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BetaNews | OpenOffice 3.0 beta natively supports Mac OS X
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The latest beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the first to support Mac OS X without the need for X11.

The first alpha edition of OpenOffice 3.0, code-named Aqua, went live just shy of one year ago, and was reported to be extremely buggy. Naturally, however, when an update contains as many broad additions as this release does, a certain level of bugginess is expected, especially considering the nature of the program itself.

Update:
From Ars Tech

Speaking of Mac users, a significant enhancement to OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta is that it now runs on Intel Macs without the need for the X11 Unix environment. Sorry, PowerPC Mac owners—this release is Intel-specific, and not a Universal Binary.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Some of us still have PPC macs. I know we ar a dying breed but can’t we get some love too?

Sun Set To Move On GPL License For Open-Source Java - Sun Microsystems, General Public License, Software - CRN
The company is very close to announcing that it will put the mobile (ME) and standard (SE) editions of the Java platform into the GNU General Public License (GPL), with the Java Enterprise Edition and GlassFish reference implementation (currently open-sourced under Sun’s Common Development and Distribution License, or CDDL) to follow, several industry sources said.

I really am waiting on baited breath for this. Once it goes GPL I can find have NATIVE Java on my FreeBSD box at home without out having to jump through a lot of hoops to to install it.

Dap: osnews

This is a cool idea. Google is offering a “bounty’ of $4500 for students who complete an open source project. The idea is to get new developers thinking about and involved in creating and contributing to the OSS community. (Not to mention it gives them a first look look at new employees. )