All,

This is Friday 13 October and the day marks two important events: the immediate availability of OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 and our sixth anniversary.

First things first.

OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 is ready for download now. It is a significant release and recommended for all. As with all OpenOffice.org releases, it runs natively on Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X (X11) and many other platforms; and it probably runs in your language. Check with your favourite Native Language Project to see if the application is available today.

New features, bugfixes, and improvements include:

• Enhanced PDF management Direct export to LaTex Nested queries in Base New functionality in Calc and Impress Mac OS X (X11) uses system fonts * And a lot more...

But the most important is our improved use of extensions. We've been very busy here, and have succeeded in making it easier for developers of any level to create extensions (aka "packages") for OpenOffice.org. With 2.0.4, a new door to the future is opened: Developers everywhere are invited to start writing extensions! To learn more, visit our Extensions Project, http:// extensions.openoffice.org/.

Download the application now, start using it immediately, and write extensions tomorrow.

• Download: http://downloads.openoffice.org/2.0.4/index.html * Release Notes: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.0.4.html

And now our anniversary.

Six years ago today, OpenOffice.org was launched as an open-source project. Wikipedia [0] has an excellent timeline, and in the last OOoCon we presented on the State of the Project [1], but the basic fact is that in the last six years we have helped shape a new world. Tens of millions of people use OpenOffice.org daily; governments have or are considering mandating it or its open-standard file format, the OpenDocument format, or ODF; and all have saved hundreds of millions of dollars and taken significant steps to ensuring that data is not lost to proprietary technologies. No small accomplishment.

If you want to participate in this huge and peaceful movement for a better world, join us, spread the word, help us and yourself out.

Build your world with OpenOffice.org.

-The OpenOffice.org Team

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org [1] http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/state_of_the_project_year_6.html

About OpenOffice.org

The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®.

OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 65 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL).

The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor.

Links

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