Sun on Monday unveiled OpenOffice 3.0, the personal productivity suite that’s targeted as the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. On Wednesday, the OpenOffice.org site had a notice that read: “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.” Among the updates in 3.0 include the ability to open Office 2007 files, according to Domain-b.com, however, some files, such as .docx, .xisx, and .pptx, can only be read. There’s also a new version for the Apple Mac that installs and runs like a normal OS X application, writes Domain-b.com.
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