OpenOffice may not last much longer as many of its former developers have jumped ship to LibreOffice:
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.
No decisions have been made yet, but Hamilton noted that "retirement of the project is a serious possibility," as the Apache board "wants to know what the project's considerations are with respect to retirement."
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @02:46AM
LO: 212 MB
OO: 154 MB
38%, not 100% larger.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 03 2016, @03:02AM
On a Friday night, leading up to a three day weekend, fuzzy math works for most of us. 30% is roughly equal to 100%.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @05:03AM
30% is roughly equal to 100%.
You're out by almost 20%.
(Score: 3, Informative) by WizardFusion on Saturday September 03 2016, @08:30AM
87% of all stats are made up anyway
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Saturday September 03 2016, @09:27PM
"60% of the time, it works every time..."