OpenOffice.org 2.0 Delayed Slightly

Iria · Oct 13, 2005, 05:30 PM

OpenOffice.org developers will miss the planned version 2.0 release Thursday, which was to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the open source productivity suite, due to a last-minute bug. Instead, a third release candidate will be made available for final testing.

The bug stemmed from a problem in saving graphical elements in the OpenDocument format that OpenOffice.org uses. OpenDocument is an XML-based royalty free document standard proposed by OASIS, which was recently selected by the state of Massachusetts for government use.
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Oct 13, 2005, 05:30 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	OpenOffice.org 2.0 Delayed Slightly OpenOffice.org developers will miss the planned version 2.0 release Thursday, which was to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the open source productivity suite, due to a last-minute bug. Instead, a third release candidate will be made available for final testing. The bug stemmed from a problem in saving graphical elements in the OpenDocument format that OpenOffice.org uses. OpenDocument is an XML-based royalty free document standard proposed by OASIS, which was recently selected by the state of Massachusetts for government use. ___________ Read More / Source: BetaNews