. It never stipulates how far into the future. Replace the word future with water and it is exactly the same.
Personally I really like the tabbed interface of IBM Lotus Symphony, but OpenOffice has better file format support and it also includes a few extra apps Symphony just doesn't have, so I switched back to OpenOffice. While I prefer Office 2007, I find OpenOffice a good, much cheaper (i.e. free) alternative to get an Office suite on my new laptop (got Office 2007 on the desktop, which is the main machine anyway)
Shouldn't that read "Download: OpenOffice 3.0 RC4"?
So what they are saying is that compared to the features, the stability and the interface, the best thing about the product is really that it's free. In that case, I'll pass thanks. I'd like the best thing about it to be something a little more convincing than that.
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