Re: [libreoffice-users] Demise of Open Office

      In brief, over a year ago, most of the primary contributors to 
the Open Office project became so offended by what they perceived as 
inappropriate actions by Oracle that they forked the project.  Their 
fork became LibreOffice.  The original fork has apparently had very few 
contributions since.  For more, see Wikipedia, "LibreOffice"  
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice).


      The divorce from Oracle was not amiable, but LibeOffice seems to 
be thriving while Open Office is not.  I started using LibreOffice early 
this year.  I noticed a few bugs that seemed not to be present in the 
then-current version of Open Office.  However, I think those bugs have 
been fixed with many others in subsequent releases of LibreOffice.


      Spencer Graves


On 11/24/2011 9:44 AM, John Gregson wrote:
> I am an older person, with limited computer knowledge, using Open 
> Office 3.3; on Win 7.
> Would some Kind Soul please explain why Open Office seems to be fading 
> away.
> In Open office, I use Writer and Calc; I assume that the OOo files are 
> compatible
> with Libre Office.
> Should I start using Libre Office immediately?
> Please keep abbreviations to a minimum., or at least explain the 
> abbreviation.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> John.
>
> John. jfgregson@shaw.ca


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