FYI. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Hiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:36 PM
> Dear LUG friends- > > If you would like me to not post this to you, you could reply with a "NO > THANKS" directly back. > > A lot of LUG's I speak with are interested in OpenOffice.org so I wanted > to make sure a) your members were aware of this news; and b) that the > communications channel between LUG's and the OpenOffice.org Community is > valuable to the improvement of the software as well as open...both ways. > > Because there are over 50 LUG's in the NY area (where I am), I haven't > taken the time to become a member of each site, so I'll ask your > forgiveness right off for that. > > Here is the fresh press release which you may post to your mailing lists > if you feel your members are interested. > > Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or interests in > OpenOffice.org. The OOo Community is wide open for communication and > contributions, and we would love to present to your LUG on the OOo > Software Developers Kit (SDK) or using OOo as a front end for the Google > API and other topics that may be of interest to your members. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *********************************************************************** > *********************************************************************** > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES ITS RELEASE OF VERSION 1.1 FINAL > > OpenOffice.org is proud to announce the immediate availability for > download of the new version of its award-winning office suite, > OpenOffice.org 1.1, for Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), Linux (x86 & > PowerPC), and Solaris[tm] Operating System (SPARC platform edition) in > English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese (simplified & > traditional), Korean and Japanese. > > The suite comes complete with word-processor, spreadsheet, presentation > and various other components and provides users with a revolutionary > open, future-proof XML file format. The new release introduces many > enhancements and new features including native one-click PDF (Adobe > Acrobat) export, Macromedia Flash export for presentations and drawings, > faster load-time, enhanced MS Office file compatibility, accessibility > support and an advanced look and feel. > > The suite, according to the terms of its open source licenses (LGPL & > SISSL), is free for all to use, improve, modify, and redistribute to > anyone in unlimited quantity. > > "The release of Version 1.1 of OpenOffice.org is a major achievement for > the OpenOffice.org community," said Curtis Sasaki, vice president of > desktop solutions at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With the successful > inaugural OpenOffice.org conference earlier in the year, the energy in > the community drove many corporate and individual contributors to work > together with Sun to create the most stable and powerful release of the > OpenOffice.org application so far, which is the core of the new > StarOffice 7 Office Suite." > > "New features like the native PDF export and the support for assistive > technologies will accelerate the fast growing, worldwide adoption of > OpenOffice.org, StarOffice as well as more secure, alternative desktop > environments. We've seen community members work for days on end to > create translated versions. This kind of enthusiasm helped to make > OpenOffice.org one of the leading open source projects today," adds > Sasaki. > > The suite and it's source code can be downloaded from > http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/download.html. > > About OpenOffice.org > > OpenOffice.org is the home of the open source project and its community > of developers, users and marketers responsible for the ongoing > development of the OpenOffice.org suite. > > The mission of OpenOffice.org is to create, as a community, the leading > international office suite that will run on all major platforms and > provide access to all functionality and data through open-component > based APIs and an XML-based file format. > > The OpenOffice.org office suite runs on FreeBSD, Windows > (98/ME/2000/XP), Linux (x86 & PowerPC), Mac OS X and the Solaris OS; > while ports for other operating systems and hardware platforms, > including IRIX, HP-UX, Tru64, Linux (Alpha), Linux (ARM), Linux > (Itanium2) and others in various stages of development. > > OpenOffice.org is written in C++ and has documented API's licensed under > the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and Sun Industry Standards > Source License (SISSL) open source licenses. OpenOffice.org has tracked > over 20 million downloads in the life of the project. The founder and > sponsor of the OpenOffice.org project is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun > markets the StarOffice[tm] Office Suite that is based on the > OpenOffice.org code. > > For a more detailed press release and a press kit, please visit > http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/1.1press_release.html. > > > FOR MORE INFORMATION: > > Sam Hiser > OpenOffice.org Marketing Project > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (917) 375-8644 > > Louis Suarez-Potts > OpenOffice.org Community Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (510) 384-3843 > > Erwin Tenhumberg > Product Marketing Manager, Desktop Solutions Group > Sun Microsystems, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************** > ******************************************************************** > > > > -- > Sam Hiser > > Leader, Marketing Project > OpenOffice.org > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************************************* > OpenOffice.org 1.1: > > The world's #1 fastest growing office suite > on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms... > > ...and many languages: > http://l10n.openoffice.org/localization_responsibilities.html > ************************************************************* >
