Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog

That is the type of information we could use.

OOo was in limbo when LO started up.  Then Apache bought it and looked 
like there would be movement for competing with LO. Now, as you saw, it 
is back in limbo.


On 12/04/2017 08:42 PM, toki wrote:
> On 12/05/2017 01:02 AM, Tim-L wrote:
>
> > There is a lot more info in that post, beyond the small quoted text -
> > 4.2.5 listed as the current version - but is there any newer info about
> > the information stated in that post?
> Not really.
> AOo is still looking for developers.
> AOo still has troubling releases updates that patch critical security flaws.
>
> > Since it compared LibreOffice and Apache's OpenOffice.org, it would be
> > nice to be able to give comparison info between these two free office suites.
> AOo is in the nether space, where it is neither completely dead, nor
> completely alive. Basically, I don't see that situation changing, until
> either IBM, or another three letter agency decides that AOo needs to be
> updated, and throws a plethora of paid developers at it. Three letter
> agencies outside of the Five Eyes, are going to throw their resources at
> LibO, if only because it is easier to upgrade LibO to something that is
> secure (^1), than AOo.
>
> ^1: Secure here does not refer to malware exploits, but rather, the
> ability of the software to minimize/prevent unintended leakage of data
> to unauthorised third parties. BAILS is simply phase one, in addressing
> that threat-model.
>
> jonathon


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