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Mar
1st

Who Contributes the Most to LibreOffice?

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Cedric Bosdonnat has been tracking contributions to LibreOffice since its announced fork from OpenOffice.org. He uses Git Data Miner to gleen results from the main branch of LibreOffice Git rep…


Jan
18th

OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice Release Candidates Duke It Out

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Oracle-owned OpenOffice.org and independent LibreOffice are both nearing their freely available 3.3.0 versions and show their wares with recent release candidates. more>>


Oct
26th

Oracle OpenOffice.org vs. TDF LibreOffice

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Oracle continues to be at the center of controversy despite their press release stating they will continue to support and release OpenOffice.org as an open source project. Most recently Oracle …


Oct
25th

5 Myths About OpenOffice.org / LibreOffice

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated

Most free software accumulates myths. Most people only know about it second hand (if at all), but few are slowed by the fact that they don’t know what they are talking about.
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Oct
14th

Oracle Confirms Committment to OpenOffice.org

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

During OpenOffice.org’s tenth anniversary, Oracle announced it will participate in ODF Plugfest, one of the conferences aimed at furthering the Open Document Format interoperability, held Octobe…


Oct
4th

Your Office is Saved — OpenOffice.org Forked!

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Those who feared that one day OpenOffice.org might go the way of OpenSolaris have found peace of mind with the announcement of The Document Foundation. more>>


Oct
4th

OpenOffice.org Draw: Objects and Their Problems

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated

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Sep
16th

OpenOffice.org: Interactions Between Programs

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated

Some people insist that OpenOffice.org should be called an office application instead of an office suite. The distinction that they are trying to make is that the programs in OpenOffice.org shar…


Aug
16th

Oracle Delivers Friday the 13th Bad Luck to FOSS

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Despite personal beliefs, everybody treads a bit more carefully on Friday the 13th. But no amount of precaution could protect the Open Source community from the wave of bad luck that fell last …


Aug
9th

OpenOffice.org: Sun PDF Import Extension

Author: Bruce Byfield | Files under syndicated

The Sun PDF Import Extension is one of the most popular OpenOffice.org extensions ever created. more>>