The OpenOffice Project has released OpenOffice 1.1.3, an open source office suite for Linux and Windows that saves all its files as zipped XML. I used the previous 1.0 version to write Effective XML. 1.1.3 is exclusively a bug fix release. OpenOffice is dual licensed under the LGPL and Sun Industry Standards Source License.
Community Manager Louis Suarez-Potts also writes, "OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be ready for general use in March 2005. Early versions--pre-Alpha versions--are ready for download now. They are not meant for daily use but are meant to give a taste of things to come. To download the early developer version of OpenOffice.org 2.0, visit our 680 page.