In August 1999, StarDivision was acquired by Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice originated as StarOffice, a proprietary office suite developed by German company StarDivision from 1986 on. It is distributed under the Apache License. OpenOffice is developed for Linux, OS X and Windows, with ports to other operating systems. It can also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office.
OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/ IEC standard. OpenOffice contains a word processor ( Writer), a spreadsheet ( Calc), a presentation application ( Impress), a drawing application ( Draw), a formula editor ( Math), and a database management application ( Base). It descends from ( OOo), which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. GNU LGPL version 3 ( 2 to 3.3)Īpache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)Īpache OpenOffice ( AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite.
Apache OpenOfficeĪpache OpenOffice Start Centre in version 3.4.1ĭual-licensed under the SISSL and GNU LGPL ( 2 Beta 2 and earlier) SOS mothers each look after a a family of sponsored children. To a home or small business user, we would consider Open Office to be far and away better value as it offers all of the basic functions without the cost, but to business users the cost of Microsoft Office is heavily supported by its weighty feature set and extensive support networks.SOS Children offer a complete download of this selection for schools for use on schools intranets. While Microsoft's Office 2010 will cost home users' 99 and business users 449 the value must be viewed as relative. But this contest isn't as clear-cut as it may appear. If support were a shoo in for Microsoft, one must assume that value will be a shoo in for Open Office, as it's open source and therefore free. Winner: Microsoft Office 2010 There really is no substitute for solid, commercial support even if it does come at a price and Microsoft has become expert at delivering it. And if your head potentially rests on the corporate chopping block if things go wrong, sometimes it's much safer to take the easier option. It's not so easy to try and do the same with the open source online advisors who give their time freely and where many openly profess they are enthusiasts rather than professionals.
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