OpenOffice.org is an office suite application is almost identical to Microsoft Office that most of us are familiar with. Earlier this week, it was announced that version 3.0 Release Candidate 2 (Build OOO300_m7) has been released.

In contrast to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice application suite is a free and open productivity suite. There are equivalent applications to Word, Excel and Powerpoint, such as Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw and Base.

The great thing about this software is that it is cross-platform; it is made available in multiple operating systems, such as Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

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OpenOffice 3.0 Release Candidate 2

The news is out, Mozilla has revealed that Firefox 3, the next generation of Mozilla Firefox browser, will be released next Tuesday, June 17th, 2008.

Although some developers and testers have already got their hands on the latest applications, it is still under pre-release milestone stage; that is, it is not yet a production release. By next Tuesday, the full version will be revealed, with several fixes.

Firefox 3 is a result of more than 34 months of active development from thousands of contributions from the community. Remember, the date is June 17, 2008 - the day when Mozilla also attempts to break the world’s record of the highest number of downloads in a single day.