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: 5, Insightful) by richtopia on Saturday September 03 2016, @05:32AM
OpenOffice's name is probably its biggest asset. I finally have coworkers who know it by name. I don't want to go through the process of saying that it is now Libre Office.
(Score: 3, Informative) by hemocyanin on Saturday September 03 2016, @06:02AM
Don't worry about the name change. I've been using this suite since Sun owned it and called it Star Office. People will figure it out and make the transition. If they need help, here's a handy timeline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarOffice#Derivatives [wikipedia.org]