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As LibreOffice soars, OpenOffice management considers retiring the project.

 

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Jon Brodkin - 9/2/2016

 

OpenOffice, once the premier open source alternative to Microsoft Office, could be shut down because there aren't enough developers to update the office suite. Project leaders are particularly worried about their ability to fix security problems.

 

An e-mail thread titled, "What would OpenOffice retirement involve?" was started yesterday by Dennis Hamilton, vice president of Apache OpenOffice, a volunteer position that reports to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) board.

 

"It is my considered opinion that there is no ready supply of developers who have the capacity, capability, and will to supplement the roughly half-dozen volunteers holding the project together," Hamilton wrote.

 

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That is a shame as I personally preferred OpenOffice to Libre Office. Would be good if they could merge the two somehow...now that would be a product to get one's teeth into. 
Yes. I agree, Baldrick. Have used OO for a while now. Would hate to see it go. I have Microsoft Office 2013 on one computer but OO on all the others. Looks like I may have to try Libre Office if it's the end of the road for Open Office.
You might want to try WPS Office 2016!
Thanks Lyle. I had read about WPS Office a while back, but forgot all about that one. I just checked their site out and it looks very promising. 😉

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