Re: [libreoffice-users] Differences between LibreOffice and OpenOffice

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 17:00, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :)
> I think it's probably worth just saying that OpenOffice develops a lot more slowly and is 
> therefore "more stable".  Bugs go unfixed for longer.

Hi there! I have noticed the difference in the pace of development.
LibreOffice fixed my "pet bug" which had been open nearly a decade in
OpenOffice less than half a year after I posted it to the LO issue
tracker. That is a real dedication by the LO team, and that bug was a
showstopper for some labs that had tried to switch to OOo some years
ago.


> LibreOffice develops faster, has more features, fixes bugs faster, supports more 3rd party 
> formats better but occasionally has regressions which are usually fixed quite fast.
>
> So, both have problems and advantages.  I think it's worth having an intro like that on a page 
> like yours.  Keeping up with precise differences is going to be a nightmare because LO 
> development is so fast.

Although the points that you make are in fact relevant to the LO/OOo
decision-making process, I do not believe that the "page of
differences" is the place to put them. Maybe I will write another page
sometime to help people make the decision between the two office
suites.

Thanks.


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