OpenOffice.org, with Sun Microsystems as it's primary sponsor and code contributor and with IBM, RedHat, Google and over 400,000 people around the world adding more, has delivered an office suite with everything you would expect with OpenOffice 3. This amazing open source project runs on all major platforms including support for Mac OS X in this latest rendition.

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OpenOffice 2.3 offers a FREE open source alternative to the pricey Microsoft Office Suite. The suite includes word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, vector-graphics, mathematical formula, and a solid database program. It runs on a variety of platforms including Linux, Windows, Solaris, and Mac OS X.