Yesterday, marking 20 years since the release of OpenOffice source code, the Board of Directors at The Document Foundation put out an Open Letter declaring LibreOffice is the future of OpenOffice.Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice The letter points out that since 2014, Apache OpenOffice hasnt had a single major release.In over six years, it has not even received any significant features or updates.In April 2014, the Apache Software Foundation announced that Apache OpenOffice has been downloaded 100 million times.
![]() The following week, it launched a new version, Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0. Since then, as you can see in the above picture, OpenOffice has no major updates. Although it has received a few minor releases, OpenOffice is still having issues with timely security updates. ![]() This means its been two years since it has not even got a single minor update. On the other hand, if you look at LibreOffice, the foundation reveals that in recent years, it has gotten 13 major releases and 87 minor releases. Comparing the code commits in 2019, LibreOffice has over 15,000 commits, while OpenOffice has only 595. Additionally, in 2020, LibreOffice released two major version 6.4 and version 7.0 with a lot of exciting new features and improvements. For instance, a new and native Open Document Format (ODF) 1.3 format support, QR code generator, digital signatures for documents, and better compatibility with DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files. That is why after looking at the development activities of LibreOffice and its upstream OpenOffice, The Document Foundation has issued an open letter appealing to Apache OpenOffice to do the responsible things in 2020. As Apache OpenOffice is already a popular and strong software suite, LibreOffice wants that together they should help new users provide modern, up-to-date, and well-maintained productivity tools into the hands of as many people as possible. Sarvottam Kumar Being a fossbyter, I cover the latest releases, news, information, and trends in the world of Linux and Open source. Latest Articles LibreOffice Sends Open Letter Appealing To Apache OpenOffice Sarvottam Kumar - October 13, 2020 Valorant India Server Could Be Launched On October 14 Priye Rai - October 13, 2020 Tesla To Release Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta Next Tuesday: Elon Musk Shaheer Anwar - October 13, 2020 Samsung Exynos 1080 Beats Snapdragon 865 On AnTuTu Benchmark Manik Berry - October 13, 2020 Advertisement About Privacy Policy Advertise With Us Review Guidelines Principles of Ethical Conduct Cookie Policy for Fossbytes Fossbytes Tools Fossbytes Tools About Us Contact Us Team Jobs 2020 Fossbytes Media Pvt Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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