FOSS Triumphs again!

Sun Microsystems just released a beta version of Open Office 3!  Yes, you heard me!  The best free office suite in existence is coming out with a new version!  I have been using Open Office for the past year or two, which, at my age, means my entire career as a geek.  In my humble opinion, it is vastly superior in every way possible to Microsoft Office/Works/Word.  It has direct PDF exporting, which is convienient, and a feature that Microsoft Office lacks.  It recently came out with a new version, 2.4, which was improved in several ways, but apparently that was a prelude to an even larger release.  2.4’s biggest new feature was incredibly improved start-up times.  After the initial upload, another windows was opened instantaneously.  I was opening additional pages just for the heck of it, it was so fast.  Plus, the initial start-up time has improved, also.  Apparently, version 3 will include better Microsoft compatibilty, better integration with the Apple systems, and a sleeker interface.  I’d try the beta, but, unfortunately, it is released only for Windows and Mac, although I might try it on my Virtual Windows machine on my main Linux system.

Read the Cnet post here.