Editing OpenOffice.org (section)

{{short description|Discontinued office suite software}}
{{redirect|OOo|other uses|OOO (disambiguation)}}
{{about|the discontinued office suite|active descendants|#Forks and derivative software}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{infobox software
| name = OpenOffice.org
| logo = OpenOffice.org.svg
| logo_alt = OpenOffice.org 3 logo
| logo caption = OpenOffice.org 3 logo
| screenshot = OOo App Chooser.png
| screenshot_alt = The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1
| caption = The Start Center from OpenOffice.org v3.2.1
| author = [[StarOffice]] by [[Star Division]] (1985–1999)
| developer = [[Sun Microsystems]] (1999–2009)<br />[[Oracle Corporation]] (2010–2011)
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2002|5|1}}<ref name="release1.0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/01/openoffice_suite_goes/|title=OpenOffice suite goes 1.0|date=1 May 2002|first=John|last=Lettice|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|access-date=16 October 2013|archive-date=9 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409222335/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/01/openoffice_suite_goes/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C++]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Hacking&oldid=192524|title=Hacking|date=27 January 2011|access-date=20 August 2013|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191507/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Hacking&oldid=192524|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]<ref name="ooo34b1"/><ref name="ooo34b1changes">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4beta.html|title=3.4 Beta – Developer Snapshot – Release Notes|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927045244/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4beta.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[PowerPC]], [[SPARC]]<ref name="ooo34b1"/>
| language count = 121
| language footnote = <ref name=langcount>{{cite web | url= http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Languages&oldid=195965 | title= Language localization status | work= OpenOffice Language Localization Project | publisher= Oracle Corporation | date= 12 April 2011 | access-date= 20 June 2013 | archive-date= 22 November 2018 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181122133557/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Languages&oldid=195965 | url-status= live }}</ref><!-- 121 is count of languages listed on that page -->
| ver layout = simple
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q511977|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q511977|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| genre = [[Office suite]]
| size = 143.4 [[Megabyte|MB]] (3.3.0 en-US Windows .exe without JRE)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.3.0/|title=Home / stable / 3.3.0|work=Apache OpenOffice|publisher=SourceForge.net|access-date=21 September 2013|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035526/https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.3.0/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| license = [[dual-licensing|Dual-licensed]] under the [[Sun Industry Standards Source License|SISSL]] and GNU [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] (OpenOffice.org 2 Beta 2 and earlier)<ref name="ooolicensechange">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/license-change.html |title=License Simplification FAQ |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=27 February 2010 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929013430/http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/license-change.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />[[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL version 3]] (OpenOffice.org 2 and later)<ref name="License">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/license.html |title=Licenses |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |access-date=21 January 2012 |archive-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225144320/http://www.openoffice.org/license.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.openoffice.org/|openoffice.org}}
| standard = [[OpenDocument]] (ISO/IEC 26300)
| replaces = [[StarOffice]]
| replaced_by = [[LibreOffice]]<br />[[Apache OpenOffice]]
}}

'''OpenOffice.org''' ('''OOo'''), commonly known as '''OpenOffice''', is a discontinued [[open-source software|open-source]] [[office suite]]. Active successor projects include [[LibreOffice]] (the most actively developed<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |date=25 October 2014 |title=LibreOffice and OpenOffice: comparing the community health |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-and-OpenOffice-comparing-the-community-health |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=Linux Magazine |archive-date=19 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119164614/http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-and-OpenOffice-comparing-the-community-health |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Jared |date=23 April 2015 |title=OpenOffice development is looking grim as developers flock to LibreOffice |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2913764/openoffice-development-is-looking-grim-as-developers-flock-to-libreoffice.html |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=PC World |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820234123/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2913764/openoffice-development-is-looking-grim-as-developers-flock-to-libreoffice.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |date=27 October 2014 |title=LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice: Why LibreOffice Wins – Datamation |url=http://www.datamation.com/open-source/libreoffice-vs.-openoffice-why-libreoffice-wins-1.html |access-date=2016-08-05 |website=Datamation |archive-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917030849/http://www.datamation.com/open-source/libreoffice-vs.-openoffice-why-libreoffice-wins-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>) and [[Collabora Online]], with [[Apache OpenOffice]]<ref name=":0" /> being considered mostly dormant since at least 2015.

OpenOffice was an open-sourced version of the earlier [[StarOffice]], which [[Sun Microsystems]] acquired in 1999 for internal use. Sun open-sourced the OpenOffice suite in July 2000 as a competitor to [[Microsoft Office]],<ref name="ooo-announcement" /><ref name="ooo1announce" /> releasing version 1.0 on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0" />

OpenOffice included a [[word processor]] (Writer), a [[spreadsheet]] (Calc), a [[presentation program|presentation]] application (Impress), a [[Graphics software|drawing]] application (Draw), a [[formula editor]] (Math), and a [[Relational database management system|database management]] application (Base).<ref name="why1">{{cite web|title=Why OpenOffice.org|url=http://why.openoffice.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104082941/http://www.openoffice.org/why/|archive-date=4 January 2012|publisher=Sun Microsystems, Apache Software Foundation|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Its default [[file format]] was the [[OpenDocument]] Format (ODF), an [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] standard, which [[OpenDocument standardization|originated]] with OpenOffice.org. It could also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org was primarily developed for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], and later for [[OS X]], with [[porting|ports]] to other [[operating system]]s. It was distributed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] version 3 (LGPL); early versions were also available under the [[Sun Industry Standards Source License]] (SISSL).

In 2011, [[Oracle Corporation]], the then-owner of Sun, announced that it would no longer offer a commercial version of the suite<ref name="oooclosurepr"/> and donated the project to the [[Apache Foundation]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm|title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache|date=1 June 2011|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929120004/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-gives-openoffice-to-apache/9035|title=Oracle gives OpenOffice to Apache|author=Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols|date=1 June 2011|publisher=ZDnet|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=3 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603145326/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-gives-openoffice-to-apache/9035|url-status=dead}}</ref> Apache renamed the software [[Apache OpenOffice]].<ref name=":0">{{citation|url=http://www.openoffice.org/legacy/thankyou.html|title=Thank you for using OpenOffice.org – now Apache OpenOffice|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010091034/http://www.openoffice.org/legacy/thankyou.html|url-status=live}}</ref>