![]() ![]() ![]() With version 3.3, its icons have less color, going for a more minimalist look. With version 3, it became a native app on Mac, and has for a long time been one of the primary default office suites on many version of Linux. OpenOffice is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. NOTE: This comparison is between OpenOffice 3.3, NeoOffice 3.2.1, and LibreOffice 3.5 OpenOffice Startcenter I’m going to keep it simple with what most people will notice, and not get too technical about data, code, etc. I’ve decided to take the time to look at these 3 suites and write about what is good and bad about each. And it already replaces in major Linux Distros (ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc).Looking at my blog’s stats recently, I’ve noticed that among the searches that lead people here is people asking for comparisons between OpenOffice, NeoOffice, and/or LibreOffice. The GPL office suite even got more serious a while ago with a new heavyweight board. Google, RedHat, Canonical, Novell and others are showing support for LibreOffice. In a nutshell, and to answer your question, LibreOffice is the brightest future could ever had :) LibreOffice 3.4.1 has been already released and packed with stable new features. Meanwhile, after failing to monetize it, Oracle donated OpenOffice to the Apache foundation (hey IBM ) ) However, for developers the current focus on code cleanup is very important and will increase the number of contributors. From a user perspective, no major UI changes so far. ![]() The foundation quickly raised funds and started by cleaning the code base. They created a foundation: The Document Foundation and changed the BSD licence (which meant you could develop and commercialize the way IBM used to do with Lotus Syphony) to our well loved GPL :) Some developers forked OpenOffice and created LibreOffice. While some of these fears turned to reality (with Oracle dumping OpenSolaris), the database giant plans for were not so clear and the office suite future seemed in danger. When SUN was acquired by Oracle, the open source community was afraid that Oracle kills SUN's open source software, which included, OpenSolaris, MySQL, etc. ![]()
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