OpenOffice 2.4 isn’t even out the door yet and the discussions have already fired up as to what we have to look forward in the next full release. If you’re not familiar with the product, OpenOffice is an open source alternative to Microsoft Office and other solutions that provides cross platform uniformity and essential tools for the average user. Unfortunately, the product doesn’t hold much of a market share and has been left behind due to the XML-based Office 2007 as it can’t read the files without converting and often reformatting their layout.

But OpenOffice 3.0 promises to fix that issue while adding as many of the bells and whistle it can to provide you a similar, if not superior experience to it’s competitors. And don’t forget that it’s free too!

Source: PC World

Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, OpenOffice