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Open Office 3.0 Launch Crashes Website

Posted 10/15/08 at 09:53:23 AM by Paul Lilly

The open source productivity suite Open Office 3.0 moved from beta form into a final release on Monday but was ill prepared for the demand that would follow. Enough users flocked to OpenOffice.org to crash the website, and two days later the site still remains semi-operational. The main page - the only one that's functioning - is adorned with several download links and the following message:

"Apologies - 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. Thank you for your patience."

The free alternative (retail version runs $70 and includes technical support and intellectual property indemnification) to Microsoft's Office suite is now more compatible with Office, including letting users immediately read documents saved in the .docx, .xlsx, or .pptx formats.

Have you kicked the tires on Open Office 3.0 yet? Hit the jump and give us your impression.

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I love it!
Submitted by Lestaticon on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 1:23pm

I think it's very revealing.

So all the I.T. people are probably finally saying... "ummmmmmmm like.. there's this great product called Open Office .org which I never told you about because you are all mostly morons , but now that there is financial pressure, I can offer this solution."

Maybe our market slowdown is going to get products like OpenOffice.org out the door to more businesses. One way or the other, I think that's great. We really should not have to rely on only Microsoft Office in the workplace.

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