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Re: LibreOffice Question - ztirffritz - 07-20-2021
As I understood it, the lion's share of the developers jumped ship to LibreOffice after Oracle bought Sun. To me, that means OpenOffice became LibreOffice. Yes, technically the license was changed but it was too late by then, as all the devs had quit and moved to LibreOffice. I'm sure there are a few stragglers, but not many.
Robert M wrote:
ztirffritz,
A clarification. OpenOffice didn't become LibreOffice. LibreOffice developed from OpenOffice as its own version of the office suite in 2010. It's developed by The Document Foundation. OpenOffice is technically discontinued. It's been replaced by Apache OpenOffice, which is developed by the Apache Software Foundation. They all use OpenDocument Format (ODF).
Every Mac user should keep a copy of LibreOffice on hand. It can open docs from various discontinued and orphaned packages including old AppleWorks files. Might even be able to open old MacWrite Pro, MacWrite II, MacWrite files, MacDraw and MacDraw Pro files. I'll have to doublecheck how far back and which apps when I have a spare moment.
Robert
Re: LibreOffice Question - Robert M - 07-20-2021
zt,
Doesn't matter. Two different software packages. Different companies. OpenOffice became Apache OpenOffice, even if many members of the development team moved to LibreOffice. LibreOffice continued with them. OpenOffice continued without them.
Robert