OpenOffice 3.0 now opens Microsoft Office 2007 files

Sun on Monday unveiled OpenOffice 3.0, the personal productivity suite that's targeted as the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. On Wednesday, the OpenOffice.org site had a notice that read: "our website is struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand for the new release 3.0 of OpenOffice.org. The technical teams are trying to come up with a solution." Among the updates in 3.0 include the ability to open Office 2007 files, according to Domain-b.com, however, some files, such as .docx, .xisx, and .pptx, can only be read. There's also a new version for the Apple Mac that installs and runs like a normal OS X application, writes Domain-b.com.

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