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OpenOffice.org 2.4.1

The latest version of the leading open source office productivity suite. OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 includes a security fix, minor enhancements, and bug fixes to all its core components. OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 is available for immediate download and the new features are described in the release notes.

OpenOffice.org 3.0

Beta testers needed!

The public beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now ready for testing. This beta release is made available to allow a broad user base to test and evaluate the next major version of OpenOffice.org, but is not recommended for production use at this stage. If you are a regular user of OpenOffice.org, here's a great opportunity to help us make the next release the best ever. For more details, please read the announcement.

OOoCon 2008: Beijing

Call for Papers

The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit proposals for papers for the OpenOffice.org annual international conference, OOoCon 2008, to be held in Beijing, China from 5th-7th November. For further details, please read the Call for Papers, and for more details on OOoCon 2008, please visit the Conference website.

Community Innovation Program

On 7 December 2007, Sun Microsystems announced a $1 M USD fund to foster innovation and community in six open-source projects it sponsors and contributes to. OpenOffice.org was included. We invite the Community to participate.

Update: Deadline is 23 June
Community Innovation Program HTML | PDF

Events

from 04 Jul	Lindependence 2008 in Felton, California, USA
21-25 Jul	Oscon 2008, Portland, USA

In the media

What other sources have to say about us....

19 Jun	Who "won" the format battle?
17 Jun	Better writing with OpenOffice.org and Writer's Tools
21 May	MS 2007 SP2: ODF 1.1
20 May	Twittering from OpenOffice.org
16 May	OOo: can it replace the other guy?

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