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| name = OpenOffice.org | | name = OpenOffice.org | ||
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| screenshot = OOo App Chooser.png | | screenshot = OOo App Chooser.png | ||
| screenshot_alt = The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 | | screenshot_alt = The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 | ||
| caption = The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 | | caption = The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 | ||
| author = | | author = [[Star Division]] (1985–1999) | ||
| developer = [[Sun Microsystems]] (1999–2009)<br />[[Oracle Corporation]] (2010–2011) | | developer = [[Sun Microsystems]] (1999–2009)<br />[[Oracle Corporation]] (2010–2011) | ||
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2002|5|1}}<ref name="release1.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/01/openoffice_suite_goes/|title=OpenOffice suite goes 1.0|date=1 May 2002|first=John|last=Lettice|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|access-date=16 October 2013|archive-date=9 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409222335/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/01/openoffice_suite_goes/|url-status=live}}</ref> | | released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2002|5|1}}<ref name="release1.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/01/openoffice_suite_goes/|title=OpenOffice suite goes 1.0|date=1 May 2002|first=John|last=Lettice|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|access-date=16 October 2013|archive-date=9 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409222335/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/01/openoffice_suite_goes/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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| genre = [[Office suite]] | | genre = [[Office productivity suite]] | ||
| license = [[dual-licensing|Dual-licensed]] under the [[Sun Industry Standards Source License|SISSL]] and [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]] (OpenOffice.org 2 Beta 2 and earlier)<ref name="ooolicensechange">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/license-change.html |title=License Simplification FAQ |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=27 February 2010 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929013430/http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/license-change.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL version 3]] (OpenOffice.org 2 and later)<ref name="License">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/license.html |title=Licenses |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |access-date=21 January 2012 |archive-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225144320/http://www.openoffice.org/license.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| license = [[dual-licensing|Dual-licensed]] under the [[Sun Industry Standards Source License|SISSL]] and | |||
| website = {{URL|https://www.openoffice.org/|openoffice.org}} | | website = {{URL|https://www.openoffice.org/|openoffice.org}} | ||
| standard = [[OpenDocument]] | | standard = [[OpenDocument]] | ||
| replaces = [[StarOffice]] | | replaces = [[StarOffice]] | ||
| replaced_by = [[LibreOffice]]<br />[[Apache OpenOffice]] | | replaced_by = [[LibreOffice]]<br />[[Apache OpenOffice]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''OpenOffice.org''' | '''OpenOffice.org''' is a discontinued [[open-source]] office [[productivity software]] suite. It originated from the proprietary [[StarOffice]], developed by [[StarDivision]], which was acquired by [[Sun Microsystems]] in 1999. Sun open-sourced the software in July 2000 as a free alternative to [[Microsoft Office]],<ref name="ooo-announcement">{{cite web |date=19 July 2000 |title=SUN MICROSYSTEMS OPEN SOURCES STAROFFICE TECHNOLOGY |url=http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114053747/http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |archive-date=14 November 2011 |access-date=19 January 2012 |publisher=Sun Microsystems}}</ref><ref name="ooo1announce" /> and released OpenOffice.org version 1.0 on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0" /> | ||
Following Sun’s acquisition by [[Oracle Corporation]], development of OpenOffice.org slowed and eventually ended.<ref name="oooclosurepr"/> In 2011, Oracle donated the project to the [[Apache Software Foundation]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm|title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache|date=1 June 2011|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929120004/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-gives-openoffice-to-apache/9035|title=Oracle gives OpenOffice to Apache|author=Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols|date=1 June 2011|publisher=ZDnet|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=3 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603145326/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-gives-openoffice-to-apache/9035|url-status=dead}}</ref> which continues it as [[Apache OpenOffice]],<ref name=":0">{{citation|url=http://www.openoffice.org/legacy/thankyou.html|title=Thank you for using OpenOffice.org – now Apache OpenOffice|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010091034/http://www.openoffice.org/legacy/thankyou.html|url-status=live}}</ref> although that project has been largely dormant since 2015. A more actively developed [[Fork (software development)|fork]], [[LibreOffice]], was created in 2010 by members of the OpenOffice.org community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |date=25 October 2014 |title=LibreOffice and OpenOffice: comparing the community health |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-and-OpenOffice-comparing-the-community-health |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=Linux Magazine |archive-date=19 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119164614/http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-and-OpenOffice-comparing-the-community-health |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Jared |date=23 April 2015 |title=OpenOffice development is looking grim as developers flock to LibreOffice |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2913764/openoffice-development-is-looking-grim-as-developers-flock-to-libreoffice.html |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=PC World |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820234123/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2913764/openoffice-development-is-looking-grim-as-developers-flock-to-libreoffice.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |date=27 October 2014 |title=LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice: Why LibreOffice Wins – Datamation |url=http://www.datamation.com/open-source/libreoffice-vs.-openoffice-why-libreoffice-wins-1.html |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=Datamation |archive-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917030849/http://www.datamation.com/open-source/libreoffice-vs.-openoffice-why-libreoffice-wins-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
OpenOffice included | OpenOffice included applications for [[Word processor|word processing]] (Writer), [[spreadsheet]]s (Calc), [[Presentation program|presentations]] (Impress), [[Vector graphics editor|vector graphics]] (Draw), [[Relational database management system|database management]] (Base), and [[Formula editor|formula editing]] (Math).<ref name="why1">{{cite web|title=Why OpenOffice.org|url=http://why.openoffice.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104082941/http://www.openoffice.org/why/|archive-date=4 January 2012|publisher=Sun Microsystems, Apache Software Foundation|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Its default [[file format]] was the [[OpenDocument]] Format (ODF), which it [[OpenDocument standardization|originated]]. It could also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org was primarily developed for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], and later for [[OS X]], with [[porting|ports]] to other [[operating system]]s. It was distributed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] version 3 (LGPL); early versions were also available under the [[Sun Industry Standards Source License]] (SISSL). | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
{{see also|StarOffice#History|label 1=History of StarOffice}} | {{see also|StarOffice#History|label 1=History of StarOffice}} | ||
OpenOffice.org originated | OpenOffice.org originated from [[StarOffice]], a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] office productivity software suite developed by German company [[Star Division]] beginning in 1985. In August 1999, Star Division was acquired by [[Sun Microsystems]]<ref name="briefhistory">{{cite web |date=13 October 2010 |title=A Brief History Of OpenOffice.org |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328102035/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |access-date=21 September 2013 |work=OpenOffice.org Wiki |publisher=Oracle Corporation}}</ref><ref name="zdnet34">{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=Paula |title=Apache OpenOffice 3.4 makes official debut; LibreOffice makes its case |publisher=[[ZDnet]] |date=8 May 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508233526/http://www.zdnet.com//blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |archive-date=8 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> for {{US$|59.5 million}} (equivalent to US${{Inflation|index=US|value=59.5|start_year=1999|r=1}}{{Nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|index=US}}), reportedly because the acquisition was less expensive than licensing [[Microsoft Office]] for Sun's 42,000 employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Star-Division-Gründer Marco Börries verlässt Sun Microsystems|url=http://business.chip.de/news/Star-Division-Gruender-Marco-Boerries-verlaesst-Sun-Microsystems_41399961.html|work=Chip Online DE|date=18 January 2001|access-date=21 June 2013|language=de|trans-title=Star Division founder Marco Börries leaves Sun Microsystems|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922204916/http://business.chip.de/news/Star-Division-Gruender-Marco-Boerries-verlaesst-Sun-Microsystems_41399961.html|archive-date=22 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208042359/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-date=8 December 2013|work=The H Open|publisher=Heinz Heise|title=OpenOffice at the crossroads: Every bug is a feature|page=2|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|date=21 June 2010|access-date=20 June 2013|quote=Simon Phipps, now an ex-Sun employee, later claimed that 'The number one reason why Sun bought Star Division in 1999 was because, at the time, Sun had something approaching forty-two thousand employees. Pretty much every one of them had to have both a Unix workstation and a Windows laptop. And it was cheaper to go buy a company that could make a Solaris and Linux desktop productivity suite than it was to buy forty-two thousand licenses from Microsoft.'|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
On 19 July 2000 at [[O'Reilly Open Source Convention | On 19 July 2000, at the [[O'Reilly Open Source Convention]], Sun announced that it would release the StarOffice source code to encourage the development of a free and open-source office suite.<ref name="ooo-announcement" /><ref name="ooo1announce" /><ref name="thonline2011">{{cite web |last=Hillesley |first=Richard |date=6 July 2011 |title=OpenOffice – splits and pirouettes |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000704/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html |archive-date=8 December 2013 |access-date=9 May 2012 |work=The H Online |publisher=Heinz Heise |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The project, officially named OpenOffice.org,<ref name="Sun Systemnews">{{cite web |title=Sun Will Release StarOffice Source Code |url=http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/29/1/news/2477 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031190014/http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/29/1/news/2477 |archive-date=31 October 2004 |access-date=14 January 2012 |work=Sun.systemnews.com |publisher=System News |volume=29 |issue=1}}</ref> with the ".org" added to avoid trademark conflicts, officially released its source code on 13 October 2000. The first public preview, Milestone Build 638c, followed in October 2001 and quickly surpassed one million downloads.<ref>{{cite web |last=Foley |first=Mary Jo |date=13 October 2000 |title=Sun puts StarOffice into open source |url=http://www4.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2640108,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211201100/http://www4.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2640108,00.html |archive-date=11 December 2000 |access-date=15 October 2013 |work=ZDNet News |publisher=ZDNet |df=dmy-all}}</ref> OpenOffice.org 1.0 was officially released on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0" /> | ||
OpenOffice.org became the | OpenOffice.org became the default office suite on many [[Linux distribution|Linux distributions]] and quickly emerged as a significant competitor to Microsoft Office, reportedly achieving 14% penetration in the large enterprise market by 2004.<ref name="Register">{{cite web |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=24 November 2003 |title=MS scorns Israeli OpenOffice defection |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/24/ms_scorns_israeli_openoffice_defection/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003224049/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/24/ms_scorns_israeli_openoffice_defection/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013 |work=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing}}</ref><ref name="Slashdot">{{cite web |date=25 March 2004 |title=Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org |url=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04%2F03%2F25%2F1950234 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075825/https://slashdot.org/story/04/03/25/1950234/why-you-should-choose-ms-office-over-ooorg |archive-date=17 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Slashdot}}</ref><ref name="Techtarget">{{cite web |last=Loftus |first=Jack |date=4 October 2004 |title=Desktop apps ripe turf for open source |url=http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214195107/http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |archive-date=14 December 2005 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com}}</ref> Sun designed the suite’s [[OpenOffice.org XML]] file format, compressed in a [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP archive]], for easier data interchange and machine processing, intending it to replace proprietary binary formats.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 2000 |title=StarOffice XML File Format: Working Draft: Technical Reference Manual: Draft 9 |url=http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110170006/http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2013 |access-date=17 October 2013 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |page=19 |quote=Our goal is twofold: to have a complete specification encompassing all StarOffice components, and to provide an open standard for office documents.}}</ref> In 2002, Sun submitted the format to the [[Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards]] leading to the creation of the [[OpenDocument]] file format standard in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf|title=Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0: OASIS Standard, 1 May 2005|publisher=Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards|date=1 May 2005|access-date=17 October 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190635/https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> which was ratified as [[ISO/IEC 26300]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070208224733/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME|archive-date= 8 February 2007|title= Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0|date= 30 November 2006|access-date= 17 October 2013|publisher= International Organization for Standardization|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> OpenDocument became OpenOffice's default format beginning with version 2.0 and other organisations would [[OpenDocument adoption|adopt the OpenDocument]] format. | ||
Development of OpenOffice was led primarily by Sun, which continued to use the codebase for its proprietary StarOffice suite. Contributors were required to sign a Contributor Agreement granting joint ownership of their code to Sun<ref name="SCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf |title=Licenses – SCA |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=1 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201124940/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> (and later Oracle),<ref name="OCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/oca.pdf |title=Oracle Contributor Agreement |publisher=Oracle Corporation |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233018/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/oca.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> a requirement that generated controversy for years.<ref name="Berlind">{{cite news |last=Berlind |first=David |date=26 April 2005 |title=Is Sun right to insist on copyright transfer? |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-sun-right-to-insist-on-copyright-transfer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502230522/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/is-sun-right-to-insist-on-copyright-transfer/1311 |archive-date=2 May 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013 |work=Between The Lines |publisher=ZDNet}}</ref><ref name="phipps-tippingpoint">{{cite web |last=Phipps |first=Simon |date=3 October 2007 |title=OpenOffice.org Tipping Point? |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/sca_r_office |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081654/https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/sca_r_office |archive-date=8 March 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013 |work=SunMink |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="lwn20110520">{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|title=OpenOffice.org and contributor agreements|work=LWN.net|first=Simon|last=Phipps|author-link=Simon Phipps (programmer)|date=20 May 2011|access-date=16 June 2013|archive-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430141822/http://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|url-status=live}}</ref> A separate [[Public Documentation License]] (PDL) was used for non-code contributions such as documentation.<ref name="PDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/pdl.pdf |title=Public Documentation License |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902232448/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/pdl.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#pdla|title=FAQs: Licensing|date=22 July 2009|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=4 July 2013|archive-date=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528031615/http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#pdla|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Following [[Acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation|Sun’s acquisition]] by [[Oracle Corporation]] in January 2010, development continued under the a new brand, Oracle Open Office.<ref name="oracleopenoffice" /> However, Oracle significantly reduced the number of developers assigned to the project,<ref>{{cite web |last=Dölle |first=Mirko |date=4 November 2010 |title=Die Woche: Bad Company Oracle? |trans-title=The Week: Bad Company Oracle? |url=http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024094250/http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html |archive-date=24 October 2013 |access-date=19 October 2013 |work=Heise Open Source |publisher=Heinz Heise |language=de |quote=Nach der Übernahme von Sun hatte Oracle offenbar etliche Entwickler vom OpenOffice-Projekt abgezogen, was zu empfindlichen Verzögerungen bei der Weiterentwicklung geführt hat. [After the acquisition of Sun, Oracle apparently took several developers off the OpenOffice project, which led to severe delays in development.]}}</ref> and its commitment to the project was widely questioned.<ref>{{cite web |last=Noyes |first=Katherine |date=23 August 2010 |title=Don't Count on Oracle to Keep OpenOffice.org Alive |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100603/http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html |archive-date=18 October 2014 |access-date=12 October 2014 |work=PC World Linux Line |publisher=IDG}}</ref> In September 2010, the majority<ref name="reg20110314">{{cite news |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |date=14 March 2011 |title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME: Fork, yeah: LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607093427/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html |archive-date=7 June 2013 |access-date=30 December 2012 |newspaper=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing |quote=LibreOffice came about last year when the majority of OpenOffice developers, concerned about the future of the project under new owner Oracle, broke away.}}</ref><ref name="ARS02Nov10">{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=2 November 2010 |title=Fork off: mass exodus from OOo as contributors join LibreOffice |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202232505/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/ |archive-date=2 December 2012 |access-date=26 December 2012 |work=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> of community OpenOffice contributors left the project,<ref>{{cite web |date=31 October 2010 |title=[native-lang] Every end is a new beginning |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114195437/http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |archive-date=14 January 2013 |access-date=5 January 2013 |publisher=Mail-archive.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 September 2010 |title=OpenOffice wird zu LibreOffice: Die OpenOffice-Community löst sich von Oracle |trans-title=OpenOffice to LibreOffice: The OpenOffice community dissolves Oracle |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712194501/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html |archive-date=12 July 2013 |access-date=21 June 2013 |work=Heise Online |publisher=Heinz Heise |language=de}}</ref> and formed [[The Document Foundation]] (TDF), citing concerns over Oracle’s management of the project and its broader approach to open-source software.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallen |first=Jack |date=7 September 2010 |title=Could Oracle fracture open source community? |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012759/http://www.zdnet.com/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community-2062202707/ |archive-date=2 May 2014 |access-date=8 October 2013 |work=ZDNet}}</ref><ref name="ARS28Sep10">{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=28 September 2010 |title=Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822102322/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/ |archive-date=22 August 2012 |access-date=26 December 2012 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref> TDF launched a fork called [[LibreOffice]] in January 2011,<ref>{{cite web |author=Florian Effenberger |date=25 January 2011 |title=The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3 |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303000124/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/ |archive-date=3 March 2011 |access-date=16 November 2011 |work=The Document Foundation Blog |publisher=The Document Foundation}}</ref> which was quickly adopted by most Linux distributions.<ref name="debian-lo">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|title=LibreOffice has replaced OpenOffice in Debian|work=Debian wiki|publisher=Debian|date=26 February 2012|access-date=20 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921151847/https://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ubuntu-lo">{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |title=Ubuntu opts for LibreOffice over Oracle's OpenOffice |work=ZDNet |date=23 January 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106191208/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="suse-lo">{{cite news|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=14 March 2011|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|access-date=19 January 2012|archive-date=19 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119234953/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In April 2011, Oracle ceased development of OpenOffice and laid off the remaining team.<ref name="oooclosurepr">{{cite web|url=https://www.oracle.com/lb/corporate/pressrelease/2-7334.html|title=Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-based Project|author=Oracle Corporation|date=15 April 2011|work=press release|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209110154/https://www.oracle.com/lb/corporate/pressrelease/2-7334.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lwn20110520" /><ref name="nww20130904">{{cite web |last=Gold |first=Jon |date=9 April 2013 |title=Open-Xchange takes aim at no less than Microsoft Office, Google Docs |url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502063445/https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html |archive-date=2 May 2013 |access-date=23 June 2013 |work=Network World}}</ref> While Oracle did not publicly state its reasons, speculation ranged from the project's declining community support to commercial considerations.<ref name="lwn20110520" /><ref name="ARS18Apr11">{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=18 April 2011 |title=Oracle gives up on OpenOffice after community forks the project |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421024120/http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |archive-date=21 April 2011 |access-date=19 April 2011 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref> In June 2011, Oracle donated the OpenOffice.org trademarks and codebase to the [[Apache Software Foundation]].<ref name="MW01June">{{Cite news |author=Oracle Corporation |date=June 2011 |title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606030535/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=15 June 2011 |publisher=MarketWire |df=dmy-all}}; [https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution Oracle blog version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081752/https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution|date=8 March 2013}}</ref> The code was relicensed under the [[Apache License]] at the request of [[IBM]], which existing contractual interests in the code and preferred a permissive license.<ref name="thonline2011" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=31 May 2011 |title=What the heck is happening with OpenOffice? (UPDATE) |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002224747/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025 |archive-date=2 October 2012 |access-date=27 December 2012 |work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source |publisher=ZDNet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|title=Symphony is alive and well and living at Apache: Explaining IBM's document strategy|first=Douglas|last=Heintzman|publisher=IBM|work=IBM Software Blog|date=12 March 2012|access-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083420/https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This donation became the foundation for the ongoing [[Apache OpenOffice]] project.<ref name="ApacheOOo">{{cite web |url=http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |title=OpenOffice.org Incubation Status |access-date=18 June 2011 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date=June 2011 |archive-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328062952/http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Governance === | === Governance === | ||
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In October 2014, [[Bruce Byfield]], writing for [[Linux Magazine]], said the project had "all but stalled [possibly] due to IBM's withdrawal from the project."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|date=30 September 2014|title=LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and rumors of unification|work=Linux Pro Magazine|publisher=Linux New Media|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008203914/http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, the project has no release manager,<ref>[https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html Retirement announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328195545/https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html |date=28 March 2022 }}, October 2014; [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 note of position still being unfilled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204195222/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 |date=4 February 2017 }}, March 2015</ref> and itself reports a lack of volunteer involvement and code contributions.<ref name="ASF Board minutes January 2015">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=21 January 2015|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620113743/http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> After ongoing problems with unfixed [[computer security|security]] [[Vulnerability (computing)|vulnerabilities]] from 2015 onward,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|title=Apache OpenOffice and CVE-2016-1513|date=27 July 2016|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=[[LWN.net]]|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901144206/http://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="asfboard201701">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|title=Board of Directors Meeting Minutes|date=18 January 2017|publisher=Apache Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162204/https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=18 April 2017|quote=There will be at least one security fix in the under-development release 4.1.4.}}</ref><ref name="regfeb2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|title=LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn't|last=Claburn|first=Thomas|date=4 February 2019|work=The Register|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192327/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|url-status=live}}</ref> in September 2016 the project started discussions on possibly retiring AOO.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|title=Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice|work=[[LWN.net]]|date=2 September 2016|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-date=3 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903175541/https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|url-status=live}}</ref> | In October 2014, [[Bruce Byfield]], writing for [[Linux Magazine]], said the project had "all but stalled [possibly] due to IBM's withdrawal from the project."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|date=30 September 2014|title=LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and rumors of unification|work=Linux Pro Magazine|publisher=Linux New Media|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008203914/http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, the project has no release manager,<ref>[https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html Retirement announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328195545/https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html |date=28 March 2022 }}, October 2014; [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 note of position still being unfilled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204195222/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 |date=4 February 2017 }}, March 2015</ref> and itself reports a lack of volunteer involvement and code contributions.<ref name="ASF Board minutes January 2015">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=21 January 2015|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620113743/http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> After ongoing problems with unfixed [[computer security|security]] [[Vulnerability (computing)|vulnerabilities]] from 2015 onward,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|title=Apache OpenOffice and CVE-2016-1513|date=27 July 2016|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=[[LWN.net]]|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901144206/http://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="asfboard201701">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|title=Board of Directors Meeting Minutes|date=18 January 2017|publisher=Apache Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162204/https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=18 April 2017|quote=There will be at least one security fix in the under-development release 4.1.4.}}</ref><ref name="regfeb2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|title=LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn't|last=Claburn|first=Thomas|date=4 February 2019|work=The Register|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192327/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|url-status=live}}</ref> in September 2016 the project started discussions on possibly retiring AOO.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|title=Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice|work=[[LWN.net]]|date=2 September 2016|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-date=3 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903175541/https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==== LibreOffice ==== | ==== LibreOffice ==== | ||
{{main|LibreOffice}} | {{main|LibreOffice}} | ||
Sun had stated in the original OpenOffice.org announcement in 2000 that the project would be run by a neutral foundation,<ref name="ooo-announcement"/> and put forward a more detailed proposal in 2001.<ref name="ooofoundation">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|title=The OpenOffice.org Foundation|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=4 November 2001|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102841/http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There were many calls to put this into effect over the ensuing years.<ref name="lwngooo"/><ref name="ooo2008stats"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|title=Why is OpenOffice "profoundly sick"?|first=Matt|last=Asay|work=The Open Road|publisher=CNet|date=30 December 2008|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054113/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Neary|url=http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|title=OpenOffice.org – a candidate for a 501(c)6?|work=Safe as Milk|publisher=Blogs.gnome.org|date=29 April 2008|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=1 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501123533/http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 September 2010, in frustration at years of perceived neglect of the codebase and community by Sun and then Oracle,<ref name=webwereld20100930/> members of the OpenOffice.org community announced a non-profit called The Document Foundation and a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice. Go-oo improvements were merged, and that project was retired in favour of LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation |date=28 September 2010 |first=Jake |last=Edge |publisher=Linux Weekly News |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121520/https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The goal was to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.<ref name="tdfcontact" /> | Sun had stated in the original OpenOffice.org announcement in 2000 that the project would be run by a neutral foundation,<ref name="ooo-announcement"/> and put forward a more detailed proposal in 2001.<ref name="ooofoundation">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|title=The OpenOffice.org Foundation|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=4 November 2001|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102841/http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There were many calls to put this into effect over the ensuing years.<ref name="lwngooo">{{cite news |last=Edge |first=Jake |date=15 October 2008 |title=OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/303009/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421005310/http://lwn.net/Articles/303009/ |archive-date=21 April 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013 |work=LWN.net}}</ref><ref name="ooo2008stats"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|title=Why is OpenOffice "profoundly sick"?|first=Matt|last=Asay|work=The Open Road|publisher=CNet|date=30 December 2008|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054113/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Neary|url=http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|title=OpenOffice.org – a candidate for a 501(c)6?|work=Safe as Milk|publisher=Blogs.gnome.org|date=29 April 2008|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=1 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501123533/http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 September 2010, in frustration at years of perceived neglect of the codebase and community by Sun and then Oracle,<ref name=webwereld20100930/> members of the OpenOffice.org community announced a non-profit called The Document Foundation and a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice. Go-oo improvements were merged, and that project was retired in favour of LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation |date=28 September 2010 |first=Jake |last=Edge |publisher=Linux Weekly News |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121520/https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The goal was to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.<ref name="tdfcontact" /> | ||
Oracle was invited to become a member of the Document Foundation and was asked to donate the OpenOffice.org brand.<ref name="tdfcontact">{{cite web|url=http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|title=OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation|access-date=31 December 2012|date=28 September 2010|publisher=The Document Foundation|archive-date=30 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930085933/http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=OpenOffice.org developers move to break ties with Oracle|publisher=Computerworld|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188338/OpenOffice.org_developers_move_to_break_ties_with_Oracle|first=Jeremy|last=Kirk|date=28 September 2010|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075827/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2516107/update--openoffice-org-developers-move-to-break-ties-with-oracle.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Oracle instead demanded that all members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018/> leaving the Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019/> | Oracle was invited to become a member of the Document Foundation and was asked to donate the OpenOffice.org brand.<ref name="tdfcontact">{{cite web|url=http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|title=OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation|access-date=31 December 2012|date=28 September 2010|publisher=The Document Foundation|archive-date=30 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930085933/http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=OpenOffice.org developers move to break ties with Oracle|publisher=Computerworld|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188338/OpenOffice.org_developers_move_to_break_ties_with_Oracle|first=Jeremy|last=Kirk|date=28 September 2010|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075827/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2516107/update--openoffice-org-developers-move-to-break-ties-with-oracle.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Oracle instead demanded that all members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018/> leaving the Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019/> | ||
Most Linux distributions promptly replaced OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice;<ref name="nww20120525" | Most Linux distributions promptly replaced OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice;<ref name="nww20120525">{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Jon |date=25 May 2012 |title=Most OpenOffice users run Windows |url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618030001/https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html |archive-date=18 June 2013 |access-date=27 December 2012 |work=Network World}}</ref><ref name="debian-lo"/><ref name="ubuntu-lo"/><ref name="suse-lo"/> [[Oracle Linux]] 6 also features LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice.org or Apache OpenOffice.<ref name="techrepublic-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|title=Open-source development: The history of OpenOffice shows why licensing matters|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|work=TechRepublic|date=2 October 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516014231/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="derstandard-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|title=Ironie: Oracle liefert nun LibreOffice aus|language=de|trans-title=Irony: Oracle now provides LibreOffice|work=derStandard.at|date=22 July 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055001/http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|title=Oracle Linux 6.3 Release Notes|publisher=Oracle Corporation|date=June 2012|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=18 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118031550/https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The project rapidly accumulated developers, development effort<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |title=The Document Foundation celebrates its first anniversary |first=Italo |last=Vignoli |work=The Document Foundation Blog |publisher=[[The Document Foundation]] |date=28 September 2011 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001154739/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3095 |title=Viva la LibreOffice! |access-date=28 September 2010 |first=Kerry |last=Adorno |date=28 September 2010 |work=Novell News |publisher=[[Novell]] |quote=Novell, Google, Red Hat, Canonical, and others are pleased to work with The Document Foundation to help make LibreOffice the best office productivity suite on the market. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415090729/http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3095 |archive-date=15 April 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Canonical-unterstuetzt-LibreOffice-1194699.html|title=Canonical unterstützt LibreOffice|language=de|trans-title=Canonical supports LibreOffice|work=Heise Open Source|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=22 February 2011|access-date=21 June 2013|quote=Das Unternehmen hinter Ubuntu bezahlt mit Björn Michaelsen einen Entwickler, der vollzeit an der freien Bürosuite arbeiten soll. [The company behind Ubuntu pays a developer, Björn Michaelsen, to work full-time on the free office suite.]|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615152949/http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Canonical-unterstuetzt-LibreOffice-1194699.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and added features,<ref name="ostatic20120426">{{cite news|url=http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-lagging-behind-libreoffice-in-features|title=Apache OpenOffice Lagging Behind LibreOffice in Features|work=Ostatic|first=Susan|last=Linton|date=26 April 2012|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=27 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527104344/http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-lagging-behind-libreoffice-in-features|url-status=live}}</ref> the majority of outside OpenOffice.org developers having moved to LibreOffice.<ref name=reg20110314/><ref name="ARS02Nov10"/><ref name="ARS28Sep10"/> In March 2015, an [[LWN.net]] development comparison of LibreOffice with Apache OpenOffice concluded that "LibreOffice has won the battle for developer participation".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |title=Development activity in LibreOffice and OpenOffice |access-date=20 June 2015 |author=Jonathan Corbet |date=15 March 2015 |work=LWN.net |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930063841/https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
[[Collabora Online]] is a version of LibreOffice with a web interface and real-time collaborative editing. It is developed by [[Collabora|Collabora Productivity]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collabora Online in Nextcloud |url=https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204234805/https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/ |archive-date=4 February 2017 |access-date=2021-01-20 |website=NextCloud |quote=Collabora Online is a powerful LibreOffice-based online office suite with collaborative editing, which supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats and works in all modern browsers}}</ref> Collabora Online also has local client applications for Android, Chromebooks, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac and Windows. | |||
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The ooo-build [[Patch (computing)|patch]] set was started at [[Ximian]] in 2002, because Sun was slow to accept outside work on OpenOffice.org, even from corporate partners, and to make the build process easier on Linux. It tracked the main line of development and was not intended to constitute a fork.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |title=About ooo-build |publisher=[[Ximian]] |date=18 October 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410080023/http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |archive-date=10 April 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Most Linux distributions used,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|title=Meek not geek - Interview with Michael Meeks of OpenOffice.org|work=Tux Deluxe|first=Daniel|last=James|date=7 May 2007|access-date=1 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929232956/http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and worked together on,<ref>{{cite conference |last=Meeks |first=Michael |editor-last=Lockhart |editor-first=John W. |date=21–24 July 2004 |title=The World of OpenOffice |conference=Linux Symposium 2004 |conference-url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/ |book-title=Proceedings of the Linux Symposium |location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=2 |pages=361–366 |url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |access-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012130/http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> ooo-build. | The ooo-build [[Patch (computing)|patch]] set was started at [[Ximian]] in 2002, because Sun was slow to accept outside work on OpenOffice.org, even from corporate partners, and to make the build process easier on Linux. It tracked the main line of development and was not intended to constitute a fork.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |title=About ooo-build |publisher=[[Ximian]] |date=18 October 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410080023/http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |archive-date=10 April 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Most Linux distributions used,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|title=Meek not geek - Interview with Michael Meeks of OpenOffice.org|work=Tux Deluxe|first=Daniel|last=James|date=7 May 2007|access-date=1 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929232956/http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and worked together on,<ref>{{cite conference |last=Meeks |first=Michael |editor-last=Lockhart |editor-first=John W. |date=21–24 July 2004 |title=The World of OpenOffice |conference=Linux Symposium 2004 |conference-url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/ |book-title=Proceedings of the Linux Symposium |location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=2 |pages=361–366 |url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |access-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012130/http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> ooo-build. | ||
Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for a number of years<ref name="ooo2008stats">{{cite web |url=http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |first=Michael |last=Meeks |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |title=Measuring the true success of OpenOffice.org |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=10 October 2008 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202050329/http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and some developers were unwilling to assign copyright in their work to Sun,<ref name=calcsolver/> particularly given the deal between Sun and IBM to license the code outside the LGPL.<ref name=lwn20110520/> On 2 October 2007, [[Novell]] announced that ooo-build would be available as a software package called Go-oo, not merely a patch set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |title=2007-10-02: Tuesday |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506095725/http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (The go-oo.org [[domain name]] had been in use by ooo-build as early as 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|title=ooo-build 1.3.8 Announced|first=Michael|last=Meeks|work=LWN.net|date=28 January 2005|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231252/http://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|url-status=live}}</ref>) Sun reacted negatively, with [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]] of Sun terming it "a hostile and competitive fork".<ref name="lwngooo"/> Many [[free software]] advocates worried that Go-oo was a Novell effort to incorporate [[Microsoft]] technologies, such as Office Open XML, that might be vulnerable to [[software patent|patent]] claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073107/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-date=23 March 2009|date=7 January 2009|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|title=OpenOffice.org vs. Go-OO: Cutting through the Gordian Knot|work=Datamation|access-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, the office suite branded "OpenOffice.org" in most Linux distributions, having previously been ooo-build, soon in fact became Go-oo.<ref name="go-oo-download">{{cite web |url=http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803034339/http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-date=3 August 2010 |title=Download Go-OO!: Other derivatives |publisher=Go-oo.org |access-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): "Include go-oo in Ubuntu"|work=Launchpad.net|publisher=[[Canonical Ltd.]]|access-date=28 January 2009|archive-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501012532/https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="linux.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |title=Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used |first=Federico |last=Kereki |publisher=Linux.com |date=4 December 2008 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192845/http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |url-status=live }}</ref> | Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for a number of years<ref name="ooo2008stats">{{cite web |url=http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |first=Michael |last=Meeks |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |title=Measuring the true success of OpenOffice.org |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=10 October 2008 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202050329/http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and some developers were unwilling to assign copyright in their work to Sun,<ref name="calcsolver">{{cite web |last=Yoshida |first=Kohei |date=2 October 2007 |title=History of Calc Solver |url=http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118060456/http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/ |archive-date=18 January 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013 |work=Roundtrip to Shanghai via Tokyo}}</ref> particularly given the deal between Sun and IBM to license the code outside the LGPL.<ref name=lwn20110520/> On 2 October 2007, [[Novell]] announced that ooo-build would be available as a software package called Go-oo, not merely a patch set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |title=2007-10-02: Tuesday |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506095725/http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (The go-oo.org [[domain name]] had been in use by ooo-build as early as 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|title=ooo-build 1.3.8 Announced|first=Michael|last=Meeks|work=LWN.net|date=28 January 2005|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231252/http://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|url-status=live}}</ref>) Sun reacted negatively, with [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]] of Sun terming it "a hostile and competitive fork".<ref name="lwngooo"/> Many [[free software]] advocates worried that Go-oo was a Novell effort to incorporate [[Microsoft]] technologies, such as Office Open XML, that might be vulnerable to [[software patent|patent]] claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073107/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-date=23 March 2009|date=7 January 2009|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|title=OpenOffice.org vs. Go-OO: Cutting through the Gordian Knot|work=Datamation|access-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, the office suite branded "OpenOffice.org" in most Linux distributions, having previously been ooo-build, soon in fact became Go-oo.<ref name="go-oo-download">{{cite web |url=http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803034339/http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-date=3 August 2010 |title=Download Go-OO!: Other derivatives |publisher=Go-oo.org |access-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): "Include go-oo in Ubuntu"|work=Launchpad.net|publisher=[[Canonical Ltd.]]|access-date=28 January 2009|archive-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501012532/https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="linux.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |title=Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used |first=Federico |last=Kereki |publisher=Linux.com |date=4 December 2008 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192845/http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000702/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-date = 8 December 2013|title = Healthcheck: OpenOffice: Calling a cat a dog|page = 4|first = Richard|last = Hillesley|work = The H Open|date = 29 January 2009|access-date = 26 June 2013|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> When LibreOffice forked, Go-oo was deprecated in favour of that project. | Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000702/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-date = 8 December 2013|title = Healthcheck: OpenOffice: Calling a cat a dog|page = 4|first = Richard|last = Hillesley|work = The H Open|date = 29 January 2009|access-date = 26 June 2013|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> When LibreOffice forked, Go-oo was deprecated in favour of that project. | ||
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OpenOffice.org is a discontinued open-source office productivity software suite. It originated from the proprietary StarOffice, developed by StarDivision, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. Sun open-sourced the software in July 2000 as a free alternative to Microsoft Office,[1][2] and released OpenOffice.org version 1.0 on 1 May 2002.[3]
Following Sun’s acquisition by Oracle Corporation, development of OpenOffice.org slowed and eventually ended.[4] In 2011, Oracle donated the project to the Apache Software Foundation,[5][6] which continues it as Apache OpenOffice,[7] although that project has been largely dormant since 2015. A more actively developed fork, LibreOffice, was created in 2010 by members of the OpenOffice.org community.[8][9][10]
OpenOffice included applications for word processing (Writer), spreadsheets (Calc), presentations (Impress), vector graphics (Draw), database management (Base), and formula editing (Math).[11] Its default file format was the OpenDocument Format (ODF), which it originated. It could also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org was primarily developed for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Solaris, and later for OS X, with ports to other operating systems. It was distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 (LGPL); early versions were also available under the Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL).
History
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". OpenOffice.org originated from StarOffice, a proprietary office productivity software suite developed by German company Star Division beginning in 1985. In August 1999, Star Division was acquired by Sun Microsystems[12][13] for Template:US$ (equivalent to US$Template:InflationTemplate:Nbspmillion in Template:Inflation/year), reportedly because the acquisition was less expensive than licensing Microsoft Office for Sun's 42,000 employees.[14][15]
On 19 July 2000, at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Sun announced that it would release the StarOffice source code to encourage the development of a free and open-source office suite.[1][2][16] The project, officially named OpenOffice.org,[17] with the ".org" added to avoid trademark conflicts, officially released its source code on 13 October 2000. The first public preview, Milestone Build 638c, followed in October 2001 and quickly surpassed one million downloads.[18] OpenOffice.org 1.0 was officially released on 1 May 2002.[3]
OpenOffice.org became the default office suite on many Linux distributions and quickly emerged as a significant competitor to Microsoft Office, reportedly achieving 14% penetration in the large enterprise market by 2004.[19][20][21] Sun designed the suite’s OpenOffice.org XML file format, compressed in a ZIP archive, for easier data interchange and machine processing, intending it to replace proprietary binary formats.[22] In 2002, Sun submitted the format to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards leading to the creation of the OpenDocument file format standard in 2005,[23] which was ratified as ISO/IEC 26300 in 2006.[24] OpenDocument became OpenOffice's default format beginning with version 2.0 and other organisations would adopt the OpenDocument format.
Development of OpenOffice was led primarily by Sun, which continued to use the codebase for its proprietary StarOffice suite. Contributors were required to sign a Contributor Agreement granting joint ownership of their code to Sun[25] (and later Oracle),[26] a requirement that generated controversy for years.[27][28][29] A separate Public Documentation License (PDL) was used for non-code contributions such as documentation.[30][31]
Following Sun’s acquisition by Oracle Corporation in January 2010, development continued under the a new brand, Oracle Open Office.[32] However, Oracle significantly reduced the number of developers assigned to the project,[33] and its commitment to the project was widely questioned.[34] In September 2010, the majority[35][36] of community OpenOffice contributors left the project,[37][38] and formed The Document Foundation (TDF), citing concerns over Oracle’s management of the project and its broader approach to open-source software.[39][40] TDF launched a fork called LibreOffice in January 2011,[41] which was quickly adopted by most Linux distributions.[42][43][44]
In April 2011, Oracle ceased development of OpenOffice and laid off the remaining team.[4][29][45] While Oracle did not publicly state its reasons, speculation ranged from the project's declining community support to commercial considerations.[29][46] In June 2011, Oracle donated the OpenOffice.org trademarks and codebase to the Apache Software Foundation.[47] The code was relicensed under the Apache License at the request of IBM, which existing contractual interests in the code and preferred a permissive license.[16][48][49] This donation became the foundation for the ongoing Apache OpenOffice project.[50]
Governance
During Sun's sponsorship, the OpenOffice.org project was governed by the Community Council, comprising OpenOffice.org community members. The Community Council suggested project goals and coordinated with producers of derivatives on long-term development planning issues.[51][52][53]
Both Sun and Oracle are claimed to have made decisions without consulting the Council or in contravention to the council's recommendations,[54][55] leading to the majority of outside developers leaving for LibreOffice.[40] Oracle demanded in October 2010 that all Council members involved with the Document Foundation step down,[56] leaving the Community Council composed only of Oracle employees.[57]
Naming
The project and software were informally referred to as OpenOffice since the Sun release, but since this term is a trademark held by Open Office Automatisering in Benelux since 1999,[58][59] OpenOffice.org was its formal name.[60]
Due to a similar trademark issue (a Rio de Janeiro company that owned that trademark in Brazil), the Brazilian Portuguese version of the suite was distributed under the name BrOffice.org from 2004, with BrOffice.Org being the name of the associated local nonprofit from 2006.[61] (BrOffice.org moved to LibreOffice in December 2010.[62])
Features
OpenOffice.org 1.0 was launched under the following mission statement:[2]
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The mission of OpenOffice.org is to create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.
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Components
| Icon | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OOo 3 Writer icon | Writer | A word processor analogous to Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. |
| OOo 3 Calc icon | Calc | A spreadsheet analogous to Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3. |
| OOo 3 Impress icon | Impress | A presentation program analogous to Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote. Impress could export presentations to Adobe Flash (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. Presentation templates were available on the OpenOffice.org website.[63][64] |
| OOo 3 Draw icon | Draw | A vector graphics editor comparable in features to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office. |
| OOo 3 Math icon | Math | A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas, analogous to Microsoft Equation Editor. Formulas could be embedded inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer. |
| OOo 3 Base icon | Base | A database management program analogous to Microsoft Access. Base could function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), ODBC data sources, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Base became part of the suite starting with version 2.0. HSQL was the included database engine. From version 2.3, Base offered report generation via Pentaho. |
The suite contained no personal information manager, email client or calendar application analogous to Microsoft Outlook, despite one having been present in StarOffice 5.2. Such functionality was frequently requested.[65] The OpenOffice.org Groupware project, intended to replace Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server, spun off in 2003 as OpenGroupware.org,[66] which is now SOGo. The project considered bundling Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning for OpenOffice.org 3.0.[65]
Supported operating systems
The last version, 3.4 Beta 1, was available for IA-32 versions of Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later, Linux (IA-32 and x64), Solaris and OS X 10.4 or later, and the SPARC version of Solaris.[67][68]
The latest versions of OpenOffice.org on other operating systems were:[69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76]
- IRIX (MIPS IV): v1.0.3[77]
- Linux 2.2: v2.x
- Linux 2.4: v3.3.x
- Mac OS X v10.2: v1.1.2
- Mac OS X v10.3: v2.1
- Mac OS X v10.4-Mac OS X v10.6: v4.0
- Windows 95: v1.1.5
- Windows NT 4.0 SP6: v1.1.x
- Windows 98 and Windows ME: v2.4.3[78]
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later: v3.3.x
- Solaris 7: 1.0.x
- Solaris 8, Solaris 9: v2.x
- Solaris 10: v3.4 Beta 1
Fonts
OpenOffice.org included OpenSymbol, DejaVu,[79] the Liberation fonts (from 2.4) and the Gentium fonts (from 3.2).[80][81][82] Versions up to 2.3 included the Bitstream Vera fonts.[79][83] OpenOffice.org also used the default fonts of the running operating system.
Fontwork is a feature that allows users to create stylized text with special effects differing from ordinary text with the added features of gradient colour fills, shaping, letter height, and character spacing. It is similar to WordArt used by Microsoft Word. When OpenOffice.org saved documents in Microsoft Office file format, all Fontwork was converted into WordArt.[84][85]
Extensions
From version 2.0.4, OpenOffice.org supported third-party extensions.[86] As of April 2011, the OpenOffice Extension Repository listed more than 650 extensions.[87] Another list was maintained by the Free Software Foundation.[88][89]
OpenOffice Basic
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OpenOffice.org included OpenOffice Basic, a programming language similar to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). OpenOffice Basic was available in Writer, Calc and Base.[90] OpenOffice.org also had some Microsoft VBA macro support.
Connectivity
OpenOffice.org could interact with databases (local or remote) using ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) or SDBC (StarOffice Database Connectivity).[91]
File formats
From Version 2.0 onward, OpenOffice.org used ISO/IEC 26300:2006[92] OpenDocument as its native format. Versions 2.0–2.3.0 default to the ODF 1.0 file format; versions 2.3.1–2.4.3 default to ODF 1.1; versions 3.0 onward default to ODF 1.2.
OpenOffice.org 1 used OpenOffice.org XML as its native format. This was contributed to OASIS and OpenDocument was developed from it.[93]
OpenOffice.org also claimed support for the following formats:[94][95]
| Format | Extension | Reading | Writing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenOffice.org XML | SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI, SXD, STD, SXM | Yes | Yes | native up to 1.x |
| Microsoft Word for Windows 2 | DOC, DOT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Word 6.0/95 | DOC, DOT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Word 97–2003 | DOC, DOT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Word 2003 XML (WordprocessingML) | XML | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Excel 4/5/95 | XLS, XLW, XLT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Excel 97–2003 | XLS, XLW, XLT | Yes | Yes | |
| DocBook | XML | Yes | Yes | since 1.1 |
| WordPerfect | WPD | Yes | ||
| WordPerfect Suite 2000/Office 1.0 | WPS | Yes | ||
| StarOffice StarWriter 3/4/5 | SDW, SGL, VOR | Yes | Yes | |
| Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 | JTD, JTT | Yes | ||
| ApportisDoc (Palm) | PDB | Yes | Yes | Requires Java |
| Hangul WP 97 | HWP | Yes | ||
| Microsoft Pocket Word | PSW | Yes | Yes | Requires Java |
| Microsoft Pocket Excel | PXL | Yes | Yes | Requires Java |
| Microsoft RTF | RTF | Yes | Yes | "you are likely to experience loss of formatting and images"[95] |
| Plain text | TXT | Yes | Yes | various encodings supported |
| Portable Document Format | Yes | Yes | Export from 1.1;[96] PDF/A-1a (ISO 19005-1) export from 2.4;[83][97] some readable in Impress | |
| Comma-separated values | CSV, TXT | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Excel 2003 XML | XML | Yes | Yes | |
| Lotus 1-2-3 | WK1, WKS, 123 | Yes | ||
| Data Interchange Format | DIF | Yes | Yes | |
| StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5 | SDC, VOR | Yes | Yes | |
| dBase | DBF | Yes | Yes | |
| SYLK | SLK | Yes | Yes | |
| HTML | HTML, HTM | Yes | Yes | |
| Quattro Pro 6.0 | WB2 | Yes | ||
| Microsoft PowerPoint 97–2003 | PPT, PPS, POT | Yes | Yes | |
| StarOffice StarDraw/StarImpress | SDA, SDD, SDP, VOR | Yes | Yes | |
| Computer Graphics Metafile | CGM | Yes | Binary-encoded only; not those using clear-text or character based encoding | |
| StarOffice StarMath | SXM | Yes | Yes | |
| MathML | MML | Yes | ||
| BMP file format | BMP | Yes | Yes | |
| JPEG | JPG, JPEG | Yes | Yes | |
| PCX | PCX | Yes | ||
| Photoshop | PSD | Yes | ||
| SGV | SGV | Yes | ||
| Windows Metafile | WMF | Yes | Yes | |
| AutoCAD DXF | DXF | Yes | ||
| MET | MET | Yes | Yes | |
| Netpbm format | PGM, PBM, PPM | Yes | Yes | |
| SunOS Raster | RAS | Yes | Yes | |
| SVM | SVM | Yes | Yes | |
| X BitMap | XBM | Yes | ||
| Enhanced Metafile | EMF | Yes | Yes | |
| HPGL plotting file | PLT | Yes | ||
| SDA | SDA | Yes | ||
| Truevision TGA (Targa) | TGA | Yes | ||
| X PixMap | XPM | Yes | Yes | |
| Encapsulated PostScript | EPS | Yes | Yes | |
| PCD | PCD | Yes | ||
| Portable Network Graphics | PNG | Yes | Yes | |
| SDD | SDD | Yes | ||
| Tag Image File Format | TIF, TIFF | Yes | Yes | |
| Graphics Interchange Format | GIF | Yes | Yes | |
| PCT | PCT | Yes | Yes | |
| SGF | SGF | Yes | ||
| Adobe Flash | SWF | Yes | Export from Impress | |
| Scalable Vector Graphics | SVG | Yes | Export from Draw | |
| Software602 (T602) | 602, TXT | Yes | ||
| Uniform Office Format | UOF, UOT, UOS, UOP | Yes | Yes | since 3.0 |
| Microsoft Office 2007 Office Open XML | DOCX, XLSX, PPTX | Yes | read since 3.0;[98] writing only in derivatives descended via go-oo |
Development
OpenOffice.org converted all external formats to and from an internal XML representation.
The OpenOffice.org API was based on a component technology known as Universal Network Objects (UNO). It consisted of a wide range of interfaces defined in a CORBA-like interface description language.
Native desktop integration
OpenOffice.org 1.0 was criticized for not having the look and feel of applications developed natively for the platforms on which it runs. Starting with version 2.0, OpenOffice.org used native widget toolkit, icons, and font-rendering libraries on GNOME, KDE and Windows.[99][100][101]
The issue had been particularly pronounced on Mac OS X. Early versions of OpenOffice.org required the installation of X11.app or XDarwin (though the NeoOffice port supplied a native interface). Versions since 3.0 ran natively using Apple's Aqua GUI.[102]
Use of Java
Although originally written in C++, OpenOffice.org became increasingly reliant on the Java Runtime Environment, even including a bundled JVM.[103] OpenOffice.org was criticized by the Free Software Foundation for its increasing dependency on Java, which was not free software.[104]
The issue came to the fore in May 2005, when Richard Stallman appeared to call for a fork of the application in a posting on the Free Software Foundation website.[104] OpenOffice.org adopted a development guideline that future versions of OpenOffice.org would run on free implementations of Java and fixed the issues which previously prevented OpenOffice.org 2.0 from using free-software Java implementations.[105]
On 13 November 2006, Sun committed to releasing Java under the GNU General Public License[106] and had released a free software Java, OpenJDK, by May 2007.
Security
In 2006, Lt. Col. Eric Filiol of the Laboratoire de Virologie et de Cryptologie de l'ESAT demonstrated security weaknesses, in particular within macros.[107][108][109] In 2006, Kaspersky Lab demonstrated a proof of concept virus, "Stardust", for OpenOffice.org.[110] This showed OpenOffice.org viruses are possible, but there is no known virus "in the wild".
As of October 2011, Secunia reported no known unpatched security flaws for the software.[111] A vulnerability in the inherited OpenOffice.org codebase was found and fixed in LibreOffice in October 2011[112] and Apache OpenOffice in May 2012.[113]
Version history
| Version | Release date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Build 638c | 2001–10[12] | The first public milestone release. |
| 1.0 | 2002-05-01[3] | First official release. |
| 1.0.3.1 | 2003–04[12] | Last version officially supporting Windows 95. |
| 1.1 | 2003-09-02[114] | Export to PDF, export to Flash, macro recording, extension mechanism.[96] |
| 1.1.1 | 2004-03-29[115] | Bundled with TheOpenCD.[116] |
| 1.1.4 | 2004-12-22[114] | Last version released under SISSL. |
| 1.1.5 | 2005-09-09[114] | Last release for 1.x product line. Can edit OpenDocument files. Last version to officially support Windows NT 4.0. |
| 2.0 | 2005-10-20[117] | Milestone, with major enhancements and default saving in the OpenDocument format. |
| 2.1.0 | 2006-12-12[114] | Minor enhancements, bug fixes.[118] |
| 2.2.0 | 2007-03-29[114] | Minor enhancements, bug fixes,[119] security fixes.[120] |
| 2.3.0 | 2007-09-17[114] | Updated charting component, minor enhancements,[121] improved extension manager.[122] |
| 2.4.0 | 2008-03-27[114] | Bug fixes and new features,[83][123] enhancements from RedOffice.[124] |
| 2.4.3 | 2009-09-04[114] | Last version for Windows 98 and Windows ME[78] |
| 3.0.0 | 2008-10-13[114] | Milestone: ODF 1.2, OOXML import, improved VBA, native OS X interface, Start Center.[125] |
| 3.1.0 | 2009-05-07[114] | Overlining and transparent dragging. |
| 3.2 | 2010-02-11[126] | New features,[127] and performance enhancements.[128] |
| 3.2.1 | 2010-06-04[114] | Updated Oracle Start Center and OpenDocument format icons, bug fixes. First Oracle stable release.[129] |
| 3.3 | 2011-01-26[114] | New spreadsheet functions and parameters. Last Oracle stable release, and the last stable release to support Windows 2000 and Mac OS X on PowerPC. |
| 3.4 Beta 1 | 2011-04-12[67] | Last Oracle code release, and the last release to support Windows 2000 and Mac OS X on PowerPC. |
OpenOffice.org 1
The preview, Milestone 638c, was released October 2001.[12] OpenOffice.org 1.0 was released under both the LGPL and the SISSL[16] for Windows, Linux and Solaris[130] on 1 May 2002.[3][131] The version for Mac OS X (with X11 interface) was released on 23 June 2003.[132][133]
OpenOffice.org 1.1 introduced One-click Export to PDF, Export presentations to Flash (.SWF) and macro recording. It also allowed third-party addons.[96]
OpenOffice.org was used in 2005 by The Guardian to illustrate what it saw as the limitations of open-source software.[134]
OpenOffice.org 2
Work on version 2.0 began in early 2003 with the following goals (the "Q Product Concept"): better interoperability with Microsoft Office; improved speed and lower memory usage; greater scripting capabilities; better integration, particularly with GNOME; a more usable database; digital signatures; and improved usability.[135] It would also be the first version to default to OpenDocument. Sun released the first beta version on 4 March 2005.[136]
On 2 September 2005, Sun announced that it was retiring SISSL to reduce license proliferation,[137] though some press analysts felt it was so that IBM could not reuse OpenOffice.org code without contributing back.[16] Versions after 2.0 beta 2 would use only the LGPL.[138]
On 20 October 2005, OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released.[117] 2.0.1 was released eight weeks later, fixing minor bugs and introducing new features. As of the 2.0.3 release, OpenOffice.org changed its release cycle from 18 months to releasing updates every three months.[139]
The OpenOffice.org 2 series attracted considerable press attention.[140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147] A PC Pro review awarded it 6 stars out of 6 and stated: "Our pick of the low-cost office suites has had a much-needed overhaul, and now battles Microsoft in terms of features, not just price."[148] Federal Computer Week listed OpenOffice.org as one of the "5 stars of open-source products",[149] noting in particular the importance of OpenDocument. Computerworld reported that for large government departments, migration to OpenOffice.org 2.0 cost one tenth of the price of upgrading to Microsoft Office 2007.[150]
OpenOffice.org 3
On 13 October 2008, version 3.0 was released, featuring the ability to import (though not export) Office Open XML documents, support for ODF 1.2, improved VBA macros, and a native interface port for OS X. It also introduced the new Start Center[125] and upgraded to LGPL version 3 as its license.[151]
Version 3.2 included support for PostScript-based OpenType fonts. It warned users when ODF 1.2 Extended features had been used. An improvement to the document integrity check determined if an ODF document conformed to the ODF specification and offered a repair if necessary. Calc and Writer both reduced "cold start" time by 46% compared to version 3.0.[152] 3.2.1 was the first Oracle release.[129]
Version 3.3, the last Oracle version, was released in January 2011.[153] New features include an updated print form, a FindBar and interface improvements for Impress.[154][155] The commercial version, Oracle Open Office 3.3 (StarOffice renamed), based on the beta, was released on 15 December 2010, as was the single release of Oracle Cloud Office (a proprietary product from an unrelated codebase).[32][156]
OpenOffice.org 3.4 Beta 1
A beta version of OpenOffice.org 3.4 was released on 12 April 2011, including new SVG import, improved ODF 1.2 support, and spreadsheet functionality.[67][157][158]
Before the final version of OpenOffice.org 3.4 could be released, Oracle cancelled its sponsorship of development[4] and fired the remaining Star Division development team.[29][45]
Problems arise in estimating the market share of OpenOffice.org because it could be freely distributed via download sites (including mirror sites), peer-to-peer networks, CDs, Linux distributions and so forth. The project tried to capture key adoption data in a market-share analysis,[159] listing known distribution totals, known deployments and conversions and analyst statements and surveys.
According to Valve, as of July 2010, 14.63% of Steam users had OpenOffice.org installed on their machines.[160]
A market-share analysis conducted by a web analytics service in 2010, based on over 200,000 Internet users, showed a wide range of adoption in different countries:[161] 0.2% in China, 9% in the US and the UK and over 20% in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
Although Microsoft Office retained 95% of the general market — as measured by revenue — as of August 2007,[162] OpenOffice.org and StarOffice had secured 15–20% of the business market as of 2004[163][164] and a 2010 University of Colorado at Boulder study reported that OpenOffice.org had reached a point where it had an "irreversible" installed user base and that it would continue to grow.[165]
The project claimed more than 98 million downloads as of September 2007[166] and 300 million total to the release of version 3.2 in February 2010.[167] The project claimed over one hundred million downloads for the OpenOffice.org 3 series within a year of release.[168]
Notable users
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Large-scale users of OpenOffice.org included Singapore's Ministry of Defence,[169] and Banco do Brasil.[170] Template:As of OpenOffice.org was the official office suite for the French Gendarmerie.[159]
In India, several government organizations such as Employees' State Insurance, IIT Bombay, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, the Supreme Court of India, ICICI Bank,[171] and the Allahabad High Court,[172] which use Linux, completely relied on OpenOffice.org for their administration.
In Japan, conversions from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org included many municipal offices: Sumoto, Hyōgo, in 2004,[173] Ninomiya, Tochigi in 2006,[174][175] Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, in 2008[176] (and to LibreOffice as of 2012[177]), Shikokuchūō, Ehime, in 2009,[178] Minoh, Osaka, in 2009[179] Toyokawa, Aichi,[180] Fukagawa, Hokkaido,[181] and Katano, Osaka,[182] in 2010 and Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, in 2011.[183] Corporate conversions included Assist in 2007[184] (and to LibreOffice on Ubuntu in 2011[185]), Sumitomo Electric Industries in 2008[186] (and to LibreOffice in 2012[187]), Toho Co., Ltd. in 2009[188][189] and Shinsei Financial Co., Ltd. in 2010.[190] Assist also provided support services for OpenOffice.org.[188][190]
Retail
In July 2007, Everex, a division of First International Computer and the 9th-largest PC supplier in the U.S., began shipping systems preloaded with OpenOffice.org 2.2 into Wal-Mart, K-mart and Sam's Club outlets in North America.[191]
Forks and derivative software
A number of open source and proprietary products derive at least some code from OpenOffice.org, including AndrOpen Office,[192] Apache OpenOffice, ChinaOffice, Co-Create Office, EuroOffice 2005,[193] Go-oo, KaiOffice, IBM Lotus Symphony, IBM Workplace, Jambo OpenOffice (the first office suite in Swahili),[194][195][196] LibreOffice, MagyarOffice, MultiMedia Office, MYOffice 2007, NeoOffice, NextOffice, OfficeOne, OfficeTLE, OOo4Kids,[197] OpenOfficePL, OpenOffice.org Portable,[198] OpenOfficeT7, OpenOffice.ux.pl, OxOffice,[199] OxygenOffice Professional,[200][201] Pladao Office,[202] PlusOffice Mac,[203] RedOffice,[28][124][204] RomanianOffice, StarOffice/Oracle Open Office, SunShine Office, ThizOffice, UP Office, White Label Office,[205][206][207][208] WPS Office Storm (the 2004 edition of Kingsoft Office) and 602Office.[209]
The OpenOffice.org website also listed a large variety of complementary products, including groupware systems.[210]
Major derivatives include:
Active
Apache OpenOffice
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In June 2011, Oracle contributed the OpenOffice.org code and trademarks to the Apache Software Foundation. The developer pool for the Apache project was proposed to be seeded by IBM employees, Linux distribution companies and public sector agencies.[211] IBM employees did the majority of the development,[212][213][214][215][216] including hiring ex-Star Division developers.[214] The Apache project removed or replaced as much code as possible from OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta 1, including fonts, under licenses unacceptable to Apache[217] and released 3.4.0 in May 2012.[113]
The codebase for IBM's Lotus Symphony was donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012 and merged for Apache OpenOffice 4.0,[218] and Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice.[215]
While the project considers itself the unbroken continuation of OpenOffice.org,[219] others regard it as a fork,[16][212][213][220][221][222][223] or at the least a separate project.[224]
In October 2014, Bruce Byfield, writing for Linux Magazine, said the project had "all but stalled [possibly] due to IBM's withdrawal from the project."[225] Template:As of, the project has no release manager,[226] and itself reports a lack of volunteer involvement and code contributions.[227] After ongoing problems with unfixed security vulnerabilities from 2015 onward,[228][229][230] in September 2016 the project started discussions on possibly retiring AOO.[231]
LibreOffice
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Sun had stated in the original OpenOffice.org announcement in 2000 that the project would be run by a neutral foundation,[1] and put forward a more detailed proposal in 2001.[232] There were many calls to put this into effect over the ensuing years.[233][234][235][236] On 28 September 2010, in frustration at years of perceived neglect of the codebase and community by Sun and then Oracle,[55] members of the OpenOffice.org community announced a non-profit called The Document Foundation and a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice. Go-oo improvements were merged, and that project was retired in favour of LibreOffice.[237] The goal was to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.[238]
Oracle was invited to become a member of the Document Foundation and was asked to donate the OpenOffice.org brand.[238][239] Oracle instead demanded that all members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with the Document Foundation step down,[56] leaving the Council composed only of Oracle employees.[57]
Most Linux distributions promptly replaced OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice;[240][42][43][44] Oracle Linux 6 also features LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice.org or Apache OpenOffice.[241][242][243] The project rapidly accumulated developers, development effort[244][245][246] and added features,[247] the majority of outside OpenOffice.org developers having moved to LibreOffice.[35][36][40] In March 2015, an LWN.net development comparison of LibreOffice with Apache OpenOffice concluded that "LibreOffice has won the battle for developer participation".[248]
Collabora Online is a version of LibreOffice with a web interface and real-time collaborative editing. It is developed by Collabora Productivity.[249] Collabora Online also has local client applications for Android, Chromebooks, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.
Discontinued
NeoOffice
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". NeoOffice, an independent commercial port for Macintosh that tracked the main line of development, offered a native OS X Aqua user interface before OpenOffice.org did.[250] Later versions are derived from Go-oo, rather than directly from OpenOffice.org.[251] All versions from NeoOffice 3.1.1 to NeoOffice 2015 were based on OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, though latter versions included stability fixes from LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice.[252] NeoOffice 2017 and later versions are fully based on LibreOffice.[253]
Go-oo
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The ooo-build patch set was started at Ximian in 2002, because Sun was slow to accept outside work on OpenOffice.org, even from corporate partners, and to make the build process easier on Linux. It tracked the main line of development and was not intended to constitute a fork.[254] Most Linux distributions used,[255] and worked together on,[256] ooo-build.
Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for a number of years[234] and some developers were unwilling to assign copyright in their work to Sun,[257] particularly given the deal between Sun and IBM to license the code outside the LGPL.[29] On 2 October 2007, Novell announced that ooo-build would be available as a software package called Go-oo, not merely a patch set.[258] (The go-oo.org domain name had been in use by ooo-build as early as 2005.[259]) Sun reacted negatively, with Simon Phipps of Sun terming it "a hostile and competitive fork".[233] Many free software advocates worried that Go-oo was a Novell effort to incorporate Microsoft technologies, such as Office Open XML, that might be vulnerable to patent claims.[260] However, the office suite branded "OpenOffice.org" in most Linux distributions, having previously been ooo-build, soon in fact became Go-oo.[251][261][262]
Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.[263] When LibreOffice forked, Go-oo was deprecated in favour of that project.
OpenOffice Novell edition was a supported version of Go-oo.[264]
IBM Lotus Symphony
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Workplace Managed Client in IBM Workplace 2.6 (23 January 2006[265]) incorporated code from OpenOffice.org 1.1.4,[16] the last version under the SISSL. This code was broken out into a separate application as Lotus Symphony (30 May 2008[266]), with a new interface based on Eclipse. Symphony 3.0 (21 October 2010[267]) was rebased on OpenOffice.org 3.0, with the code licensed privately from Sun. IBM's changes were donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012, Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice[215] and its code was merged into Apache OpenOffice 4.0.[218]
StarOffice
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Sun used OpenOffice.org as a base for its commercial proprietary StarOffice application software, which was OpenOffice.org with some added proprietary components. Oracle bought Sun in January 2010 and quickly renamed StarOffice to Oracle Open Office.[268] Oracle discontinued development in April 2011.[4]
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