The launch will be celebrated at a party tonight in Paris, which also marks the group's eighth birthday. " 3.0 shows that despite the growth of web applications, when it comes to serious work, desktop-based software reigns supreme for the speed of use and sheer range of features offered," said John McCreesh, marketing project lead. The free software is sometimes seen as going head-to-head against Google's web-based Docs, but stressed the differences between web and desktop-based applications a view echoing Microsoft's own Steve Ballmer earlier this month, when he discussed that firm's soon-to-be-launched web-friendly office suite. This great free Office suite has impressed millions of people who now use it every day. It frees the desktop from vendor lock-in," claimed Louis Surez-Potts, community manager of . Simply download it free of charge and use it for as long as you want. So why not downgrade to the version you love. With 3.0, the application is more interoperable with MS Office, more capable, more extensible. provides free software downloads for old versions of programs, drivers and games. "As government after government, enterprise after enterprise adopt the Open Document Format, they frequently adopt and love it. Supporters of both the Microsoft format and the Open Document Format (ODF) used by have been battling it out at the International Organisation for Standardisation recently, with Microsoft's version being named as a recognised international standard. The 3.0 suite also supports Microsoft's Office Open XML files for the first time.
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