THEN came along Microsoft's introduction of the OOXML (Office Open XML) document format, which especially created havoc for users of anything other than Microsoft Office. Prior to that, StarOffice originated as StarWriter in 1985. This was after Sun purchased StarOffice from its German owners in 1999. In those days, OpenOffice was managed and developed by Sun Microsystems. It wasn't as a contributor or programmer, but I was excited about the growth potential for an office suite other than Microsoft Office, which has/had always been consistently priced out of my reach or budget. Back then, in my naivete as a Windows user, I was excited about the announcement.
Twenty years ago, in 2000, the OpenOffice (OO.org) source code was open sourced by Sun Microsystems. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees – anyone you like.The Document Foundation Calls On Apache OpenOffice To Work Together You may install it on as many computers as you like. This means you may use it for any purpose – domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. Apache OpenOffice is released under the Apache 2.0 License. Like all Apache Software Foundation software, Apache OpenOffice is free to use. And if you already have files from another office package – OpenOffice will probably read them with no difficulty.īest of all, Apache OpenOffice can be downloaded and used entirely free of any license fees. Our world-wide native-language community means that OpenOffice is probably available and supported in your own language. The result: Apache OpenOffice does everything you want your office software to do, the way you want it to.Īpache OpenOffice is easy to learn, and if you’re already using another office software package, you’ll take to OpenOffice straight away. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.Īpache OpenOffice is the result of over twenty years’ software engineering.
It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
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