OpenOffice, after years of neglect, could shut down
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What do LQ members think? --jeremy |
Can't remember when I last used OpenOffice. Libreoffice is faster, more compatible with M$ Office, has more features. Just in every way a superior piece of software, so IMO, there's no reason to keep OpenOffice around. I would never use it again unless LibreOffice folded, so get rid of it and any non-paid developers they have can help with making LibreOffice better.
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There is a lesson to be learned there, too. As I remember, LibreOffice was forked off (created) because Oracle basically told the volunteer developers they weren't running the show, weren't particularly valued, would be allowed to continue working on OpenOffice at Oracle's pleasure, and whatever. In other words Oracle seriously alienated the volunteers in some way or other, or so the story goes. So, the volunteers set out to create LibreOffice and the Document Foundation and the rest, as they say, is history. Something about biting the hand that feeds you?
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And, if recall, once Oracle realized that they could not find a way to squeeze any money out of OOo, they spun it off to the Apache Foundation. By then, the damage had been done.
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I think they should retire it. Cause of death: Oracle. I remember way back when it was top 'o the line but then Oracle ruined it...or perhaps that was the best thing since it ultimately resulted in LibreOffice.
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Oracle has ruined many things. OpenSolaris and now OpenOffice. The funny part is, the spin off projects are doing well. OpenIndiana developed the Illumos core and sponsored OpenZFS development across numerous UNIX-like systems and the Apache Foundation and Document Foundation helped get LibreOffice going.
My old instructor from college was right. Oracle is nothing but a company eating machine, and apparently all it produces is poo. |
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