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| <h1>Apache OpenOffice™ 3.4 Blows Past 1M Downloads</h1> |
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| <p> <strong>After last week's release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4, the project |
| is pleased to note the strong positive reception by users and the press. |
| Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has been downloaded over one million times</a>.</strong> |
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| <p><em>Available translations: <a href="/it/stampa/comunicati/aoo34-1M.html">Italian</a></em></p> |
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| <strong>From the Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee, 16 May 2012—</strong> The Apache OpenOffice Project today publishes its preliminary download figures for Apache |
| OpenOffice™ 3.4, the first release of OpenOffice under the governance of |
| the Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Incubator.</p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has been downloaded 1,000,663 times via SourceForge. This does not include additional downloads of language packs, |
| SDKs or source code packages.</li> |
| <li>Users have downloaded from over 200 countries</li> |
| <li>Downloads were 87% for Microsoft Windows, 11% MacOS and 2% |
| Linux</li> |
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| <p> <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/news/aoo34.html">Last |
| week's release announcement</a> for Apache OpenOffice 3.4 was broadly covered |
| in the press and social media:</p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Over 60 feature in the media, in at least 12 languages</li> |
| <li>The initial announcement from our <a |
| href="https://twitter.com/#!/apacheoo">Twitter account</a> tweet was |
| re-tweeted 61 times and reached over 43,000 users</li> |
| <li>Additional heavy activity on our |
| <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO">Facebook</a>,<a |
| href="http://identi.ca/apacheoo">Identi.ca</a> and <a |
| href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/114598373874764163668/">Google+</a> accounts</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2>Sampling of Press Coverage</h2> |
| <p>Nick Peers at <a |
| href="http://betanews.com/2012/05/09/apache-releases-big-openoffice-upgrade-get-it-now/">BetaNews</a> leads "Apache releases big OpenOffice upgrade -- get it now!" |
| and then summarizes the new features:</p> |
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| <blockquote>Version 3.4's major features can be found under the hood |
| — vastly improved startup times, improved OLEObject handling, better chart |
| rendering and support for scalable vector graphics are the most notable changes |
| in this new release. Also implemented is ODF 1.2 encryption, while the suite is |
| now licensed under the Apache License 2 engine.</blockquote> |
| |
| <p>At <a |
| href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/openoffice-3-4-released/">OMG! |
| Ubuntu!</a> Joey Sneddon writes: "Apache OpenOffice 3.4 doesn't do anything |
| drastic, but does iterate nicely upon that which was there before."</p> |
| |
| <p>More coverage from Paula Rooney, <a |
| href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915">ZDNet</a>. |
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| After listing the "new bells and whistles" in Apache OpenOffice 3.4 ("welcome |
| news") Paula then stresses the importance of future project progress:</p> |
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| <blockquote>...[F]or the Apache Software Foundation — and for long term |
| supporters of the open source Office suite — this next stage of |
| development, free from vendor control — offers its best chance to date to |
| attract more users and backers.</blockquote> |
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| <p>Iain Thomspon at <a |
| href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/08/apache_openoffice_graphics_version/">The Register</a> highlighted the "major changes" made to the OpenOffice |
| graphics capabilities, mentioning specifically the work of programmer |
| Armin Le Grand.</p> |
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| <p>Over at <a |
| href="http://www.tweaktown.com/news/24053/download_of_the_day_openoffice_3_4_0/index.html">TweakTown</a>, Anthony Garreffa's article extolls AOO 3.4 as their |
| "Download of the Day", saying that Apache OpenOffice 3.4 is: |
| </p> |
| |
| <blockquote>...the result of over twenty years' |
| software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it |
| has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development |
| process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the |
| software.</blockquote> |
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| <h2>For more information</h2> |
| <p> |
| More information on the Apache OpenOffice product can be found at our website, <a |
| href="http://www.openoffice.org">www.openoffice.org</a>. Information on the Apache OpenOffice project, including |
| information on volunteering with the project can be found at our <a |
| href="http://openoffice.apache.org/">project website</a>. |
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