Open Office 3 is here

The latest version of Open Office, version 3 is here.. Its free and its odf. I downloaded it today and its much better than 2.4 before. It includes whole gamut of MS Office repalcements

1. Writer word processor
2. Calc spreadsheet
3. Impress presentations program
4. Base database program
5. Math equation editor
6. Draw graphics program

The UI looks great and the documents load much quicker. You can save and edit your documents to MS Office XP/98 formats. It doesnt support the MS Office 07 versions though.. but neighter does older MS Office.. ( how many people use it any way?). Other useful features.. it enables direct export to pdf and also advanced features like mail merge. (Lets see if i can configure it with my thunderbird)

If you want to try it download from the site or the mirror.