Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Sep 2007 19:46 UTC, submitted by maxx_730
OpenOffice.org 2.3 has been released. "Available for download now, OpenOffice.org 2.3 incorporates an extensive array of new features and enhancements to all its core components, and protects users from newly discovered security vulnerabilities. It is a major release and all users should download it."
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2006-10-08
''Shall I go on? I know...."SHUT UP ALREADY!!" ''
I may continue. :-)
We have used OpenOffice at work (version 1.4 and 1.5 due to hardware limits) in an interoperable way (needed because one of the computers was a "Windows" box). Worked very good. For the version 1 of OpenOffice, standard german orthography dictionary and hyphenation were still available, this was one of the reasons the documents produced were of high quality. Typesetting and font rendering were excellent. Integrated PDF export was the nonplusultra (initially needed for printing up to the point a postscript capable printer got installed).
Allthough I prefer LaTeX for everything written using the computer, OpenOffice is a joy to use. I started using its "older brother", Star Office since version 4.0, and I am very happy with OpenOffice 2.x today. Hey, you can even read the content of an OpenOffice file without having OpenOffice installed! And the files keep staying small.
Furthermore, I can install it on customers' computers without needing pirated copies of MICROS~1 products. This makes it easy to share documents because of a standardized and open file format.