Openoffice

[jiangshi]

Just curious to know why the switch from Openoffice to libreoffice.

~jiangshi

[mvs1207]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#History

[drs305]

Moved out of support forum to Recurring Discussions.

[MisterGaribaldi]

And, with all the attendant benefits of development efforts vs. existing in a state of quandary.

Well, that's probably not quite true, but it seems to be moving along quite nicely now.

Still a PITA for doing full-blown research papers in, but maybe one day.

[Tibuda]

Because Oracle bought Sun.

[zombifier25]

Because Oracle bought Sun.

and Oracle is notorious for killing of open source projects.