The OpenOffice brand is still so strong, even though the software hasn’t had a significant release for over six years, and is barely being developed or supportedĪs mentioned in the open letter, The Document Foundation highlights the advantages/improvements of LibreOffice over OpenOffice and appeals to Apache OpenOffice that they start recommending their users to try something better (i.e.

…many users don’t know that LibreOffice exists. But, should the Apache Foundation suggest OpenOffice users to try LibreOffice to experience a better or advanced office suite? Very few minor releases have been made, and there have been issues with timely security updates too.įor an average user, if they don’t know about LibreOffice, I would definitely want them to know. That’s right – no significant new features or major updates have arrived in over six years. It has a fascinating history, but since 2014, Apache OpenOffice (its current home) hasn’t had a single major release. OpenOffice(.org) – the “father project” of LibreOffice – was a great office suite, and changed the world. It does not sound promising and that is exactly what The Document Foundation highlights in their open letter: Now that there’s no significant development taking place for OpenOffice, what’s the future of Apache OpenOffice? A fairly active project with no major releases by the largest open source foundation?

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