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Free to Download, Use, Modify, Access Updates, and Reads/Writes Microsoft Office Files

OpenOffice.org has been downloaded more than 100 million times in the past year. A Sun Inner Circle article takes a closer look at the reasons behind the accelerating adoption of OpenOffice.org, and offers a suggested migration roadmap along with advice to those organizations considering a move to the free, open-source, multi-platform, multilingual productivity suite.

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Release Set for November 2009

In his blog entry “Security and Privacy Feature Improvements in upcoming OpenOffice.org 3.2″ Malte Timmermann considers features users will find in the next release of the solution.

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The Linux Community Registers High Marks for Sun’s Open Source Software Suite

Download the next significant upgrade of Sun’s open source software suite, OpenOffice 3.1, which adds improved graphics via antialiased drawings to smooth the edges of graphics, better file-locking support for multi-user environments, replying to notes, improved grammar checking, hyperlink management and sorting, control of slideshow media, macro support for Open Office Base, relative database paths, better internationalization for Hebrew and Arabic plus performance improvements. OpenOffice.org recently was selected as the Linux Journal Readers’ Choice for Favorite Office Program.

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