▲ 185 ▼ Collection of free software (sh.itjust.works) submitted 3 years ago by Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@beehaw.org 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments I first saw this on reddit, but I figured it would be good to make sure that this also stays accessible on another platform
[–] joyjoy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Apache OpenOffice hasn't had a major release since 2014 whereas LibreOffice, its de facto successor, is actively developed and modern. Unfortunately OpenOffice still has name recognition which leads casual users to still download it as a replacement to commercial office suites, despite being very out of date. It's kind of become a bit of an embarrassment to open source software and really should be discontinued, but a small handful of developers insist on keeping it on life support. See this open letter https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mane25@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Apache OpenOffice hasn't had a major release since 2014 whereas LibreOffice, its de facto successor, is actively developed and modern. Unfortunately OpenOffice still has name recognition which leads casual users to still download it as a replacement to commercial office suites, despite being very out of date. It's kind of become a bit of an embarrassment to open source software and really should be discontinued, but a small handful of developers insist on keeping it on life support. See this open letter https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
