For the nine-year growth of OpenOffice to replace the Microsoft Office

eWEEK Labs, said Jason Brooks, Sun Microsystems StarOffice acquisition of the company after 9 years, OpenOffice.org (OOo) plans to launch its version 3.0 release. Enhanced format compatibility and functionality to make OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office of the match.

When Sun Microsystems in 1999 to buy unknown StarOffice suite of office software to quickly and the software code base as open source software, people do not know the controversial plan is full of fantasy can go far As well as the software will be firmly in control of Microsoft Office software market much damage.

Now, 9 years later, Sun is about to release version 3.0 of the scheme. This is the code base around the OpenOfficeorg grew up. Although OOo Firefox browser has not reached that same level of mainstream applications, however, that free office software have helped fuel the file format of the development of standardized state that Microsoft has promoted the development of its first open standard document, And is now ready to Office 2007 in support of the international standards of the OpenDocument format.

Brooks said that he tested OOo 3.0 is nearing completion of the third release candidate version of this software to improve compatibility with Microsoft Office and match the functions of the very satisfied with the progress. He also tested the beta version of StarOffice 9. This is a commercial version of OOo. Sun for the software to provide technical support and intellectual property rights of the exemption clause.