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The new version 3.1 of the OpenOffice.org suite of open source productivity applicaitons is now available for download. It appears to be a hot download today, too, because I experienced some wait times getting to the OpenOffice site. For this release, users of OpenOffice were asked to vote for their most desired new features, and the wish list helped dictate goals for version 3.1. There are enhanced on-screen graphics and improvements to all the applications in the suite. Here are details on what's under the hood.

The OpenOffice.org 3.0 suite of productivity applications arrives Monday, but, as noted at Download Squad, you can get it today. The OpenOffice team has posted it to a number of mirror sites. The list to check is here.ﾠ As Download Squad notes: Just pick one in your region, navigate to the folder marked 'stable' and grab the appropriate files for your operating system from the '3.0.0' folder. If you want the Windows version and not the Linux version, FileHippo has it available today. Here's more on what's under the hood.

We covered the SourceForge Community Choice Awards announcement in early July, and now the winners have been named. This marks the first year when SourceForge's awards for the best open source projects have been open to all open source projects. OpenOffice is far and away the big winner, but I was pleased to see some lesser known projects get recognition, too. Here, below the fold, are the winners.