Target publication date is Monday April 28th
Previous edition is here: https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_weekly_news_1
Major Discussions
- Marcus has been looking at ways of improving the UI of the download page and has posted a prototype of some changes that make it easier to access different languages and OS versions.
- Juergen has started the vote to release AOO 4.1 RC4. If the vote passes, OpenOffice 4.1 will be released later this week.
- A wide-ranging community discussion on how to make it easier to install OpenOffice on Linux.
OpenOffice in the News
- "Open source Apache Openoffice surpasses 100 million downloads" is the headline in the Inquirer.
- "OpenOffice llega a las 100 millones de descargas" in FayerWayer.com.
- "Can’t Afford Microsoft? Meet Apache OpenOffice", in Small Business Trends. Mark O'Neill writes: "So this version is clearly the leader among open sourced options."
- "Open source productivity suite OpenOffice reaches 100 million downloads in less than two years" by Saroj Kar in SiliconANGLE.
"OpenOffice suite hits 100 million downloads" by Daniel Robinson on V3.co.uk.
"El OpenOffice alcanza las 100 millones de descargas" on Lanacion.com.
"OpenOffice conta cento milioni di download" on ITespresso.com
Use Cases, Questions and Answers
New Committers and PMC Members