OpenOffice.org Clocks up One Million Downloads

Edinburgh, Scotland (Gawkwire.com) Yesterday, Wednesday 28th., the one hundred millionth person clicked on the Download OpenOffice.org button since version 3.0 of the software was announced just over one year ago. With a follow up 3.1 release in May this year, and a 3.2 release already in the hands of beta testers, the world's leading open-source office productivity suite is continuing to generate enthusiasm among developers and end users alike. The champagne bottles are already being prepared for celebrations at the community's annual conference next week in Orvieto, Italy.

Italo Vignoli, spokesman for the conference organising team, explained the significance of the milestone and the event. "We are delighted to have the global OpenOffice.org community coming to Italy at such a memorable time. Here in Italy we have seen 8 million downloads of the Italian version in the twelve months to October 2009, against less than 7 million new PCs sold in the same period. This proves our market share in the segment of personal productivity office suites is growing strongly and steadily. Users are asking for a personal productivity suite, and we are giving them exactly what they want - without trying to force them to use other products they don't need. Our Conference is open to anyone interested in OpenOffice.org - please come along and join the celebrations".

What makes the statistics impressive is that they only record downloads via the OpenOffice.org website, and exclude for example large numbers of Linux users who generally download software from their own distributor. In addition, many users obtain OpenOffice.org via other mirrors, peer-to-peer networks, CDs, or other media.