OpenOffice.org 3..1

OpenOffice.org is both a product and an open-source project. Both have been in existence since October 13, 2000. OpenOffice.org 1.0, the product, was released on April 30, 2002.

OpenOffice.org's Mission Statement is...To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. The OpenOffice.org project is primarily sponsored by Sun Microsystems, which is the primary contributor of code to the Project. Our other major corporate contributors include Novell, RedHat, RedFlag CH2000, IBM, and Google. Additionally over 450,000 people from nearly every curve of the globe have joined this Project with the idea of creating the best possible office suite that all can use. This is the essence of an "open source." community!

"Open source" means that you can contribute to make the product (and Project) better by joining the community.System Requirements for OpenOffice.org on Microsoft Windows

* Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista
* 256 Mbytes RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
* At least 650 Mbytes available disk space for a default install (including a JRE) via download. After installation and deletion of temporary installation files, OpenOffice.org will use approximately 440 Mbytes disk space.
* 1024 x 768 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours