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Re:LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks ... by xvilka on Friday February 14, 2025 @01:24AM (#43045467)
The problem is that Apache Foundation is being stubborn[1] to admit the OpenOffice death, which distracts and prevents users from using so much better software (LibreOffice) that harms an open source image and ecosystem in general.

[1] https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-let...

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Re:LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks ... by mksaunders2 on Friday February 14, 2025 @10:49AM (#43049607)
Yes, and now there are unfixed security issues in OpenOffice over a year old, so the ASF really, really should put it in the Attic ASAP. If more people in the FOSS world raise awareness about this, perhaps it will finally happen, so users become aware of maintained, fixed successor projects:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security

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