The products are very similar and in both cases they are available for users of Windows, macOS, and Linux. The genesis or the transition of the developers from OpenOffice to LibreOffice is also reflected in the scope of the two packages in terms of the main programs. According to an analysis by the Foundation, there were around 200 million LibreOffice users worldwide in 2018, many of which are Linux users. The US company Oracle was aiming for profit, and so some developers moved away, subsequently establishing their own foundation called ‘The Document Foundation’ and have since continued their vision of the OpenOffice project under the name LibreOffice. The takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle also marks the start of LibreOffice. The commercial version of the office solution disappeared.
This means that users can make their own adjustments or use parts of the OpenOffice code for their own purposes by accessing the source code.ġ0 years after OpenOffice emerged, Sun Microsystems was bought by Oracle, who discontinued the product ‘StarOffice’ which has since been renamed Oracle Open Office. OpenOffice is an open-source application because of its use of open source code, which is reflected in the name.
Thus was born and the spread of the free software took its course. This was the precursor to OpenOffice: one year later the source code of StarOffice was released, so that developers could see it and use it for their purposes. Star Division was bought by the Californian Sun Microsystems in 1999 - in the same year Sun StarOffice 5.2 was released.
The company launched StarOffice 3.0, an office solution for Windows, OS/2 and Mac in 1995.
The application originated as a commercial office product from the German company Star Division. ✔ Multiple language versions installable✘ Shared editing of files not integrated ✔ Joint editing of files possible via additional app✘ Own server required for teamwork ✔ Runs more stable even on older or less powerful computers✘ Only 32-bit version available✘ Rarely updates, hardly any new functions ✔ Slightly faster 64-bit version available✔ Regular updates with new functions✘ Many additional features come at the expense of stability ✘ Fewer additional functions than LibreOffice✘ Less compatible with more complex formatting ✔ Creating charts (CHARTS)✔ Larger selection of presentation templates✔ More additional functions in the writing program✔ More import and export functions ✔ Better compatibility with more complex formatting More closely aligned with Google Office applications Meeks mentions in the post that, legacies and defunct codelines for OS/2 code to connect Adabas database in OpenOffice/StarOffice about 100 import/export binfilters used in ealier OOo versions are now all killed to make space for better codelines.More closely aligned with Microsoft Office applications LibreOffice sleeker, faster and more enabled In future, It will probably become increasingly difficult to port code between the two products as the differences could well run into several million code-lines. Michel Meeks, comments in his blog that the differences in code between LibreOffice and OpenOffice is now becoming wider.
Now burnished and revamped, it is sleeker, faster and provides greater value, in comparison to either OpenOffice or even Microsoft Word. Now LibreOffice is building up pace and last week has added some 7.7 new million new code lines, doing away with some 5.3K, which were defunct. As LIbreOffice was born, more out of a need to retain continuity of the Open Source philosophy, many believed that, LibreOffice would simply remain a clone of OpenOffice software and reflect its code.ĭoubters vindicted with LibreOffice recent sprucing codelines