OpenOffice.org made available for free download a third release candidate of Version 2.0 of its popular open-source office suite Friday. The release includes bug fixes only and no new features.

OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be the first stable version of the open-source office suite able to produce the new XML-based standard ODF (OpenDocument format), sanctioned internationally only last May by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards).

It also will feature improved interoperability with Microsoft Word formats and a fully accessible relational database for use with financial applications, Suarez-Potts said. OpenDocument is also supported by Sun Microsystems Inc.’s StarOffice 8, IBM, the KDE Project and Red Hat Inc.

As ususual, instead of manually downloading the latest release, I will wait for it to appear on SUSE repository.

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