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| <h2>OpenOffice.org 2.0 Announcement</h2> |
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| <li><a href="#announcement">Announcement</a></li> |
| <li><a href="index.html">Press Kit </a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html">Feature Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="/download/2.0.0/index.html">Download</a></li> |
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| <p class="Header"><a name="announcement"></a>OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here</p> |
| <p> 20 October, 2005</p> |
| <p> 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. Besides a powerful new database module and advanced XML |
| capabilities, OpenOffice.org natively supports the internationally |
| standardised OpenDocument format, which several countries, as well as |
| the U.S. state of Massachusetts, have established as the default for |
| office documents. More than any other suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0 gives |
| users around the globe the tools to be engaged and productive members |
| of their society.</p> |
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| <p>Available in 36 languages, with more on the way, and able to run |
| natively on Windows, GNU/Linux, Sun Solaris, Mac OS X (X11) and several |
| other platforms, OpenOffice.org banishes software segregation and |
| isolation and dramatically levels the playing field. And, with its |
| support for the OASIS Standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org |
| eliminates the fear of vendor lock in or format obsolescence. The |
| OpenDocument format can be used by any office application, ensuring |
| that documents can be viewed, edited and printed for generations to |
| come. OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a breath of hope for small economies that |
| can now have a local language office suite well adapted to their needs |
| and to their economical possibilities, reducing their dependency on the |
| interests of proprietary software vendors.</p> |
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| <p>"OpenOffice.org is on a path toward being the most popular office |
| suite the world has ever seen; providing users with safety, choice, and |
| an opportunity to participate in one of the broadest community efforts |
| the Internet has ever seen. As a member of that community, I'd like to |
| offer my heartiest congratulations." - Jonathan Schwartz - President |
| and COO of Sun Microsystems.</p> |
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| <p> Built by a community including Sun Microsystems, its primary |
| sponsor and contributor, Novell, Red Hat, Debian, Propylon, Intel, as |
| well as independent programmers, translators, writers, and marketers; |
| OpenOffice.org 2.0 demonstrates the success, dedication and proficiency |
| of the open source software community.</p> |
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| <p>That community now includes the City of Vienna, which recently |
| started deploying OpenOffice.org throughout. "We are very happy about |
| the functionality and quality of the OpenOffice.org software. We are |
| confident that OpenOffice.org will be made available to all of our |
| 18,000 workstation users." - Brigitte Lutz, City of Vienna.</p> |
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| <p>Louis Suárez-Potts, OpenOffice.org Community Manager, |
| commented that "OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the culmination of a |
| collaborative process involving thousands working in dozens of |
| languages everywhere in the world. It shows that open source can |
| produce software of the highest quality and assure the robustness, |
| usability and security that users expect in their office suite." </p> |
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| <p> In addition to the OpenDocument format, the redesigned user |
| interface and a new database module, OpenOffice.org 2.0 also adds |
| improved PDF support, a superior spreadsheet module, enhanced desktop |
| integration and several other features that take advantage of its |
| advanced XML capabilities, such as the ability to easily create, edit |
| and use XForms.</p> |
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| <p> For more detailed information regarding OpenOffice.org 2.0, please refer to the Press Kit at <a href="//press/2.0/index.html" target="_blank">//press/2.0/index.html</a> . </p> |
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| <p class="Header">About OpenOffice.org</p> |
| <p> The OpenOffice.org Project is an international community of |
| volunteers and sponsors including founding sponsor and primary |
| contributor, Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice.org develops, supports, and |
| promotes the open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org. The |
| project can be found at <a href="//">//</a>. |
| OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office |
| Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard and is available on major |
| computing platforms in over 60 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided |
| under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL). </p> |
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| <p class="Header">Press Contacts </p> |
| <p> Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00)<br> |
| OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead<br> |
| jacqueline@decisions-and-designs.com.au<br> |
| +61 (8) 9474-3021</p> |
| <p>John McCreesh (UTC +00h00)<br> |
| OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead<br> |
| jpmcc@openoffice.org<br> |
| +44 7 810 278 540</p> |
| <p>Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00) <br> |
| OpenOffice.org Community Manager<br> |
| louis@collab.net<br> |
| +1 (416) 625 3843</p> |
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| <p class="Header">Worldwide Marketing Contacts</p> |
| <p> <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html%20">http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html </a></p> |
| <p> </p> |
| <p> © 2005 OpenOffice.org </p> |
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