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Target publication date is TDB

Previous edition is here Monday April 21stSee this CouchDB blog post for an example of how these sections are used:  https://blogs.apache.org/couchdbOOo/entry/couchdbapache_openoffice_weekly_news_april_3

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Major Discussions

OpenOffice websites at Apache clear of "heartbleed" issues.

What percentage of Linux downloads would you expect for Apache OpenOffice?

Proposal to drop tar.gz source code distribution and just do .bz2 for Linux users and .zip for Windows

OpenOffice in the News

"Four Months on, I'm still not using Office for Mac", David Braue on ZDNet.com:  "While I initially turned to OpenOffice as a freely available alternative when I couldn't locate my Office for Mac install disks, the reasons I've stayed with it revolve around reliability and compatibility."

"Apache OpenOffice Extensions Site Gets Social!", Roberto Galoppini reports on some exciting updates from SourceForge to the OpenOffice Extensions and Templates website

"The Apache Software Foundation Announces 100 Million Downloads of Apache™ OpenOffice™", on the ASF's official blog.

"Apache OpenOffice hits major 100 million downloads milestone in under 2 years", in PC World.  "Microsoft's Office may be the go-to productivity suite in the business world, but there's apparently plenty of room out there for challengers to thrive: On Thursday, the Apache Software Foundation announced that the Apache OpenOffice suite has been downloaded a whopping 100 million times."

From the social network

I love #openoffice - why didn't I start using this years ago when I wasn't now a 4th year Uni student? Amazing & free program

Andrea Pescetti proposed to persist translations of OpenOffice suite & help(?), even if not %100 complete, at least in minor releases. This would allow continuity, across updates, for users. Voting hasn't occured yet, but... stay tuned.

Hey, we have a refurbished Hebrew site! Any Arabic translators out there, who'd like to use the rtl.css, for an Arabic translation of the site, too?

OpenOffice in the News

"The free office suite with enough to get the job done" is the summary in Eddie Cho's review of Apache OpenOffice on CNet.com.

Events and Conferences

Presentations and videos from FOSDEM 2014 are now available.Slashdot:  Apache OpenOffice Reacher 100 Million Downloads. Now What?

Use Cases, Questions and Answers

New Committers and PMC Members

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Several people reported that their OpenOffice downloads had malware. users & developers supplied a simple answer: "download only from openoffice.org."
Is there any other action we could take?

Community development