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8. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 04:40 PM

Sep 2021

Oracle acquired Open Office when they bought Sun Microsystems and let it languish. Some of the main developers left to create LibreOffice. Oracle then abandoned Open Office and handed the software off to the Apache Software Foundation

https://www.howtogeek.com/187663/openoffice-vs.-libreoffice-whats-the-difference-and-which-should-you-use/

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A software question [View all] Marthe48 Sep 2021 OP

May help you decide: Goonch Sep 2021 #1

I read this Marthe48 Sep 2021 #6

Try OpenOffice. Susan Calvin Sep 2021 #2

Thanks! Marthe48 Sep 2021 #7

LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice hunter Sep 2021 #8

Yeah, when I looked it up I noticed it said Apache. nt Susan Calvin Sep 2021 #9

But that should mean Susan Calvin Sep 2021 #10

If the Libre program canetoad Sep 2021 #3

This is a good "Plan B" lastlib Sep 2021 #4

I've used the CSV files to save my email contacts Marthe48 Sep 2021 #5