Apache OpenOffice is a leading open-source office suite that offers free applications for word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, graphics, databases and more. All data is stored in an open standard format, though Open Office can also read and write files from other common office software.
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DiskCrasher
Comment • almost 10 years ago • 7 users agree and 1 doesn't • 0 replies
Switching to LibreOffice since Oracle took over OpenOffice (and Java, and VirtualBox, and...)
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UncleNinja
Comment • almost 10 years ago • 3 users agree • 0 replies
Over time since Oracle has taken over, OpenOffice.org has sucked more and more.
Now I just use Abiword, Gnumeric or Google Docs instead. :3
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• Negative comment • 11 months ago • 5 users agree and 3 don't • 0 replies
If you're searching a Suite, I advise you to use LibreOffice instead. And people who still using OpenOffice : you should really consider using LibreOffice. There is a well know bug (https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126869) on Apache OpenOffice since 2016, it still unresolved (and I wonder if it will be one day), and it can corrompt your files and make them useless.
Comment • over 5 years ago • 2 users agree and 1 doesn't • 1 reply
Last version, 4.1.1, was released a year ago, on August 21, 2014, and, as reported on Wikipedia
The current download contains a serious security vulnerability, known since April 2015.
Apparently all the old users switched to LibreOffice , its most updated fork.
whitephoenixus
Latest version is now 4.1.2 security vulnerability is fixed. No, not everyone switched to LibreOffice. Linux OS is biased to LibreOffice because most of the developers of LO use Linux.
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• Negative comment • over 4 years ago • 5 users agree and 4 don't • 0 replies
Almost all of the OpenOffice employees have left and are working on LibreOffice. As a result, OpenOffice isn't updated anymore and has a lot of issues now. So use LibreOffice instead.
Apache OpenOffice was added to AlternativeTo by Ola on Apr 18, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 5, 2021. Apache OpenOffice is sometimes referred to as OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Open Office, OOO, AOo.
Switching to LibreOffice since Oracle took over OpenOffice (and Java, and VirtualBox, and...)
Over time since Oracle has taken over, OpenOffice.org has sucked more and more.
Now I just use Abiword, Gnumeric or Google Docs instead. :3
If you're searching a Suite, I advise you to use LibreOffice instead. And people who still using OpenOffice : you should really consider using LibreOffice. There is a well know bug (https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126869) on Apache OpenOffice since 2016, it still unresolved (and I wonder if it will be one day), and it can corrompt your files and make them useless.
Here is a video of what can happen because of that bug : https://twitter.com/i/status/1136527439604133890
Knowing that now, continue using it or download it at your own risk.
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Last version, 4.1.1, was released a year ago, on August 21, 2014, and, as reported on Wikipedia
Apparently all the old users switched to LibreOffice , its most updated fork.
Latest version is now 4.1.2 security vulnerability is fixed. No, not everyone switched to LibreOffice. Linux OS is biased to LibreOffice because most of the developers of LO use Linux.
Reply written almost 5 years ago
Almost all of the OpenOffice employees have left and are working on LibreOffice. As a result, OpenOffice isn't updated anymore and has a lot of issues now. So use LibreOffice instead.