On 2021-06-26, at 22:12, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 09:49:02PM +0200, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >> >> On 2021-06-26, at 21:18, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> >> > On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 04:27:19PM +0000, Brandon Taylor wrote: >> >> I’ve seen that LibreOffice can read and write to those formats, whereas >> >> OpenOffice can only read them. Or has OpenOffice overcome that particular >> >> barrier? >> > >> > I think OpenOffice is practically dead. All interesting development >> > happens in LibreOffice, at least for the last ten years. Heck, it >> > was practically dead 2015. >> > >> > It is a long, sad story. Currently I wouldn't even bet on OpenOffice >> > not having unpatched critical security bugs. >> >> Out of curiosity: why sad? I've been using OpenOffice many years ago >> (StarOffice earlier), now I'm using LibreOffice. Wasn't that basically >> a rename? > > The sad part, in a few words, is that OpenOffice still kept the "brand > recognition", but is basically unmaintained at this point. > > Many users (especially in Windows land, the Linus ones seem to know) are > still lured by the brand to download and use unmaintained software. > > It is as if Oracle, by donating OpenOffice to the Apache Software Foundation, > wanted to sabotage free office software. But why? Sad indeed. Didn't know that. I just noticed at some point that LO was what I should use from now on to deal with those pesky (doc|xls)x? files and that was it. I also installed it on my daughter's Windoze laptop etc. I just thought there is no more OO... Thanks, mbork > > Cheers > > [1] https://pctechmag.com/2011/06/oracle-and-openoffice-the-final-insult/ > > - t -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
