OpenOffice9 the year’s harvest is long be about to replace Office
October 11, 2008
[news of plan world network] (diversiform-leaved poplar is compiled) the Jason Brooks of EWEEK lab says, after company of Sun small system buys StarOffice company 9 years, openOffice.org(OOo) plans to prepare to roll out its 3 release edition. Buildup format compatibility and function make OpenOffice.org can be rivalled with the Office photograph of Microsoft.
When Sun small system company bought little known StarOffice office package 1999 and very fast when regarding source software as the code library of this software, people does not know this open to question plan that is full of an illusion can go much further, and the position that this software will give Microsoft keep a firm hand on office software market brings how old destruction.
Now, went 9 years, sun is about to release the 3 version of this plan. This is around OpenOfficeorg code the library grows the product that rise. Although OOo did not achieve red fox browser,the mainstream of the sort of same standard uses rate, but, this kind of free office software has helped the development that promoted file format to standardize condition, so that drove Microsoft to develop his open file standard above all, and prepare now the OpenDocument form of this international standard supports in Office 2007.
Brooks says, he checked OOo 3.0 to be close to finish the 3rd await anthology release edition, improving compatibility and the functional field place that rival with Microsoft Office to obtain progress to feel very satisfactory to this software. He still tested StarOffice 9 test version. This is the commercial version of OOo. Sun offerred the disclaimer of technical support and intellectual property for this software.
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