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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 2005 7:00 PM

OpenOffice.org 2 is Here!

Submitted by Frenchy

Edited by WilWheaton

The long-anticipated OpenOffice.org 2 is here!

OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the productivity suite that individuals, governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with every major office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0 realises the potential of open source.

With new features, advanced XML capabilities and native support for the OASIS Standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org 2.0 gives users around the globe the tools to be engaged and productive members of their society.[/QUOTEOpenOffice has all the tools people have come to expect from expensive, closed-source solutions like Microsoft Office, but it is free, as in beer and speech.OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

OpenDocument is an XML file format for saving office documents such as spreadsheets, memos, charts, and presentations. It was approved as an OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) standard at the beginning of this year. OpenDocument, set as a default in OpenOffice, is cited by proponents as a way of fighting vendor lock-in associated with proprietary formats. Already, it is the required office format for internal archives of the US State of Massachusetts.

Mac users will have to wait a bit longer before a stable version is available but Windows and Linux users can download it (76Mb) NOW!

Link to Slashdot discussion thread (read at +4, at least).

Ed note - I used OpenOffice.org to write Dancing Barefoot, and Just A Geek. It is incredibly powerful, full-featured, and easy to use. As a bonus, there's no Clippy.

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Comments

llouys

Brazil

August 2003

OCT 20, 2005 07:42 PM

Frenchy said:
Ed note - I used OpenOffice.org to write Dancing Barefoot, and Just A Geek. It is incredibly powerful, full-featured, and easy to use. As a bonus, there's no Clippy.

True, but let's be fair... there is that damn lightbulb.

Well, there was in version 1.somethingorother... tell me they nixed the lightbulb.

ought

USA

September 2004

OCT 20, 2005 09:20 PM

WOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!

Finally!
...except I have a mac...

ok back to moping

tomtomtom

Seattle, WA

February 2003

OCT 20, 2005 09:34 PM

Is this any relation to the old StarOffice or a totally new thing?

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA

September 2003

OCT 20, 2005 10:13 PM

I just downloaded it to motivate myself to do my homework. It's neat.

BiggerThenBen

Antarctica

June 2005

OCT 21, 2005 04:29 AM

tomtomtom said:
Is this any relation to the old StarOffice or a totally new thing?

StarOffice is OpenOffice however with some extra fonts and shit that cannot be used in Open Source Software because of licensing.

OpenOffice has never taken off on the Mac because it needs X11 to run, and is fugly. MS Office for Mac is still king however I love my Pages and Keynote. Smooth with a Capital Smooth.

MrZablowdowski

Edmonton, AB

December 2002

OCT 21, 2005 04:48 AM

The only price is free.
Diabolical.

SlimCreeper

I'm lost

August 2005

OCT 21, 2005 05:08 AM

I have the java version on my mac. I'm not estatic about it, but it was within my price range and it's not bad. I never used Micro Office much, so a lot of what it assumes is habitual for me isn't.

NickFaust

USA

April 2004

OCT 21, 2005 05:18 AM

[hacking at the Microsoft chains on my ankle]
:sigh:

Life is good.

ravnos

Edmonton, AB

OLD SKOOL

OCT 21, 2005 07:08 AM

MrPotatoHead said:

tomtomtom said:
Is this any relation to the old StarOffice or a totally new thing?

NeoOffice is a port of OpenOffice to run natively on Mac without X11 and have a more "Mac" look-and-feel. I don't think it's 100% there yet but it's something to keep an eye on. Also, I think the OpenOffice team were planning on doing this themselves fairly soon too.