Editing OpenOffice.org

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

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| 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 -->
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| 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>

== History ==
{{see also|StarOffice#History|label 1=History of StarOffice}}
OpenOffice.org originated as [[StarOffice]], a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] office suite developed by German company [[Star Division]] from 1985 on. In August 1999, Star Division was acquired by [[Sun Microsystems]]<ref name="briefhistory"/><ref name="zdnet34">{{Cite news |last=Rooney |first=Paula |title=Apache OpenOffice 3.4 makes official debut; LibreOffice makes its case |publisher=[[ZDnet]] |date=8 May 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508233526/http://www.zdnet.com//blog/open-source/apache-openoffice-34-makes-official-debut-libreoffice-makes-its-case/10915 |archive-date=8 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> for US$59.5 million,<ref>{{cite web|title=Star-Division-Gründer Marco Börries verlässt Sun Microsystems|url=http://business.chip.de/news/Star-Division-Gruender-Marco-Boerries-verlaesst-Sun-Microsystems_41399961.html|work=Chip Online DE|date=18 January 2001|access-date=21 June 2013|language=de|trans-title=Star Division founder Marco Börries leaves Sun Microsystems|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922204916/http://business.chip.de/news/Star-Division-Gruender-Marco-Boerries-verlaesst-Sun-Microsystems_41399961.html|archive-date=22 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> as it was supposedly cheaper than licensing [[Microsoft Office]] for 42,000 staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208042359/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-at-the-crossroads-1023702.html?page=2|archive-date=8 December 2013|work=The H Open|publisher=Heinz Heise|title=OpenOffice at the crossroads: Every bug is a feature|page=2|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|date=21 June 2010|access-date=20 June 2013|quote=Simon Phipps, now an ex-Sun employee, later claimed that 'The number one reason why Sun bought Star Division in 1999 was because, at the time, Sun had something approaching forty-two thousand employees. Pretty much every one of them had to have both a Unix workstation and a Windows laptop. And it was cheaper to go buy a company that could make a Solaris and Linux desktop productivity suite than it was to buy forty-two thousand licenses from Microsoft.'|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 19 July 2000 at [[O'Reilly Open Source Convention|OSCON]], Sun Microsystems announced it would make the source code of StarOffice available for download with the intention of building an open-source development community around the software and of providing a free and open alternative to Microsoft Office.<ref name="ooo-announcement">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |title=SUN MICROSYSTEMS OPEN SOURCES STAROFFICE TECHNOLOGY |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date=19 July 2000 |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114053747/http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ooo1announce/><ref name="thonline2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000704/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/OpenOffice-splits-and-pirouettes-1270296.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|access-date=9 May 2012|date=6 July 2011|title=OpenOffice – splits and pirouettes|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|publisher=Heinz Heise|work=The H Online|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The new project was known as OpenOffice.org,<ref name="Sun Systemnews">{{cite web |url=http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/29/1/news/2477 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031190014/http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/29/1/news/2477 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2004 |title=Sun Will Release StarOffice Source Code |publisher=System News |work=Sun.systemnews.com |volume=29 |issue=1 |access-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref> and the code was released as open source on 13 October 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2640108,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211201100/http://www4.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2640108,00.html|title=Sun puts StarOffice into open source|archive-date=11 December 2000|date=13 October 2000|first=Mary Jo|last=Foley|work=ZDNet News|publisher=ZDNet|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first public preview release was Milestone Build 638c, released in October 2001 (which quickly achieved 1 million downloads<ref name="briefhistory">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681|title=A Brief History Of OpenOffice.org|date=13 October 2010|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=21 September 2013|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328102035/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org&oldid=186681|url-status=live}}</ref>); the final release of OpenOffice.org 1.0 was on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0"/>

OpenOffice.org became the standard office suite on many [[Linux distribution|Linux distros]] and spawned many derivative versions. It quickly became noteworthy competition to Microsoft Office,<ref name="Register">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/24/ms_scorns_israeli_openoffice_defection/|title=MS scorns Israeli OpenOffice defection|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|first=Andrew|last=Orlowski|date=24 November 2003|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=3 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003224049/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/24/ms_scorns_israeli_openoffice_defection/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Slashdot">{{cite web |url=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04%2F03%2F25%2F1950234 |title=Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org |publisher=Slashdot |date=25 March 2004 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075825/https://slashdot.org/story/04/03/25/1950234/why-you-should-choose-ms-office-over-ooorg |url-status=live }}</ref> achieving 14% penetration in the large enterprise market by 2004.<ref name="Techtarget">{{cite web |url=http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |first=Jack |last=Loftus |title=Desktop apps ripe turf for open source |publisher=Searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com |date=4 October 2004 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214195107/http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[OpenOffice.org XML]] file format – [[XML]] in a [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] archive, easily machine-processable – was intended by Sun to become a standard interchange format for office documents,<ref>{{cite web|title=StarOffice XML File Format: Working Draft: Technical Reference Manual: Draft 9|url=http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=December 2000|page=19|access-date=17 October 2013|quote=Our goal is twofold: to have a complete specification encompassing all StarOffice components, and to provide an open standard for office documents.|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110170006/http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> to replace the different binary formats for each application that had been usual until then. Sun submitted the format to the [[Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards]] (OASIS) in 2002 and it was [[OpenDocument standardization|adapted]] to form the [[OpenDocument]] standard in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf|title=Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0: OASIS Standard, 1 May 2005|publisher=Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards|date=1 May 2005|access-date=17 October 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017190635/https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> which was ratified as [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 26300 in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070208224733/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485&scopelist=PROGRAMME|archive-date= 8 February 2007|title= Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0|date= 30 November 2006|access-date= 17 October 2013|publisher= International Organization for Standardization|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> It was made OpenOffice.org's native format from version 2 on. Many governments and other organisations [[OpenDocument adoption|adopted OpenDocument]], particularly given there was a free implementation of it readily available.

Development of OpenOffice.org was sponsored primarily by Sun Microsystems, which used the code as the basis for subsequent versions of StarOffice. Developers who wished to contribute code were required to sign a Contributor Agreement<ref name="SCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf |title=Licenses – SCA |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=1 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201124940/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="OCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/oca.pdf |title=Oracle Contributor Agreement |publisher=Oracle Corporation |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233018/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/oca.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> granting joint ownership of any contributions to Sun (and then Oracle), in support of the StarOffice business model.<ref name=lwn20110520>{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|title=OpenOffice.org and contributor agreements|work=LWN.net|first=Simon|last=Phipps|author-link=Simon Phipps (programmer)|date=20 May 2011|access-date=16 June 2013|archive-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430141822/http://lwn.net/Articles/443989/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was controversial for many years.<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref name="Berlind">{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-sun-right-to-insist-on-copyright-transfer/|title=Is Sun right to insist on copyright transfer?|work=Between The Lines|publisher=ZDNet|first=David|last=Berlind|date=26 April 2005|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502230522/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/is-sun-right-to-insist-on-copyright-transfer/1311|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lwngooo">{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/303009/|title=OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=LWN.net|date=15 October 2008|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=21 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421005310/http://lwn.net/Articles/303009/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=phipps-tippingpoint>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/sca_r_office|title=OpenOffice.org Tipping Point?|first=Simon|last=Phipps|work=SunMink|date=3 October 2007|access-date=3 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081654/https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/sca_r_office|archive-date=8 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="calcsolver">{{cite web|url=http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/|title=History of Calc Solver|work=Roundtrip to Shanghai via Tokyo|first=Kohei|last=Yoshida|date=2 October 2007|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=18 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118060456/http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/|url-status=live}}</ref> An alternative Public Documentation Licence (PDL)<ref name="PDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/pdl.pdf |title=Public Documentation License |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902232448/http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/pdl.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> was also offered for documentation not intended for inclusion or integration into the project code base.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#pdla|title=FAQs: Licensing|date=22 July 2009|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=4 July 2013|archive-date=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528031615/http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#pdla|url-status=live}}</ref>

After [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|acquiring Sun]] in January 2010, [[Oracle Corporation]] continued developing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, which it renamed Oracle Open Office,<ref name=oracleopenoffice/> though with a reduction in assigned developers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html|title=Die Woche: Bad Company Oracle?|trans-title=The Week: Bad Company Oracle?|first=Mirko|last=Dölle|work=Heise Open Source|publisher=Heinz Heise|language=de|date=4 November 2010|access-date=19 October 2013|quote=Nach der Übernahme von Sun hatte Oracle offenbar etliche Entwickler vom OpenOffice-Projekt abgezogen, was zu empfindlichen Verzögerungen bei der Weiterentwicklung geführt hat. [After the acquisition of Sun, Oracle apparently took several developers off the OpenOffice project, which led to severe delays in development.]|archive-date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024094250/http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Bad-Company-Oracle-1130884.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Oracle's lack of activity on or visible commitment to OpenOffice.org had also been noted by industry observers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html|title=Don't Count on Oracle to Keep OpenOffice.org Alive|first=Katherine|last=Noyes|work=PC World Linux Line|publisher=IDG|date=23 August 2010|access-date=12 October 2014|archive-date=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100603/http://www.pcworld.com/article/203910/dont_count_on_oracle_to_keep_openoffice_org_alive.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, the majority<ref name=reg20110314>{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME: Fork, yeah: LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice|quote=LibreOffice came about last year when the majority of OpenOffice developers, concerned about the future of the project under new owner Oracle, broke away.|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|date=14 March 2011|access-date=30 December 2012|newspaper=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|archive-date=7 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607093427/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/page2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ARS02Nov10">{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/|title=Fork off: mass exodus from OOo as contributors join LibreOffice|access-date=26 December 2012|last=Paul|first=Ryan|date=2 November 2010|work=[[Ars Technica]]|archive-date=2 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202232505/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/11/fork-off-mass-exodus-from-ooo-as-contributors-join-libreoffice/|url-status=live}}</ref> of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |title=&#91;native-lang&#93; Every end is a new beginning |publisher=Mail-archive.com |date=31 October 2010 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=14 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114195437/http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@native-lang.openoffice.org/msg04865.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html|title=OpenOffice wird zu LibreOffice: Die OpenOffice-Community löst sich von Oracle|language=de|trans-title=OpenOffice to LibreOffice: The OpenOffice community dissolves Oracle|work=Heise Online|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=28 September 2010|access-date=21 June 2013|archive-date=12 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712194501/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenOffice-wird-zu-LibreOffice-Die-OpenOffice-Community-loest-sich-von-Oracle-1097356.html|url-status=live}}</ref> due to concerns over Sun and then Oracle's management of the project<ref name="ARS28Sep10">{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/|title=Document Foundation forks OpenOffice.org, liberates it from Oracle|access-date=26 December 2012|last=Paul|first=Ryan|date=28 September 2010|work=Ars Technica|archive-date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822102322/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/09/document-foundation-forks-openofficeorg-to-liberate-it-from-oracle/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LibreOffice und The Document Foundation: Die Freiheit, die ich meine ..|url=http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/Die-Freiheit-die-ich-meine-1170972.html|trans-title=LibreOffice and The Document Foundation: The freedom that I mean&nbsp;...|first1=Thorsten|last1=Behrens|first2=Florian|last2=Effenberger|date=February 2011|access-date=21 June 2013|work=iX Magazine|publisher=Heinz Heise|archive-date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024202546/http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/Die-Freiheit-die-ich-meine-1170972.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/features/LibreOffice-A-fresh-page-for-OpenOffice-1097358.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206203304/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/LibreOffice-A-fresh-page-for-OpenOffice-1097358.html|archive-date=6 December 2013|title=LibreOffice – A fresh page for OpenOffice|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|work=The H Online|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=28 September 2010|access-date=7 October 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Oracle's handling of its open source portfolio in general,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community/|title=Could Oracle fracture open source community?|first=Jack|last=Wallen|work=ZDNet|date=7 September 2010|access-date=8 October 2013|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012759/http://www.zdnet.com/could-oracle-fracture-open-source-community-2062202707/|url-status=live}}</ref> to form [[The Document Foundation]] (TDF). TDF released the [[fork (software development)|fork]] [[LibreOffice]] in January 2011,<ref>{{cite web|author=Florian Effenberger|url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/|title=The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3|work=The Document Foundation Blog|publisher=The Document Foundation|date=25 January 2011|access-date=16 November 2011|archive-date=3 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303000124/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/01/25/the-document-foundation-launches-libreoffice-3-3/|url-status=live}}</ref> which most [[Linux distribution]]s soon moved to.<ref name="nww20120525">{{cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html|title=Most OpenOffice users run Windows|first=Jon|last=Gold|work=Network World|date=25 May 2012|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=18 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618030001/https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="debian-lo">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|title=LibreOffice has replaced OpenOffice in Debian|work=Debian wiki|publisher=Debian|date=26 February 2012|access-date=20 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921151847/https://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice?action=recall&rev=6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ubuntu-lo">{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |title=Ubuntu opts for LibreOffice over Oracle's OpenOffice |work=ZDNet |date=23 January 2012 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106191208/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="suse-lo">{{cite news|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|title=openSUSE 11.4 rocks despite missing GNOME|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=14 March 2011|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|access-date=19 January 2012|archive-date=19 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119234953/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/opensuse_11_point_4_review/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2011, Oracle stopped development of OpenOffice.org<ref name="oooclosurepr">{{cite web|url=https://www.oracle.com/lb/corporate/pressrelease/2-7334.html|title=Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-based Project|author=Oracle Corporation|date=15 April 2011|work=press release|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209110154/https://www.oracle.com/lb/corporate/pressrelease/2-7334.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and fired the remaining Star Division development team.<ref name=lwn20110520/><ref name=nww20130904>{{cite web|title=Open-Xchange takes aim at no less than Microsoft Office, Google Docs|url=https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html|first=Jon|last=Gold|work=Network World|date=9 April 2013|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502063445/https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/040913-open-xchange-268535.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Its reasons for doing so were not disclosed; some speculate that it was due to the loss of mindshare with much of the community moving to LibreOffice<ref name="ARS18Apr11">{{Cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |title=Oracle gives up on OpenOffice after community forks the project |access-date=19 April 2011 |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=18 April 2011 |work=Ars Technica |archive-date=21 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421024120/http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars |url-status=live }}</ref> while others suggest it was a commercial decision.<ref name=lwn20110520/>

In June 2011, Oracle contributed the trademarks to the [[Apache Software Foundation]].<ref name="MW01June">{{Cite news |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |title=Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution to Apache |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606030535/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=15 June 2011 |author=Oracle Corporation |publisher=MarketWire |date=June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}; [https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution Oracle blog version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081752/https://blogs.oracle.com/trond/entry/statements_on_openoffice_org_contribution |date=8 March 2013 }}</ref> It also contributed Oracle-owned code to Apache for relicensing under the [[Apache License]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052|title=RE: LibreOffice relicensing efforts|first=Dennis|last=Hamilton|work=Apache Incubator mailing list|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=24 May 2012|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/19052|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the suggestion of [[IBM]] (to whom Oracle had contractual obligations concerning the code),<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025|title=What the heck is happening with OpenOffice? (UPDATE)|last=Vaughan-Nichols|first=Steven J.|work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source|publisher=ZDNet|date=31 May 2011|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002224747/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-openoffice-update/9025|url-status=dead}}</ref> as IBM did not want the code put under a [[copyleft]] license.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|title=Symphony is alive and well and living at Apache: Explaining IBM's document strategy|first=Douglas|last=Heintzman|publisher=IBM|work=IBM Software Blog|date=12 March 2012|access-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083420/https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/bcde08b8-816c-42a8-aa37-5f1ce02470a9/entry/symphony_is_alive_and_well_and_living_at_apache_explaining_ibm_s_document_strategy1?lang=en_us|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This code drop formed the basis for the [[Apache OpenOffice]] project.<ref name="ApacheOOo">{{cite web |url=http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |title=OpenOffice.org Incubation Status |access-date=18 June 2011 |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |date=June 2011 |archive-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328062952/http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Governance ===
During Sun's sponsorship, the OpenOffice.org project was governed by the ''Community Council'', comprising OpenOffice.org community members. The Community Council suggested project goals and coordinated with producers of derivatives on long-term development planning issues.<ref name="charter">{{cite web|url=http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html|title=Community Council Charter: version 1.2|work=OpenOffice.org|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=25 March 2009|access-date=9 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424032526/http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html|archive-date=24 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://council.openoffice.org/|title=OpenOffice.org Community Council|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213124745/http://council.openoffice.org/|archive-date=13 December 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913013250/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html|archive-date=13 September 2010|title=Guidelines for Participating in OpenOffice.org|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Both Sun and Oracle are claimed to have made decisions without consulting the Council or in contravention to the council's recommendations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytech.com/Open+Source+Rebels+Defeat+Oracle+Free+OpenOffice/article21401.htm |title=Open Source Rebels Defeat Oracle, Free OpenOffice |first=Jason |last=Mick |work=DailyTech |quote=With the death of OpenOffice, LibreOffice lives on, inheriting its legacy. |date=18 April 2011 |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231054935/http://www.dailytech.com/Open+Source+Rebels+Defeat+Oracle+Free+OpenOffice/article21401.htm |archive-date=31 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=webwereld20100930>{{cite web|url=http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak|title=OpenOffice-coup al jaren in de maak|language=nl|trans-title=OpenOffice coup years in the making|first=Sander|last=van der Meijs|work=WebWereld|date=30 September 2010|access-date=6 July 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055240/http://webwereld.nl/development/45256-openoffice-coup-al-jaren-in-de-maak|url-status=live}}</ref> leading to the majority of outside developers leaving for LibreOffice.<ref name="ARS28Sep10"/> Oracle demanded in October 2010 that all Council members involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Ryan |title=Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council |date=18 October 2010 |url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/oracle-wants-libreoffice-members-to-leave-ooo-council.ars |work=Ars Technica |access-date=17 February 2011 |archive-date=25 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625041345/http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/10/oracle-wants-libreoffice-members-to-leave-ooo-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> leaving the Community Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019>{{cite news |last=Blankenhorn |first=Dana |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openoffice-org-community-council/7575 |title=Oracle purging OpenOffice.org community council |work=ZDNet |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317180130/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-purging-openoffice-org-community-council/7575 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Naming ===
The project and software were informally referred to as ''OpenOffice'' since the Sun release, but since this term is a [[trademark]] held by Open Office Automatisering in [[Benelux]] since 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/orange-launches-open-office/|title=Orange launches 'Open Office'|first=David|last=Meyer|work=ZDNet Networking|publisher=ZDNet|date=4 September 2007|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018133813/http://www.zdnet.com/orange-launches-open-office-3039289058/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://openoffice.nl/merkenregistratie|title=over het merk "Open Office"|language=nl|trans-title=about the brand "Open Office"|publisher=Openoffice.nl|access-date=27 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823152257/http://www.openoffice.nl/merkenregistratie|archive-date=23 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''OpenOffice.org'' was its formal name.<ref name="openoffice1">{{cite web
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 |archive-date = 16 June 2010
 |title       = Why should we say "OpenOffice.org" instead of simply "OpenOffice"
 |work        = OpenOffice.org Frequently Asked Questions
 |date        = 16 June 2010
 |access-date  = 27 June 2013
 |quote       = ''Why should we say "OpenOffice.org" instead of simply "OpenOffice"?'' The trademark for "OpenOffice" belongs to someone else. Therefore we must use "OpenOffice.org" when referring to this open source project and its software.
 |url-status     = dead
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}}</ref>

Due to a similar trademark issue (a [[Rio de Janeiro]] company that owned that trademark in Brazil), the [[Brazilian Portuguese]] version of the suite was distributed under the name BrOffice.org from 2004, with BrOffice.Org being the name of the associated local nonprofit from 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broffice.org/sobre|title=Sobre o BrOffice.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120111119/http://broffice.org/sobre|archive-date=20 November 2010|date=7 July 2006|language=pt|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> (BrOffice.org moved to LibreOffice in December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=LibreOffice Development Extends To Brazil|url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2010/12/06/libreoffice-development-extends-to-brazil/|publisher=The Document Foundation|date=6 December 2010|first=Florian|last=Effenberger|access-date=24 January 2011|archive-date=17 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317124020/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2010/12/06/libreoffice-development-extends-to-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref>)

== Features ==
OpenOffice.org 1.0 was launched under the following [[mission statement]]:<ref name=ooo1announce>{{cite web |title=OpenOffice.org community announces OpenOffice.org 1.0: free office productivity software |url=http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/ooo_release.html |date=30 April 2002 |access-date=16 March 2007 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |archive-date=21 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421173321/http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/ooo_release.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{blockquote|text=The mission of OpenOffice.org is to create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.}}

=== Components ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Icon !! Title !! Description
|-
| class="noresize" | [[File:OOoWriter3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Writer icon|48px]]
| '''Writer'''
| A [[word processor]] analogous to [[Microsoft Word]] or [[WordPerfect]].
|-
| [[File:OOoCalc3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Calc icon|48px]]
| '''Calc'''
| A [[spreadsheet]] analogous to [[Microsoft Excel]] or [[Lotus 1-2-3]].
|-
| [[File:OOoImpress3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Impress icon|48px]]
| '''Impress'''
| A [[presentation program]] analogous to [[Microsoft PowerPoint]] or [[Apple Keynote]]. Impress could export presentations to [[Adobe Flash]] (SWF) files, allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. Presentation templates were available on the OpenOffice.org website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/presentations/index.html |title=Presentation templates at OpenOffice.org |publisher=documentation.openoffice.org |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428003904/http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template/presentations/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/impress/index.html |title=Impress Templates&nbsp;— User/Template |publisher=documentation.openoffice.org |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=10 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510051859/http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/impress/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:OOoDraw3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Draw icon|48px]]
| '''Draw'''
| A [[vector graphics editor]] comparable in features to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office.
|-
| [[File:OOoMath3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Math icon|48px]]
| '''Math'''
| A tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas, analogous to [[Microsoft Equation Editor]]. Formulas could be embedded inside other OpenOffice.org documents, such as those created by Writer.
|-
| [[File:OOoBase3logo.png|alt=OOo 3 Base icon|48px]]
| '''Base'''
| A [[database management program]] analogous to [[Microsoft Access]]. Base could function as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), [[Open Database Connectivity|ODBC]] data sources, [[MySQL]] and [[PostgreSQL]]. Base became part of the suite starting with version 2.0. [[HSQL]] was the included database engine. From version 2.3, Base offered report generation via [[Pentaho]].
|}

The suite contained no [[personal information manager]], [[email client]] or [[calendar application]] analogous to [[Microsoft Outlook]], despite one having been present in StarOffice 5.2. Such functionality was frequently requested.<ref name=lightning3.0/> The OpenOffice.org Groupware project, intended to replace Outlook and [[Microsoft Exchange Server]], spun off in 2003 as OpenGroupware.org,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Exchange-targeted-by-open-source-group/2100-1012_3-1024994.html|title=Exchange targeted by open-source group|first=Matt|last=Hines|work=CNET News|publisher=CNet|date=11 July 2003|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001122742/http://news.cnet.com/Exchange-targeted-by-open-source-group/2100-1012_3-1024994.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which is now [[SOGo]]. The project considered bundling [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] and [[Mozilla Lightning]] for OpenOffice.org 3.0.<ref name=lightning3.0>{{cite web|first=Louis|last=Suárez-Potts|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html|title=Interview: Mozilla Lightning and OpenOffice.org|publisher=Openoffice.org|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230022618/http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/mozilla_lightning_and_OOo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Supported operating systems ===
The last version, 3.4 Beta 1, was available for [[IA-32]] versions of [[Windows 2000]] Service Pack 2 or later, [[Linux]] (IA-32 and x64), [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and [[OS X]] 10.4 or later, and the [[SPARC]] version of Solaris.<ref name="ooo34b1">{{cite web|url=http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429112756/http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html|title=OpenOffice.org – Download Beta Release|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=29 April 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="sysreqs">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html|title=System Requirements for OpenOffice.org|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514140306/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html|archive-date=14 May 2011|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The latest versions of OpenOffice.org on other operating systems were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Porting: The OpenOffice.org Porting Project: home|url=http://porting.openoffice.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109000427/http://www.openoffice.org/porting/|archive-date=9 January 2012|publisher=[[Apache Software Foundation]]|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210506072821/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_10.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 1.0.x]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126195630/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_11.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 1.1.x]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210815094437/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 2]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210818080457/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_30.html System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 3.0 – 3.3]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104055215/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo34.html System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 3.4]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html |title=System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 4.0 |access-date=29 October 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029220103/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html |title=System Requirements for Apache OpenOffice 4.1.x |access-date=29 October 2021 |archive-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216060244/https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[IRIX]] ([[MIPS architecture|MIPS IV]]): v1.0.3<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/porting/irix/ |title=IRIX OpenOffice.org Porting Site |publisher=Openoffice.org |date=17 May 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128065340/http://www.openoffice.org/porting/irix/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Linux 2.2]]: v2.x
* [[Linux 2.4]]: v3.3.x
* [[Mac OS X v10.2]]: v1.1.2
* [[Mac OS X v10.3]]: v2.1
* [[Mac OS X v10.4]]-[[Mac OS X v10.6]]: v4.0
* [[Windows 95]]: v1.1.5
* [[Windows NT 4.0 SP6]]: v1.1.x
* [[Windows 98]] and [[Windows ME]]: v2.4.3<ref name="sysreqs20">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529092059/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html|archive-date=29 May 2011|title=System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 2|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Windows 2000]] Service Pack 2 or later: v3.3.x
* [[Solaris 7]]: 1.0.x
* [[Solaris 8]], [[Solaris 9]]: v2.x
* [[Solaris 10]]: v3.4 Beta 1

=== Fonts ===
OpenOffice.org included [[OpenSymbol]], [[DejaVu fonts|DejaVu]],<ref name="modules-fonts">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=External%2FModules&oldid=91799#Fonts|title=External/Modules|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=4 September 2008|access-date=20 June 2013|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=External%2FModules&oldid=91799#Fonts|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Liberation fonts]] (from 2.4) and the [[Gentium]] fonts (from 3.2).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=89682 |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;— Issue 89682 — Include the Gentium open fonts |publisher=OpenOffice.org |access-date=3 February 2010 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075829/https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=89682 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77705 |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;— Issue 77705 – Liberation font and OOo |publisher=OpenOffice.org |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511113949/http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77705 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104723 |title=OpenOffice.org&nbsp;— Issue 104723 – Update Liberation fonts to v1.05.1.20090721 |publisher=OpenOffice.org |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511113839/http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104723 |url-status=live }}</ref> Versions up to 2.3 included the [[Bitstream Vera]] fonts.<ref name="modules-fonts" /><ref name="ooo240" /> OpenOffice.org also used the default fonts of the running operating system.

''Fontwork'' is a feature that allows users to create stylized text with special effects differing from ordinary text with the added features of gradient colour fills, shaping, letter height, and character spacing. It is similar to [[WordArt]] used by Microsoft Word.  When OpenOffice.org saved documents in Microsoft Office file format, all Fontwork was converted into WordArt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOoAuthors_User_Manual%2FImpress_Guide%2FUsing_Fontwork&oldid=78557|date=23 May 2008|title=Using Fontwork|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOoAuthors_User_Manual%2FImpress_Guide%2FUsing_Fontwork&oldid=78557|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Using_Fontwork|title=Using Fontwork|date=9 November 2007|access-date=22 September 2013|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316194556/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Using_Fontwork|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Extensions ===
From version 2.0.4, OpenOffice.org supported third-party extensions.<ref>{{cite mailing list |last=Bergmann |first=Stephan |title=.oxt, .uno.pkg, .zip |mailing-list=dev@extensions.openoffice.org |date=7 July 2006 |url=http://markmail.org/thread/mqs2zu2razceqnr3 |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926192901/http://markmail.org/thread/mqs2zu2razceqnr3 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of April 2011, the OpenOffice Extension Repository listed more than 650 extensions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424015927/http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project|title=OpenOffice.org Extensions|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=24 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Another list was maintained by the [[Free Software Foundation]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Open Office und FSF streiten um Extensions|language=de|trans-title=OpenOffice and FSF argue about extensions|magazine=[[Linux Magazine|Linux Magazin]]|url=http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Open-Office-und-FSF-streiten-um-Extensions|access-date=16 May 2012|date=10 May 2010|first=Ulrich|last=Bantle|archive-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720234707/http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Open-Office-und-FSF-streiten-um-Extensions|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List|title=Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List|publisher=LibrePlanet|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-date=19 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619105248/http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== OpenOffice Basic ===
{{Main|OpenOffice Basic}}

OpenOffice.org included OpenOffice Basic, a [[programming language]] similar to Microsoft [[Visual Basic for Applications]] (VBA). OpenOffice Basic was available in Writer, Calc and Base.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bain |first=Mark Alexander |work=NewsForge |title=An introduction to OpenOffice.org Basic |url=http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/20/1840248.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323022629/http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/20/1840248.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2006 |access-date=3 March 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> OpenOffice.org also had some Microsoft VBA macro support.

=== Connectivity ===
OpenOffice.org could interact with databases (local or remote) using ODBC ([[Open Database Connectivity]]), JDBC ([[Java Database Connectivity]]) or SDBC (StarOffice Database Connectivity).<ref>{{Cite conference
 |first1         = Editha D.
 |last1          = Dimalen
 |first2        = Davis Muhajereen D.
 |last2         = Dimalen
 |title         = An OpenOffice Spelling and Grammar Checker Add-in Using an Open Source External Engine as Resource Manager and Parser
 |url           = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/centers/adric/nlp/downloads/4NNLPRS/pdf/paper16.pdf
 |archive-url    = https://web.archive.org/web/20110501094549/http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/centers/adric/nlp/downloads/4NNLPRS/pdf/paper16.pdf
 |archive-date   = 1 May 2011
 |conference    = 4th National Natural Language Processing Research Symposium: Philippine Languages and Computation
 |year          = 2007
 |page          = 70
 |place         = Manila
 |conference-url = http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/centers/adric/nlp/events.asp
 |access-date    = 16 October 2013
 |quote         = SDBC (StarOffice Database Connectivity) and ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) was used to bridge the postgreSQL engine with the OpenOffice document.
 |url-status       = dead
 |df            = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

== File formats ==
From Version 2.0 onward, OpenOffice.org used ISO/IEC 26300:2006<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/home/news_index/news_archive/news.htm?refid=Ref1004
|title=ISO and IEC approve OpenDocument OASIS standard for data interoperability of office applications
|date=8 May 2006
|access-date=23 April 2013
|work=ISO Press Releases
|publisher=[[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102041911/http://www.iso.org/iso/home/news_index/news_archive/news.htm?refid=Ref1004
|archive-date=2 November 2013
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> [[OpenDocument]] as its native format. Versions 2.0–2.3.0 default to the ODF 1.0 file format; versions 2.3.1–2.4.3 default to ODF 1.1; versions 3.0 onward default to ODF 1.2.

OpenOffice.org 1 used [[OpenOffice.org XML]] as its native format. This was contributed to [[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]] and OpenDocument was developed from it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/xml/general.html |title=OpenOffice.org XML File Format |access-date=22 September 2013 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |archive-date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920212503/http://www.openoffice.org/xml/general.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

OpenOffice.org also claimed support for the following formats:<ref name="fileformats">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOo3_User_Guides%2FGetting_Started%2FFile_formats&oldid=175577|title=File formats OOo can open|date=17 July 2010|access-date=20 June 2013|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629134404/http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOo3_User_Guides%2FGetting_Started%2FFile_formats&oldid=175577|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="started2x">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOoAuthors_User_Manual%2FGetting_Started%2FFile_formats&oldid=74444|title=Getting Started Guide for OpenOffice.org 2.x&nbsp;— File formats|date=23 April 2008|access-date=20 June 2013|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Documentation%2FOOoAuthors_User_Manual%2FGetting_Started%2FFile_formats&oldid=74444|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="sortable collapsible collapsed wikitable"
|-
!Format
!Extension
!Reading
!Writing
!Notes
|-
|[[OpenOffice.org XML]]
|SXW, STW, SXC, STC, SXI, STI, SXD, STD, SXM
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|native up to 1.x
|-
|[[Microsoft Word]] for Windows 2
|DOC, DOT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|Microsoft Word 6.0/95
|DOC, DOT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|Microsoft Word 97–2003
|DOC, DOT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[Microsoft Word#XML Document (Word 2003)|Microsoft Word 2003 XML]] (WordprocessingML)
|XML
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[Microsoft Excel]] 4/5/95
|XLS, XLW, XLT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|Microsoft Excel 97–2003
|XLS, XLW, XLT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[DocBook]]
|XML
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|since 1.1
|-
|[[WordPerfect]]
|WPD
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[WordPerfect Suite]] 2000/Office 1.0
|WPS
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[StarOffice]] StarWriter 3/4/5
|SDW, SGL, VOR
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[Ichitaro (word processor)|Ichitaro]] 8/9/10/11
|JTD, JTT
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[ApportisDoc]] (Palm)
|PDB
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Requires Java
|-
|[[Hangul (word processor)|Hangul]] WP 97
|HWP
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|Microsoft Pocket Word
|PSW
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Requires Java
|-
|Microsoft Pocket Excel
|PXL
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Requires Java
|-
|Microsoft RTF
|RTF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|"you are likely to experience loss of formatting and images"<ref name="started2x"/>
|-
|Plain text
|TXT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|various encodings supported
|-
|[[Portable Document Format]]
|PDF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|Export from 1.1;<ref name="ooo11" /> [[PDF/A]]-1a (ISO 19005-1) export from 2.4;<ref name="ooo240" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=API%2FTutorials%2FPDF_export&oldid=169158|title=API/Tutorials/PDF export|date=24 May 2010|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=22 May 2011|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=API%2FTutorials%2FPDF_export&oldid=169158|url-status=live}}</ref> some readable in Impress
|-
|Comma-separated values
|CSV, TXT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|Microsoft Excel 2003 XML
|XML
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[Lotus 1-2-3]]
|WK1, WKS, 123
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[Data Interchange Format]]
|DIF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|StarOffice StarCalc 3/4/5
|SDC, VOR
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[dBase]]
|DBF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|SYLK
|SLK
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[HTML]]
|HTML, HTM
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[Quattro Pro]] 6.0
|WB2
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[Microsoft PowerPoint]] 97–2003
|PPT, PPS, POT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|StarOffice StarDraw/StarImpress
|SDA, SDD, SDP, VOR
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[Computer Graphics Metafile]]
|CGM
|{{yes}}
|
|Binary-encoded only; not those using clear-text or character based encoding
|-
|StarOffice StarMath
|SXM
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
|[[MathML]]
|MML
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[BMP file format]]
| BMP
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[JPEG]]
| JPG, JPEG
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[PCX]]
| PCX
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[Photoshop]]
| PSD
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| SGV
| SGV
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[Windows Metafile]]
| WMF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[AutoCAD DXF]]
| DXF
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| MET
| MET
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[Netpbm format]]
| PGM, PBM, PPM
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[SunOS]] Raster
| RAS
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| SVM
| SVM
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[X BitMap]]
| XBM
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[Enhanced Metafile]]
| EMF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[HPGL]] plotting file
| PLT
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| SDA
| SDA
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[Truevision TGA]] (Targa)
| TGA
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[X PixMap]]
| XPM
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[Encapsulated PostScript]]
| EPS
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| PCD
| PCD
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[Portable Network Graphics]]
| PNG
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| SDD
| SDD
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| [[Tag Image File Format]]
| TIF, TIFF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| [[Graphics Interchange Format]]
| GIF
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| PCT
| PCT
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| SGF
| SGF
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[Adobe Flash]]
|SWF
|
|{{yes}}
|Export from Impress
|-
|[[Scalable Vector Graphics]]
|SVG
|
|{{yes}}
|Export from Draw
|-
|[[Software602]] (T602)
|602, TXT
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
|[[Uniform Office Format]]
|UOF, UOT, UOS, UOP
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|since 3.0
|-
|Microsoft Office 2007 [[Office Open XML]]
|DOCX, XLSX, PPTX
|{{yes}}
|
|read since 3.0;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/ |title=3.0 New Features |publisher=Openoffice.org |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125024230/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/ |url-status=live }}</ref> writing only in derivatives descended via [[go-oo]]
|}

== Development ==
OpenOffice.org converted all external formats to and from an internal XML representation.

The OpenOffice.org [[application programming interface|API]] was based on a component technology known as [[Universal Network Objects]] (UNO). It consisted of a wide range of interfaces defined in a [[CORBA]]-like [[interface description language]].

=== Native desktop integration ===
OpenOffice.org 1.0 was criticized for not having the [[look and feel]] of applications developed natively for the platforms on which it runs. Starting with version 2.0, OpenOffice.org used native [[widget toolkit]], icons, and font-rendering libraries on [[GNOME]], [[KDE]] and Windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.gnome.org/ooo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415144829/http://projects.gnome.org/ooo/|archive-date=15 April 2009|title=Gnome/OpenOffice.org(G/OO.o)|publisher=Gnome.org|access-date=22 April 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kde.openoffice.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713115136/http://kde.openoffice.org/|archive-date=13 July 2010|title=OpenOffice.org KDE Integration Project|publisher=OpenOffice.org|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.kde.org/node/3983 |title=Elite Kubuntu Developers Successful OpenOffice KDE 4 Integration |publisher=blogs.kde.org |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807073936/http://blogs.kde.org/node/3983 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The issue had been particularly pronounced on Mac OS X. Early versions of OpenOffice.org required the installation of [[X11.app]] or [[XDarwin]] (though the [[NeoOffice]] port supplied a native interface). Versions since 3.0 ran natively using Apple's [[Aqua (GUI)|Aqua GUI]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OpenOffice.org Mac OS X Delivery Schedule|url=http://www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/timeline.html|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630173444/http://www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/timeline.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Use of Java ===
Although originally written in C++, OpenOffice.org became increasingly reliant on the Java Runtime Environment, even including a bundled [[Java virtual machine|JVM]].<ref name=bundled-java>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105133104/http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html|archive-date=5 January 2012|url=http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html|title=Java & OpenOffice.org|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|access-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> OpenOffice.org was criticized by the Free Software Foundation for its increasing dependency on Java, which was not [[free software]].<ref name="Byfield">{{cite news |last=Byfield |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Byfield |title=Free Software Foundation and OpenOffice.org team up to escape Java trap |publisher=[[Linux Foundation]] |work=[[linux.com]] |date=16 May 2005 |url=http://www.linux.com/feature/44959 |access-date=9 September 2007 |archive-date=27 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127130021/http://www.linux.com/feature/44959 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The issue came to the fore in May 2005, when [[Richard Stallman]] appeared to call for a fork of the application in a posting on the Free Software Foundation website.<ref name="Byfield"/> OpenOffice.org adopted a development guideline that future versions of OpenOffice.org would run on free implementations of Java and fixed the issues which previously prevented OpenOffice.org 2.0 from using free-software Java implementations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mail-archive.com/jdk@tools.openoffice.org/msg00005.html|title=Reoccuring discussions arounds OOos Java usage ''(sic)''|first=Kay|last=Ramme|work=tools-jdk mailing list|publisher=OpenOffice.org|date=11 May 2005|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928061527/http://www.mail-archive.com/jdk@tools.openoffice.org/msg00005.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 13 November 2006, Sun committed to releasing Java under the [[GNU General Public License]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/story.jsp |title=Sun Opens Java |access-date=25 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116045838/http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/story.jsp |publisher=Sun Microsystems |archive-date=16 November 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and had released a free software Java, [[OpenJDK]], by May 2007.

=== Security ===
In 2006, Lt. Col. Eric Filiol of the  Laboratoire de Virologie et de Cryptologie de l'ESAT demonstrated security weaknesses, in particular within macros.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060718-7288.html|title=OpenOffice.org less secure than Microsoft Office?|work=Ars Technica|first=Eric|last=Bangeman|date=18 July 2006|access-date=1 August 2006|archive-date=21 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721120651/http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060718-7288.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/quot-Le-ministere-de-la-Defense-met-OpenOffice-a-l-index-quot-td2918635.html|title='Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index'|first=Louis|last=Suárez-Potts|date=21 July 2006|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701190215/http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/quot-Le-ministere-de-la-Defense-met-OpenOffice-a-l-index-quot-td2918635.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/le-ministere-de-la-defense-met-openoffice-a-l-index-39362096.htm|title=Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index|language=fr|first=Thomas|last=Rousseau|work=ZDnet.fr|date=11 July 2006|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114524/http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/le-ministere-de-la-defense-met-openoffice-a-l-index-39362096.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, [[Kaspersky Lab]] demonstrated a [[proof of concept]] virus, "Stardust", for OpenOffice.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-7349_3-6078475.html|first=Joris|last=Evans|title=Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice|publisher=CNet|date=31 May 2006|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060944/http://news.cnet.com/2100-7349_3-6078475.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This showed OpenOffice.org viruses are possible, but there is no known virus "in the wild".

As of October 2011, [[Secunia]] reported no known unpatched security flaws for the software.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20130/ |title= Vulnerability Report: OpenOffice.org 3.x |publisher= [[Secunia]] |access-date= 20 October 2011 |archive-date= 18 December 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111218221239/http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20130/ |url-status= live }}</ref> A vulnerability in the inherited OpenOffice.org codebase was found and fixed in LibreOffice in October 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/461673/|title=An odd vulnerability report for LibreOffice|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=LWN.net|date=5 October 2011|access-date=15 October 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928135641/http://lwn.net/Articles/461673/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Apache OpenOffice in May 2012.<ref name="aoo340"/>

=== Version history ===
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 30em; margin-left:1em;"
|+ OpenOffice.org release history
|-
! Version
! style=white-space:nowrap | Release date
! Description
|-
|Build 638c
|2001–10<ref name="briefhistory"/>
|The first public milestone release.
|-
|1.0
|2002-05-01<ref name="release1.0"/>
|First official release.
|-
|1.0.3.1
|2003–04<ref name="briefhistory"/>
|Last version officially supporting Windows&nbsp;95.
|-
|1.1
|2003-09-02<ref name=productrelease/>
|Export to PDF, export to Flash, macro recording, extension mechanism.<ref name="ooo11"/>
|-
|1.1.1
|2004-03-29<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/6515|title=OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 Released|first=Eugenia|last=Loli|work=OSNews|date=29 March 2004|access-date=16 October 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017032755/http://www.osnews.com/story/6515|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Bundled with [[TheOpenCD]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610181058/http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/programs-v1.4/|archive-date=10 June 2004|publisher=[[TheOpenCD]]|title=TheOpenCD Home|access-date=2 February 2013|url-status=dead|url=http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/programs-v1.4/|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|1.1.4
|2004-12-22<ref name=productrelease>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Product_Release&oldid=195944|title=Product Release|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=11 April 2011|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Product_Release&oldid=195944|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Last version released under SISSL.
|-
|1.1.5
|2005-09-09<ref name=productrelease/>
|Last release for 1.x product line. Can edit OpenDocument files.<br/>Last version to officially support Windows NT 4.0.
|-
|2.0
|2005-10-20<ref name="ooo20pr"/>
|Milestone, with major enhancements and default saving in the OpenDocument format.
|-
|2.1.0
|2006-12-12<ref name=productrelease/>
|Minor enhancements, bug fixes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/2.1.0.html|title=OpenOffice.org2.1 – Release Notes|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=26 September 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928130854/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/2.1.0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2.2.0
|2007-03-29<ref name=productrelease/>
|Minor enhancements, bug fixes,<ref name="ooo220">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/2.2.0.html|title=OpenOffice.org 2.2 (build OOF680_m14) – Release Notes|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=26 September 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928131007/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/2.2.0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> security fixes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Espiner |first=Tom |title=New OpenOffice version includes security upgrades |publisher=CNet |date=4 April 2007 | url = http://news.cnet.com/New+OpenOffice+version+includes+security+upgrade/2100-7344_3-6173145.html| access-date =16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022081324/http://news.cnet.com/New-OpenOffice-version-includes-security-upgrade/2100-7344_3-6173145.html|archive-date=22 October 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2.3.0
|2007-09-17<ref name=productrelease/>
|Updated charting component, minor enhancements,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.3.0.html |title=OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 (build OOG680_m5) – Release Notes |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727151234/http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.3.0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> improved extension manager.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/20/openoffice_org_unveils_new_version_trumpeting_extensions/ |work=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing |access-date=26 April 2012 |title=OpenOffice builds extensions for v2.3 |date=20 September 2007 |first=Cade |last=Metz |archive-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004044010/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/20/openoffice_org_unveils_new_version_trumpeting_extensions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2.4.0
|2008-03-27<ref name=productrelease/>
|Bug fixes and new features,<ref name="ooo240">{{cite web |url=http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.0.html |title=New Features in OpenOffice.org 2.4 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230132246/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/2.4.0.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Feature_Freeze_Testing_2.4&oldid=108873|title=Feature Freeze Testing 2.4|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=23 January 2009|access-date=22 May 2011|archive-date=25 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825214319/http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Feature_Freeze_Testing_2.4&oldid=108873|url-status=live}}</ref> enhancements from RedOffice.<ref name=redflag240>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/openoffice_org_2_4_features|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024114047/http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/openoffice_org_2_4_features|archive-date=24 October 2007|title=OpenOffice.org 2.4 features implemented in cooperation with the RedFlag 2000 framework team|work=GullFOSS|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=22 October 2007|first=Carsten|last=Driesner|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|2.4.3
|2009-09-04<ref name=productrelease/>
|Last version for Windows 98 and Windows ME<ref name="sysreqs20"/>
|-
|3.0.0
|2008-10-13<ref name=productrelease/>
|Milestone: ODF 1.2, OOXML import, improved VBA, native OS X interface, Start Center.<ref name=ooo30/>
|-
|3.1.0
|2009-05-07<ref name=productrelease/>
|Overlining and transparent dragging.
|-
|3.2
|2010-02-11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=OOoRelease32&oldid=157099|title=OpenOffice 3.2 developer page|date=11 February 2010|access-date=11 February 2010|work=OpenOffice.org Wiki|publisher=Oracle Corporation|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230071237/http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=OOoRelease32&oldid=157099|url-status=live}}</ref>
|New features,<ref name="OOo32plannedFeatures">{{cite web |title=Features planned for OOo 3.2 (November 2009) |work=OpenOffice.org wiki |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date=1 August 2009 |url=http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Features&oldid=153651#Features_planned_for_OOo_3.2_.28January_2010.29 |access-date=23 August 2009 |archive-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117020356/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Features&oldid=153651#Features_planned_for_OOo_3.2_.28January_2010.29 |url-status=live }}</ref> and performance enhancements.<ref>{{cite web |title=Performance |work=OpenOffice.org wiki |publisher=Sun Microsystems |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Performance&oldid=135877 |date=24 July 2009 |access-date=23 August 2009 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Performance&oldid=135877 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|3.2.1
|2010-06-04<ref name=productrelease/>
|Updated Oracle Start Center and OpenDocument format icons, bug fixes. First Oracle stable release.<ref name="releasenotes321">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.2.1.html#note|title=3.2.1 (build OOO320m18) – Release Notes: Important Notes: OOo Brand Refresh|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=19 October 2013|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020133105/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.2.1.html#note|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|3.3
|2011-01-26<ref name=productrelease/>
|New spreadsheet functions and parameters. Last Oracle stable release, and the last stable release to support Windows 2000 and Mac OS X on PowerPC.
|-
|3.4 Beta 1
|2011-04-12<ref name="ooo34b1"/>
|Last Oracle code release, and the last release to support Windows 2000 and Mac OS X on PowerPC.
|}

==== OpenOffice.org 1 ====
[[File:OpenOffice.org 1.1 official main logo 2col trans.png|left|thumb|OpenOffice.org 1.1 logo]]
The preview, Milestone 638c, was released October 2001.<ref name="briefhistory"/> OpenOffice.org 1.0 was released under both the LGPL and the SISSL<ref name="thonline2011" /> for Windows, Linux and Solaris<ref>{{cite web |title=Release Notes for the OpenOffice.org 1.0.0 Release |publisher=Sun Microsystems |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.0/release_notes_1.0.0.html |date=May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020504114841/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.0/release_notes_1.0.0.html |archive-date=4 May 2002 |access-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/news.html|title=News: The Press on OpenOffice.org and Open Source|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=5 June 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020607182735/http://www.openoffice.org/news.html|archive-date=7 June 2002|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The version for Mac OS X (with [[X Window System|X11]] interface) was released on 23 June 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/index.html |title=Mac OS X OpenOffice.org Port |date=29 June 2003 |access-date=8 August 2010 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801095825/http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/index.html |archive-date=1 August 2003 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OpenOffice.org 1.0 for Mac OS X (X11) |date=7 July 2003 |url=http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=8 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801095614/http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html |archive-date=1 August 2003 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

OpenOffice.org 1.1 introduced One-click Export to PDF, Export presentations to Flash (.SWF) and [[Macro (computer science)|macro]] recording. It also allowed third-party addons.<ref name="ooo11">{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/1.1/index.html |title=1.1 Features |publisher=Sun Microsystems |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230012359/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/1.1/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

OpenOffice.org was used in 2005 by ''[[The Guardian]]'' to illustrate what it saw as the limitations of open-source software.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/dec/08/opensource.software |title=If this suite's a success, why is it so buggy? |last=Brown |first=Andrew |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 December 2005 |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921105259/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/dec/08/opensource.software |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== OpenOffice.org 2 ====
Work on version 2.0 began in early 2003 with the following goals (the "Q Product Concept"): better interoperability with Microsoft Office; improved speed and lower memory usage; greater [[Scripting language|scripting]] capabilities; better integration, particularly with GNOME; a more usable database; digital signatures; and improved [[usability]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/tools/releases/q-concept.html|title=StarOffice / OpenOffice.org "Q" Product Concept|first=Lutz|last=Hoeger|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=August 2003|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927200324/http://www.openoffice.org/tools/releases/q-concept.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It would also be the first version to default to OpenDocument. Sun released the first [[beta version]] on 4 March 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/2.0beta_press_release.html|title=Openoffice.org Announces Version 2.0 Public Beta|date=4 March 2005|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=19 October 2013|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020133258/http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/2.0beta_press_release.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 2 September 2005, Sun announced that it was retiring SISSL to reduce [[license proliferation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/addressing_proliferation_deeds_not_just|first=Simon|last=Phipps|work=Simon Phipps, SunMink|publisher=Sun Microsystems|title=Addressing Proliferation: Deeds not just Words|access-date=26 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308081837/https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/addressing_proliferation_deeds_not_just|archive-date=8 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> though some press analysts felt it was so that IBM could not reuse OpenOffice.org code without contributing back.<ref name="thonline2011"/> Versions after 2.0 beta 2 would use only the LGPL.<ref name="ooolicensechange"/>

On 20 October 2005, OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released.<ref name="ooo20pr">{{cite press release
| url=http://www.openoffice.org/press/2.0/press_release.html
| title=OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here (OpenOffice.org 2.0 Announcement)
| publisher=Sun Microsystems
| date=20 October 2005
| access-date=16 October 2013
| archive-date=13 April 2018
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413002841/http://www.openoffice.org/press/2.0/press_release.html
| url-status=live
}}</ref> 2.0.1 was released eight weeks later, fixing minor bugs and introducing new features. As of the 2.0.3 release, OpenOffice.org changed its release cycle from 18 months to releasing updates every three months.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060408003518/http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153630/openoffice-zooms-lagging
 |archive-date = 8 April 2006
 |first       = Tom
 |last        = Sanders
 |publisher   = vnunet.com
 |title       = OpenOffice aims to boost lagging performance
 |access-date  = 20 April 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>

The OpenOffice.org 2 series attracted considerable press attention.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven |title=Why OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Your Best Choice |work=Linux & Open Source |publisher=[[eWeek]] |date=20 October 2005 |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Why-OpenOfficeorg-20-Is-Your-Best-Choice |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102121639/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Why-OpenOfficeorg-20-Is-Your-Best-Choice |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2013 |access-date=16 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Jason |title=OpenOffice.org 2.0 Has Edge over Its StarOffice 8 Cousin |work=Linux & Open Source |publisher=eWeek |date=21 October 2005 |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenOfficeorg-20-Has-Edge-over-Its-StarOffice-8-Cousin |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913082852/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenOfficeorg-20-Has-Edge-over-Its-StarOffice-8-Cousin |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |access-date=8 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bona |first=Michael |title=OFFICE ARRIVAL. Here at last: OpenOffice 2.0 |work=Reviews |publisher=Linux Magazine |date=February 2006 |url=http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf |pages=44–46, 48 |access-date=27 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011090041/http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0_Review.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1851001,00.asp|title=OpenOffice.org|publisher=Pcmag.com|date=1 December 2004|access-date=22 April 2009|archive-date=16 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416022555/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1851001,00.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=London |first=Simon |title=Open source moves into Microsoft's Office block |publisher=[[Financial Times]] (Registration required) |date=21 April 2005 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c5e53b8-b205-11d9-8c61-00000e2511c8.html?nclick_check=1 |access-date=16 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vnunet.com/personal-computer-world/software/2140229/openoffice-org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214234333/http://www.vnunet.com/personal-computer-world/software/2140229/openoffice-org|archive-date=14 December 2005|title=Openoffice.org 2|publisher=Personal Computer World|date=22 July 2005|first=Cliff|last=Joseph|access-date=22 April 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/OpenOffice-Sports-AllAround-Improvements/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102124300/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/OpenOffice-Sports-AllAround-Improvements/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2013 |title=OpenOffice Sports All-Around Improvements |publisher=eWeek |first=Tiffany |last=Maleshefski |date=13 June 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenOfficeorg-23-Impresses/ |title=OpenOffice.org 2.3 Impresses |publisher=eWeek |access-date=22 April 2009 |first=Tiffany |last=Maleshefski |date=28 November 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A ''[[PC Pro]]'' review awarded it 6 stars out of 6 and stated: "Our pick of the low-cost office suites has had a much-needed overhaul, and now battles Microsoft in terms of features, not just price."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/80012/openoffice-2.html|first=Nik|last=Rawlinson|date=18 November 2005|title=OpenOffice 2 review|publisher=PC Pro|access-date=22 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130081735/http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/80012/openoffice-2.html|archive-date=30 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Federal Computer Week]]'' listed OpenOffice.org as one of the "5 stars of open-source products",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcw.com/Articles/2005/09/26/5-stars-of-opensource-products.aspx |title=5 stars of open-source products: If you're not using these tools, you may be missing out |last=Joch |first=Alan |work=Federal Computer Week |publisher=1105 Public Sector Media Group |date=26 September 2005 |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017080350/http://fcw.com/Articles/2005/09/26/5-stars-of-opensource-products.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> noting in particular the importance of OpenDocument. ''[[Computerworld]]'' reported that for large government departments, migration to OpenOffice.org 2.0 cost one tenth of the price of upgrading to [[Microsoft Office 2007]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Migrating to OpenOffice.org 90 per cent cheaper than to Microsoft Office 12 |work=Daily Update |publisher=[[Computerworld]] Singapore |date=4 October 2005 |url=http://www.computerworld.com.my/PrinterFriendly.aspx?articleid=2742&issueid=94&pubid=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110134943/http://computerworld.com.my/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=2742&pubid=3&issueid=66 |archive-date=10 November 2007 |access-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Computerworld Volume 11, Issue 23.</ref>

==== OpenOffice.org 3 ====
[[File:Sun Start Center.png|thumb|220px|left|The Sun Start Center for versions between 3.0 and 3.2.0]]
On 13 October 2008, version 3.0 was released, featuring the ability to import (though not export) [[Office Open XML]] documents, support for ODF 1.2, improved [[Visual Basic for Applications|VBA]] [[Macro (computer science)|macros]], and a native interface port for OS X. It also introduced the new Start Center<ref name=ooo30>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0|title=OpenOffice.org 3.0 Features|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921232224/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/|url-status=live}}</ref> and upgraded to LGPL version 3 as its license.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Suarez-Potts|first1=Louis|title=OpenOffice.org moving to LGPLv3|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/272202/|access-date=16 August 2016|work=Linux Weekly News|date=7 March 2008|archive-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915215140/https://lwn.net/Articles/272202/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Version 3.2 included support for PostScript-based [[OpenType]] fonts. It warned users when ODF 1.2 Extended features had been used. An improvement to the document integrity check determined if an ODF document conformed to the ODF specification and offered a repair if necessary. Calc and Writer both reduced "cold start" time by 46% compared to version 3.0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/|title=OpenOffice.org 3.2 New Features|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-date=22 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222023142/http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/|url-status=live}}</ref> 3.2.1 was the first Oracle release.<ref name="releasenotes321"/>

Version 3.3, the last Oracle version, was released in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.golem.de/1101/81004.html |language=de |publisher=Golem.de |access-date=7 May 2012 |title=Openoffice.org 3.3 als kostenloser Download |trans-title=Openoffice.org 3.3 as a free download |date=26 January 2011 |first=Ingo |last=Pakalski |archive-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126132334/http://www.golem.de/1101/81004.html |url-status=live }}</ref> New features include an updated print form, a FindBar and interface improvements for Impress.<ref name="wiki.services.openoffice.org">{{cite web |title=Features planned for OOo 3.3 Third quarter 2010 |work=OpenOffice.org Wiki |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=21 June 2010 |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Features&oldid=172840#Features_planned_for_OOo_3.3_.28Third_quarter_2010.29 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Features&oldid=172840#Features_planned_for_OOo_3.3_.28Third_quarter_2010.29 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roadmap 2009 |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date=23 October 2009 |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Renaissance:The_Roadmap&oldid=144031 |access-date=3 November 2009 |archive-date=24 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124210931/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Renaissance:The_Roadmap&oldid=144031 |url-status=live }}</ref> The commercial version, Oracle Open Office 3.3 (StarOffice renamed), based on the beta, was released on 15 December 2010, as was the single release of Oracle Cloud Office (a proprietary product from an unrelated codebase).<ref name=oracleopenoffice>{{cite press release |title=Oracle Announces Oracle Cloud Office and Oracle Open Office 3.3: Industry's First Complete, Open Standards-Based Office Productivity Suites for Desktop, Web and Mobile Users |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=15 December 2010 |url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/195766 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217212955/http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/195766 |archive-date=17 December 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/22/cloud_office_javafx_ready/ |title=Oracle preps Google and Microsoft Office challenger |first=Gavin |last=Clarke |work=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016131152/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/22/cloud_office_javafx_ready/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== OpenOffice.org 3.4 Beta 1 ====
A beta version of OpenOffice.org 3.4 was released on 12 April 2011, including new SVG import, improved ODF 1.2 support, and spreadsheet functionality.<ref name="ooo34b1"/><ref name="ooo34b1changes"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/news/index.html#OOo340beta |title=News |publisher=Oracle Corporation |year=2011 |access-date=14 January 2012 |archive-date=29 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429190252/http://www.openoffice.org/news/index.html#OOo340beta |url-status=live }}</ref>

Before the final version of OpenOffice.org 3.4 could be released, Oracle cancelled its sponsorship of development<ref name="oooclosurepr"/> and fired the remaining Star Division development team.<ref name="lwn20110520"/><ref name="nww20130904"/>

== Market share ==
Problems arise in estimating the [[market share]] of OpenOffice.org because it could be freely distributed via download sites (including mirror sites), peer-to-peer networks, CDs, Linux distributions and so forth. The project tried to capture key adoption data in a market-share analysis,<ref name=marketshareanalysis>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Market_Share_Analysis&oldid=170058 |title=OpenOffice.org Market Share Analysis |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Market_Share_Analysis&oldid=170058 |url-status=live }}</ref> listing known distribution totals, known deployments and conversions and analyst statements and surveys.

According to [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], as of July 2010, 14.63% of [[Steam (service)|Steam]] users had OpenOffice.org installed on their machines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steam Hardware & Software Survey|url=http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=combined|publisher=[[Valve Corporation|Valve]]|access-date=3 December 2012|date=November 2012|archive-date=13 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613214530/http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=combined|url-status=live}}</ref>

A market-share analysis conducted by a [[web analytics]] service in 2010, based on over 200,000 Internet users, showed a wide range of adoption in different countries:<ref>{{cite news |author=Thomas H |title=International OpenOffice market shares |publisher=Webmasterpro.de |date=5 February 2010 |url=http://www.webmasterpro.de/portal/news/2010/02/05/international-openoffice-market-shares.html |access-date=27 May 2012 |archive-date=11 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211120822/http://www.webmasterpro.de/portal/news/2010/02/05/international-openoffice-market-shares.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 0.2% in China, 9% in the US and the UK and over 20% in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany.

Although Microsoft Office retained 95% of the general market — as measured by revenue — as of August 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1795|title=Rivals Set Their Sights on Microsoft Office: Can They Topple the Giant?|work=Knowledge@Wharton|publisher=[[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]]|date=22 August 2007|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=30 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830001652/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1795|url-status=live}}</ref> OpenOffice.org and StarOffice had secured 15–20% of the business market as of 2004<ref>{{cite web |last=Loftus |first=Jack |title=Desktop apps ripe turf for open source |format=First two paragraphs available, the rest requires login |work=SearchEnterpriseLinux.com |publisher=TechTarget |date=4 October 2004 |url=http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |access-date=27 May 2012 |archive-date=14 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214195107/http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1011227,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wrolstad |first=Jay |title=OpenOffice.org 2.0 Release Delayed |publisher=Top Tech News |date=13 October 2005 |url=http://www.toptechnews.com/news/OpenOffice-org-2-0-Release-Delayed/story.xhtml?story_id=03100339SMZN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104215102/http://www.toptechnews.com/news/OpenOffice-org-2-0-Release-Delayed/story.xhtml?story_id=03100339SMZN |archive-date=4 January 2009 |access-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and a 2010 University of Colorado at Boulder study reported that OpenOffice.org had reached a point where it had an "irreversible" installed user base and that it would continue to grow.<ref>{{cite book|ssrn=1656616|first1=Tony|last1=Casson|first2=Patrick|last2=Ryan|chapter=Open Standards, Open Source Adoption in the Public Sector, and Their Relationship to Microsoft's Market Dominance|title=STANDARDS EDGE: UNIFIER OR DIVIDER?|editor-first=Sherrie|editor-last=Bolin|page=87|publisher=Sheridan Books|year=2006}}</ref>

The project claimed more than 98 million downloads as of September 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.openoffice.org/spreadsheet/OOo-2007-09-01.ods|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205141746/http://stats.openoffice.org/spreadsheet/OOo-2007-09-01.ods|archive-date=5 December 2008|title=OOo-2007-09-01.ods|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and 300 million total to the release of version 3.2 in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3584404.htm|title=OpenOffice.org 3.2 is First Out of the Blocks in the 2010 Office Software Race (press release)|publisher=Oracle Corporation|date=11 February 2010|access-date=7 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426155704/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3584404.htm|archive-date=26 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The project claimed over one hundred million downloads for the OpenOffice.org 3 series within a year of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/ooo/centomilioni/prweb3108474.htm|title=OpenOffice.org clocks up one hundred million downloads|access-date=28 November 2009|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=29 October 2009|archive-date=1 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201233525/http://www.prweb.com/releases/ooo/centomilioni/prweb3108474.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Notable users ===
{{see also|OpenDocument adoption}}

Large-scale users of OpenOffice.org included [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Singapore's Ministry of Defence]],<ref name="mindef">{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-government-deploys-openoffice-org-on-5000-pcs/|title=Singapore government deploys OpenOffice.org on 5,000 PCs|first=Ingrid|last=Marson|work=ZDNet|date=2 November 2004|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055505/http://www.zdnet.com/singapore-government-deploys-openoffice-org-on-5000-pcs-3039171012/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Banco do Brasil]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Banco do Brasil, a successful case on the OpenOffice.org migration |url=http://opendocument.xml.org/node/153 |author=kraucermazuco |date=8 February 2007 |publisher=Opendocument.xml.org |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=6 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706155532/http://opendocument.xml.org/node/153 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of | 2006}} OpenOffice.org was the official office suite for the [[French Gendarmerie]].<ref name=marketshareanalysis/>

In [[India]], several government organizations such as [[Employees' State Insurance]], [[IIT Bombay]], [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]], the [[Supreme Court of India]], [[ICICI Bank]],<ref>{{cite web|title=What's Behind the Move to OpenOffice.org, Can OpenOffice Replace MS-Office?|publisher=TheUnical Technologies|url=http://blog.theunical.com/general/whats-behind-the-move-to-openoffice-org-can-openoffice-replace-ms-office/|work=TheUnical Technologies Blog|date=15 January 2010|access-date=9 March 2011|archive-date=18 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118025408/http://blog.theunical.com/general/whats-behind-the-move-to-openoffice-org-can-openoffice-replace-ms-office/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Allahabad High Court]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/faq.htm |title=FAQ: Why are Linux, Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice.org softwares selected for use by the High Court? |publisher=High Court of Judicature at Allahabad |date=20 November 2004 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=22 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422085018/http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/faq.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> which use Linux, completely relied on OpenOffice.org for their administration.

In [[Japan]], conversions from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org included many municipal offices: [[Sumoto, Hyōgo]], in 2004,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0401/19/news041.html
|title=IT特区の洲本市、OpenOfficeを全庁内PCに導入
|language=ja
|publisher=ITmedia
|date=19 January 2004
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=23 September 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923102642/http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0401/19/news041.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> [[Ninomiya, Tochigi]] in 2006,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/OPINION/20060428/236610/
|title=「全事務職員がLinuxデスクトップを使用している町役場」は実在する
|trans-title="All Town Hall administrative staff using the Linux desktop" is real
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=[[Nikkei Business Publications]]
|date=10 May 2006
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001225344/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/OPINION/20060428/236610/
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://japan.internet.com/public/news/20060602/5.html
|title=オープンソースも「使えば慣れる」、みんなが Linux、OpenOffice.org を使う町役場
|language=ja
|publisher=japan.internet.com
|date=2 June 2006
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=14 December 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214235028/http://japan.internet.com/public/news/20060602/5.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> [[Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima]], in 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20080529/304780/|title=会津若松市がOpenOffice.orgを全庁導入へ「順次MS {{sic|hide=y|reason=error in source|Off|ce}} から切り替え，5年間で約1500万円削減」|date=29 May 2008|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications|language=ja|trans-title=Aizuwakamatsu City switches all agencies to OpenOffice.org: "switching from MS Office sequentially, saving about 15 million yen in five years"|work=ITpro|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001225346/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20080529/304780/|url-status=live}}</ref> (and to LibreOffice as of 2012<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20120220/382107/
|title=会津若松市がOpenOffice.orgからLibreOfficeに移行
|trans-title=Aizuwakamatsu transitions to LibreOffice from OpenOffice.org
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=20 February 2012
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001225338/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20120220/382107/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>), [[Shikokuchūō, Ehime]], in 2009,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20090331/327513/
|title=四国中央市がOpenOffice.orgを全庁PC1100台に導入，5年で3300万円コスト削減
|trans-title=Shikokuchūō puts OpenOffice.org onto 1100 PCs, 33 million yen cost savings in five years
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=31 March 2009
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001225341/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20090331/327513/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> [[Minoh, Osaka]], in 2009<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www2.city.minoh.osaka.jp/JYOUHOU/HOUDOU/20091014linux_supporter.html
|title=～脱MS！無償「 Linux 」シンクライアントにより中古パソコン500台を再生利用へ～
|trans-title=De-MS! 500 used computers to be reclaimed free of charge by the "Linux" thin client
|language=ja
|publisher=City of Minoh
|date=14 October 2009
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=4 March 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304212459/http://www2.city.minoh.osaka.jp/JYOUHOU/HOUDOU/20091014linux_supporter.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> [[Toyokawa, Aichi]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100222/344886/
|title=豊川市がOpenOffice.orgを全面導入、コスト削減狙う
|trans-title=Toyokawa is fully introduced to OpenOffice.org, aiming at cost reduction
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=21 February 2010
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001225349/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100222/344886/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> [[Fukagawa, Hokkaido]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://cloud.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/release/20100802_385080.html
|title=北海道深川市、OpenOffice.org全庁導入を決定
|trans-title=Hokkaido Fukagawa City decides to introduce OpenOffice.org to all PCs
|language=ja
|work=press release
|publisher=City of [[Fukagawa, Hokkaido]]
|date=2 August 2010
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=28 September 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928003158/http://cloud.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/release/20100802_385080.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> and [[Katano, Osaka]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100815/351172/
|title=大阪府交野市がOpenOffice.orgとODF採用、中古PCのLinuxによる再生も
|trans-title=Katano, Osaka City adopts ODF and OpenOffice.org, also trialling Linux pre-owned PCs
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=16 August 2010
|access-date=23 September 2010
|archive-date=23 September 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923011824/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100815/351172/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> in 2010 and [[Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki]], in 2011.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://japan.cnet.com/release/30021374/
|title=龍ケ崎市、全庁標準オフィス・ソフトとしてOpenOffice.orgを利用
|trans-title=Ryugasaki uses OpenOffice.org as standard office software for all PCs
|language=ja
|publisher=CNet Japan
|date=11 June 2012
|access-date=23 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001123543/http://japan.cnet.com/release/30021374/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Corporate conversions included Assist in 2007<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20070315/265301/
|title=アシストが社内通常業務をMicrosoft OfficeからOpenOffice.orgへ全面移行
|trans-title=Assist's full conversion to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office for the normal course of business
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=15 March 2007
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001231333/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20070315/265301/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> (and to LibreOffice on [[Ubuntu Linux|Ubuntu]] in 2011<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20110720/362604/
|title=アシストが社内のPC約800台をWindowsからUbuntu Linuxに移行へ
|trans-title=Assist to migrate about 800 in-house PCs to Ubuntu Linux from Windows
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=20 July 2011
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001231359/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20110720/362604/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>), [[Sumitomo Electric Industries]] in 2008<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20080523/303912/
|title=「コスト削減が狙いではない」、住友電工OpenOffice導入の真相
|trans-title="Cost reduction is not the aim": the facts on Sumitomo Electric's OpenOffice introduction
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=23 May 2008
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001231434/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20080523/303912/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> (and to LibreOffice in 2012<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.sei.co.jp/news/press/12/prs030_s.html
|title=オープンソース･ソフトウェアの社内推奨オフィスソフトをOpenOffice.orgからLibreOfficeに移行
|trans-title=The transition from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice — company-recommended open source office software
|language=ja
|work=press release
|publisher=[[Sumitomo Electric Industries]]
|date=28 March 2012
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=27 September 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927135231/http://www.sei.co.jp/news/press/12/prs030_s.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref>), Toho Co., Ltd. in 2009<ref name=assistcojpsupport>{{cite web
|url=http://gihyo.jp/ad/pr/2009/NRR200943213
|title=トーホー，OpenOffice.orgの導入を決定，アシストの支援サービスを採用
|trans-title=Toho decides to adopt OpenOffice.org, uses the support services of Assist
|language=ja
|publisher=Gihyo.jp
|date=27 January 2009
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=10 May 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510093437/http://gihyo.jp/ad/pr/2009/NRR200943213
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20090127/323592/
|title=トーホーがオープンオフィス採用、PC約1500台に一斉導入
|trans-title=Toho adopts OpenOffice, simultaneously introduced to about 1500 PCs
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=27 January 2009
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001231438/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20090127/323592/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> and Shinsei Financial Co., Ltd. in 2010.<ref name=shinsei>{{cite web
|url=http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20120326/388017/
|title=新生フィナンシャルがOpenOffice.orgを全社標準に、対象は1000台以上
|trans-title=Company-wide standard OpenOffice.org on more than 1000 PCs at Shinsei Financial
|language=ja
|work=ITpro
|publisher=Nikkei Business Publications
|date=26 March 2012
|access-date=24 September 2013
|archive-date=1 October 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001231330/http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20120326/388017/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Assist also provided support services for OpenOffice.org.<ref name=assistcojpsupport/><ref name=shinsei/>

=== Retail ===
In July 2007, [[Everex]], a division of [[First International Computer]] and the 9th-largest PC supplier in the U.S., began shipping systems preloaded with OpenOffice.org 2.2 into [[Wal-Mart]], [[Kmart (United States)|K-mart]] and [[Sam's Club]] outlets in North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/07/18/everex.gc3502/ |title=Everex intros $298 green PC with OpenOffice |publisher=Electronista |date=18 July 2007 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820072711/http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/07/18/everex.gc3502/#comments |archive-date=20 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Forks and derivative software ==
A number of open source and proprietary products derive at least some code from OpenOffice.org, including AndrOpen Office,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html|title=OpenOffice sbarca su Android|language=it|trans-title=OpenOffice lands on Android|author=Mirko|work=P2P Download|publisher=PianetaTech|date=20 September 2013|access-date=5 October 2013|archive-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311174947/http://www.pianetatech.it/p2p-download/download/openoffice-sbarca-su-android.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Apache OpenOffice]], ChinaOffice, Co-Create Office, EuroOffice 2005,<ref name="EuroOffice">{{cite web|title=A multilingual OpenOffice with some commercial extensions|access-date=13 March 2016|publisher=MultiRáció Ltd.|url=http://www.multiracio.com/index.php?lang=en&style=eurooffice&page=eo|archive-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316192032/http://www.multiracio.com/index.php?lang=en&style=eurooffice&page=eo|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Go-oo]], KaiOffice, [[IBM Lotus Symphony]], [[IBM Workplace]], [[Kilinux#Jambo OpenOffice|Jambo OpenOffice]] (the first office suite in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]),<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|access-date=23 September 2013|publisher=BBC|title=L'Afrique dit "Jambo" aux logiciels libres|trans-title=Africa says "Jambo" to free software|language=fr|date=15 December 2004|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2004/12/041215_openofficejambo.shtml|archive-date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223225059/http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2004/12/041215_openofficejambo.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/interview_alberto_escudero.html|access-date=1 January 2012|title=Interview: Alberto Escudero, klnX: The Open Swahili Localization Project|date=25 October 2004|first1=Louis|last1=Suárez-Potts|first2=Alberto|last2=Escudero|publisher=OpenOffice.org|archive-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913012927/http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/interview_alberto_escudero.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ZDNET">{{cite news|title=OpenOffice.org goes Swahili|first=Ingrid|last=Marson|work=ZDNet|date=6 December 2004|access-date=30 December 2011|url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2004/12/06/openofficeorg-goes-swahili-39179058/|archive-date=23 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223182336/http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2004/12/06/openofficeorg-goes-swahili-39179058/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[LibreOffice]], MagyarOffice, MultiMedia Office, MYOffice 2007, [[NeoOffice]], NextOffice, OfficeOne, OfficeTLE, OOo4Kids,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ooo4kids.org/|title=Welcome to OOo4Kids project|publisher=EducOOo|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329113654/http://www.ooo4kids.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> OpenOfficePL, OpenOffice.org Portable,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable|title=OpenOffice.org Portable|publisher=PortableApps.com|date=25 February 2010|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=4 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304224646/http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable|url-status=live}}</ref> OpenOfficeT7, OpenOffice.ux.pl, OxOffice,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/question/10054256|title=Openoffice.org與OxOffice|trans-title=Openoffice.org and OxOffice|work=iT邦|date=15 October 2010|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016114525/http://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/question/10054256|url-status=dead}}</ref> OxygenOffice Professional,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9822335-12.html|title=Oxygen breathes more life into OpenOffice|access-date=20 November 2007|last=Rosenblatt|first=Seth|date=24 November 2007|work=[[Download.com]]|publisher=[[CNET]]|archive-date=27 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127161039/http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9822335-12.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/12990/go-oo-erster-fork-von-openofficeorg.html|title=Go-oo: Erster Fork von OpenOffice.org|language=de|trans-title=Go-oo: First fork of OpenOffice.org|first=Hans-Joachim|last=Baader|work=Pro-Linux.de|date=30 July 2008|access-date=21 June 2013|quote=Nach Angaben der Entwickler beruht die bereits bekannte erweiterte Distribution Oxygen Office Professional auf Go-oo und nicht, wie man beim Lesen auf der Webseite von Oxygen Office vermuten würde, direkt auf OpenOffice.org. [According to the developer, the well-known expanded distribution Oxygen Office Professional was based on Go-oo and not, as one might expect from reading the Oxygen Office website, on OpenOffice.org.]|archive-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929153427/http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/12990/go-oo-erster-fork-von-openofficeorg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Pladao Office,<ref>{{cite conference
| url = http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/conference/presentations-pdf/fri1330/PladaoOffice2003.pdf
| title = Pladao Office
| first = Nusorn
| last = Photpipat
| date = 21 March 2003
| conference = OpenOffice.org Conference 2003
| conference-url = //www.openoffice.org/marketing/ooocon2003/index.html
| publisher = Sun Microsystems
| location = Hamburg
| access-date = 16 October 2013
| archive-date = 4 October 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213506/http://www.openoffice.org/marketing/conference/presentations-pdf/fri1330/PladaoOffice2003.pdf
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> PlusOffice Mac,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1137502/plusoffice.html|title=PlusOffice to build on OpenOffice.org|first=Peter|last=Cohen|date=12 December 2008|access-date=1 October 2013|publisher=MacWorld|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003737/http://www.macworld.com/article/1137502/plusoffice.html|url-status=live}}</ref> RedOffice,<ref name=phipps-tippingpoint/><ref name=redflag240/><ref>{{Cite press release|publisher=Sun Microsystems|url=http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-05/sunflash.20070523.2.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216183643/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-05/sunflash.20070523.2.xml|title=Sun and Redflag Chinese 2000 to Collaborate on OpenOffice.org Projects|date=23 May 2007|archive-date=16 February 2008|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> RomanianOffice, [[StarOffice]]/Oracle Open Office, SunShine Office, ThizOffice, UP Office, White Label Office,<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/61139143/open-source-software-defends-itself-against-looming-shut-down|publisher=Team OpenOffice e.V.|title=Open-Source Software Defends Itself Against Looming Shut-Down|location=[[Hamburg]], Germany|date=11 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108212808/http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/61139143/open-source-software-defends-itself-against-looming-shut-down|archive-date=8 November 2011|access-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/241758/facing_closure_openofficeorg_makes_a_plea_for_survival.html|access-date=16 May 2012|title=Facing Closure, OpenOffice.org Makes a Plea for Survival|date=13 October 2011|first=Katherine|last=Noyes|magazine=PCWorld}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_statement|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|access-date=13 May 2012|date=14 October 2011|title=The Apache Software Foundation Statement on Apache OpenOffice.org|archive-date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512193159/http://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_statement|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 May 2012|work=The H Open|publisher=Heinz Heise|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ASF-says-OpenOffice-org-is-in-good-health-1362079.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208113518/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ASF-says-OpenOffice-org-is-in-good-health-1362079.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|title=ASF says OpenOffice.org is in good health|date=17 October 2011|first=Chris|last=von Eitzen|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> WPS Office Storm (the 2004 edition of [[Kingsoft Office]]) and 602Office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=DerivedWorks&oldid=171353 |work=OpenOffice.org Wiki |title=DerivedWorks |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=8 June 2010 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=DerivedWorks&oldid=171353 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The OpenOffice.org website also listed a large variety of complementary products, including [[groupware]] systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=OpenOffice.org_Solutions&oldid=196039 |title=Openoffice.org Solutions |work=OpenOffice.org Wiki |publisher=Oracle Corporation |date=17 April 2011 |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074256/https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=OpenOffice.org_Solutions&oldid=196039 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Panorama|image=StarOffice major derivatives.svg|height=255px|caption=A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
{{legend|#C83296|[[StarOffice]]}}
{{legend|#003BAA|OpenOffice.org}}
{{legend|#F3581F|[[Go-oo]]}}
{{legend|#FFAF32|[[IBM Workplace]]/[[IBM Lotus Symphony]]}}
{{legend|#BF7FFF|[[NeoOffice]]}}
{{legend|#18A303|[[LibreOffice]]}}
{{legend|#0E85CD|[[Apache OpenOffice]]}}
|dir=rtl}}

Major derivatives include:

=== Active ===

==== Apache OpenOffice ====
{{main|Apache OpenOffice}}

In June 2011, Oracle contributed the OpenOffice.org code and trademarks to the Apache Software Foundation. The developer pool for the Apache project was proposed to be seeded by IBM employees, Linux distribution companies and public sector agencies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2|title=Proposal|first=Luke|last=Kowalski|work=attachment|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702010257/http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/raw/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E/2|url-status=dead}}; attachment to {{cite web|url=https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E|title=OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal|first=Luke|last=Kowalski|work=incubator-general mailing list|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=1 June 2011|access-date=23 September 2013|archive-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901115423/https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3C4DE65D8F.8060002@oracle.com%3E|url-status=live}}</ref> IBM employees did the majority of the development,<ref name=infoworld20130826>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.infoworld.com/print/225555|title=In defense of Apache|magazine=InfoWorld|first=Andrew|last=Oliver|date=26 August 2013|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=27 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827150444/http://www.infoworld.com/print/225555|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hillesley20120404">{{cite news|url=http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/apache-openoffice-who-knows-where-the-time-goes|title=Apache OpenOffice: who knows where the time goes?|last=Hillesley|first=Richard|date=4 April 2012|publisher=LinuxUser|access-date=11 June 2013|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404082126/http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/apache-openoffice-who-knows-where-the-time-goes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sjvn20121028">{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/does-openoffice-have-a-future/|title=Does OpenOffice have a future?|last=Vaughan-Nichols|first=Steven J.|work=ZDNet Linux and Open Source|publisher=ZDNet|date=28 October 2012|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-date=4 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204142233/http://www.zdnet.com/does-openoffice-have-a-future-7000006480/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="brillblog"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm|title=Open Source Suites Highly Active|first=Simon|last=Phipps|work=Simon Says|publisher=Computerworld UK|date=9 May 2012|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054858/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/05/open-source-suites-highly-active/index.htm|archive-date=21 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> including hiring ex-Star Division developers.<ref name="sjvn20121028"/> The Apache project removed or replaced as much code as possible from OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta 1, including fonts, under licenses unacceptable to Apache<ref name=asflegal>{{cite web |url=https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html |title=ASF Legal Previously Asked Questions |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=6 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206232339/http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and released 3.4.0 in May 2012.<ref name="aoo340">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html|title=AOO 3.4.0 Release Notes|work=Apache OpenOffice|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-date=24 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924085701/http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The codebase for IBM's Lotus Symphony was donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012 and merged for Apache OpenOffice 4.0,<ref name="symphony_allegro_moderato"/> and Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice.<ref name="brillblog">{{cite web |first=Ed |last=Brill |url=http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |title=More on the Lotus Symphony and desktop productivity roadmap |publisher=Ed Brill |date=5 February 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606140010/http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/more-on-the-lotus-symphony-and-desktop-productivity-roadmap |archive-date=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While the project considers itself the unbroken continuation of OpenOffice.org,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825090723/http://www.openoffice.org/about/|url=http://www.openoffice.org/about/|archive-date=25 August 2013|access-date=3 October 2013|title=About Apache OpenOffice|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> others regard it as a fork,<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref name=infoworld20130826/><ref name="hillesley20120404"/><ref name=cloudave>{{cite web|url=http://www.cloudave.com/13293/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-a-quick-analysis/|title=Oracle Donates OpenOffice.org To Apache: A Quick Analysis|first=Krishnan|last=Subramanian|date=1 June 2011|access-date=1 October 2013|work=CloudAve|publisher=Cloud Avenue LLC|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810205917/https://www.cloudave.com/13293/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-a-quick-analysis/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/11/apache_openoffice_ship_when_ready/|title=Apache devs: 'We'll ship no OpenOffice before its time'|first=Neil|last=McAllister|work=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=11 June 2013|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024125840/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/11/apache_openoffice_ship_when_ready/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://opensource.com/life/13/1/software-wars|title=Software Wars: A film about FOSS, collaboration, and software freedom|first=Jason|last=Hibbets|work=opensource.com|publisher=Red Hat|date=15 January 2013|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810205937/https://opensource.com/life/13/1/software-wars|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048446/apache-openoffice-4-0-review-new-features-easier-to-use-still-free.html|title=Apache OpenOffice 4.0 review: New features, easier to use, still free|first=Ian|last=Harac|work=Download This|publisher=PCWorld|date=23 September 2013|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-date=15 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815151734/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048446/apache-openoffice-4-0-review-new-features-easier-to-use-still-free.html|url-status=live}}</ref> or at the least a separate project.<ref name="gamalielsson2013">{{Cite journal | last1 = Gamalielsson | first1 = J. | last2 = Lundell | first2 = B. R. | title = Sustainability of Open Source software communities beyond a fork: How and why has the LibreOffice project evolved? | doi = 10.1016/j.jss.2013.11.1077 | journal = Journal of Systems and Software | volume = 89 | pages = 128–145 | year = 2013 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

In October 2014, [[Bruce Byfield]], writing for [[Linux Magazine]], said the project had "all but stalled [possibly] due to IBM's withdrawal from the project."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|date=30 September 2014|title=LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and rumors of unification|work=Linux Pro Magazine|publisher=Linux New Media|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008203914/http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-OpenOffice-and-rumors-of-unification|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, the project has no release manager,<ref>[https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html Retirement announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328195545/https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@openoffice.apache.org/msg20922.html |date=28 March 2022 }}, October 2014; [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 note of position still being unfilled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204195222/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/49631 |date=4 February 2017 }}, March 2015</ref> and itself reports a lack of volunteer involvement and code contributions.<ref name="ASF Board minutes January 2015">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|title=The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=21 January 2015|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620113743/http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2015/board_minutes_2015_01_21.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> After ongoing problems with unfixed [[computer security|security]] [[Vulnerability (computing)|vulnerabilities]] from 2015 onward,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|title=Apache OpenOffice and CVE-2016-1513|date=27 July 2016|first=Jake|last=Edge|work=[[LWN.net]]|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901144206/http://lwn.net/Articles/695562/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="asfboard201701">{{cite web|url=http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|title=Board of Directors Meeting Minutes|date=18 January 2017|publisher=Apache Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418162204/https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2017/board_minutes_2017_01_18.txt|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=18 April 2017|quote=There will be at least one security fix in the under-development release 4.1.4.}}</ref><ref name="regfeb2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|title=LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn't|last=Claburn|first=Thomas|date=4 February 2019|work=The Register|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192327/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/04/apache_openoffice_no_patch/|url-status=live}}</ref> in September 2016 the project started discussions on possibly retiring AOO.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|title=Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice|work=[[LWN.net]]|date=2 September 2016|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-date=3 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903175541/https://lwn.net/Articles/699047/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Collabora Online ====
{{main|Collabora Online}}
Collabora Online is a version of LibreOffice with a web interface and real-time collaborative editing. It is developed by [[Collabora|Collabora Productivity]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collabora Online in Nextcloud|url=https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204234805/https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/|archive-date=4 February 2017|access-date=2021-01-20|website=NextCloud|quote=Collabora Online is a powerful LibreOffice-based online office suite with collaborative editing, which supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats and works in all modern browsers}}</ref> Collabora Online also has local client applications for Android, Chromebooks, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.

==== LibreOffice ====
{{main|LibreOffice}}
Sun had stated in the original OpenOffice.org announcement in 2000 that the project would be run by a neutral foundation,<ref name="ooo-announcement"/> and put forward a more detailed proposal in 2001.<ref name="ooofoundation">{{cite web|url=http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|title=The OpenOffice.org Foundation|publisher=Sun Microsystems|date=4 November 2001|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921102841/http://www.openoffice.org/white_papers/OOo_project/openofficefoundation.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There were many calls to put this into effect over the ensuing years.<ref name="lwngooo"/><ref name="ooo2008stats"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|title=Why is OpenOffice "profoundly sick"?|first=Matt|last=Asay|work=The Open Road|publisher=CNet|date=30 December 2008|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054113/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10129764-16.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Neary|url=http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|title=OpenOffice.org – a candidate for a 501(c)6?|work=Safe as Milk|publisher=Blogs.gnome.org|date=29 April 2008|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=1 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501123533/http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/29/openofficeorg-a-candidate-for-a-501c6/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 September 2010, in frustration at years of perceived neglect of the codebase and community by Sun and then Oracle,<ref name=webwereld20100930/> members of the OpenOffice.org community announced a non-profit called The Document Foundation and a fork of OpenOffice.org named LibreOffice. Go-oo improvements were merged, and that project was retired in favour of LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation |date=28 September 2010 |first=Jake |last=Edge |publisher=Linux Weekly News |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121520/https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The goal was to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.<ref name="tdfcontact" />

Oracle was invited to become a member of the Document Foundation and was asked to donate the OpenOffice.org brand.<ref name="tdfcontact">{{cite web|url=http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|title=OpenOffice.org Community announces The Document Foundation|access-date=31 December 2012|date=28 September 2010|publisher=The Document Foundation|archive-date=30 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930085933/http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=OpenOffice.org developers move to break ties with Oracle|publisher=Computerworld|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188338/OpenOffice.org_developers_move_to_break_ties_with_Oracle|first=Jeremy|last=Kirk|date=28 September 2010|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117075827/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2516107/update--openoffice-org-developers-move-to-break-ties-with-oracle.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Oracle instead demanded that all members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council involved with the Document Foundation step down,<ref name=ars20101018/> leaving the Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019/>

Most Linux distributions promptly replaced OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice;<ref name="nww20120525"/><ref name="debian-lo"/><ref name="ubuntu-lo"/><ref name="suse-lo"/> [[Oracle Linux]] 6 also features LibreOffice rather than OpenOffice.org or Apache OpenOffice.<ref name="techrepublic-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|title=Open-source development: The history of OpenOffice shows why licensing matters|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|work=TechRepublic|date=2 October 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516014231/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/open-source-development-the-history-of-openoffice-shows-why-licensing-matters/1079|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="derstandard-oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|title=Ironie: Oracle liefert nun LibreOffice aus|language=de|trans-title=Irony: Oracle now provides LibreOffice|work=derStandard.at|date=22 July 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055001/http://derstandard.at/1342947279200/Ironie-Oracle-liefert-nun-LibreOffice-aus|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="oracle-lo">{{cite web|url=https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|title=Oracle Linux 6.3 Release Notes|publisher=Oracle Corporation|date=June 2012|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=18 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118031550/https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U3-en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The project rapidly accumulated developers, development effort<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |title=The Document Foundation celebrates its first anniversary |first=Italo |last=Vignoli |work=The Document Foundation Blog |publisher=[[The Document Foundation]] |date=28 September 2011 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001154739/http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/09/28/the-document-foundation-celebrates-its-first-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3095 |title=Viva la LibreOffice! |access-date=28 September 2010 |first=Kerry |last=Adorno |date=28 September 2010 |work=Novell News |publisher=[[Novell]] |quote=Novell, Google, Red Hat, Canonical, and others are pleased to work with The Document Foundation to help make LibreOffice the best office productivity suite on the market. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415090729/http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3095 |archive-date=15 April 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Canonical-unterstuetzt-LibreOffice-1194699.html|title=Canonical unterstützt LibreOffice|language=de|trans-title=Canonical supports LibreOffice|work=Heise Open Source|publisher=Heinz Heise|date=22 February 2011|access-date=21 June 2013|quote=Das Unternehmen hinter Ubuntu bezahlt mit Björn Michaelsen einen Entwickler, der vollzeit an der freien Bürosuite arbeiten soll. [The company behind Ubuntu pays a developer, Björn Michaelsen, to work full-time on the free office suite.]|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615152949/http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Canonical-unterstuetzt-LibreOffice-1194699.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and added features,<ref name="ostatic20120426">{{cite news|url=http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-lagging-behind-libreoffice-in-features|title=Apache OpenOffice Lagging Behind LibreOffice in Features|work=Ostatic|first=Susan|last=Linton|date=26 April 2012|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=27 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527104344/http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-openoffice-lagging-behind-libreoffice-in-features|url-status=live}}</ref> the majority of outside OpenOffice.org developers having moved to LibreOffice.<ref name=reg20110314/><ref name="ARS02Nov10"/><ref name="ARS28Sep10"/> In March 2015, an [[LWN.net]] development comparison of LibreOffice with Apache OpenOffice concluded that "LibreOffice has won the battle for developer participation".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |title=Development activity in LibreOffice and OpenOffice |access-date=20 June 2015 |author=Jonathan Corbet |date=15 March 2015 |work=LWN.net |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930063841/https://lwn.net/Articles/637735/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Discontinued ===

==== NeoOffice ====
{{main|NeoOffice}}
[[NeoOffice]], an independent commercial port for [[Macintosh]] that tracked the main line of development, offered a native OS X [[Aqua (user interface)|Aqua]] user interface before OpenOffice.org did.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice |title=Information about NeoOffice |publisher=[[NeoOffice]] |date=13 June 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506161723/http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice |url-status=live }}</ref> Later versions are derived from Go-oo, rather than directly from OpenOffice.org.<ref name="go-oo-download"/> All versions from NeoOffice 3.1.1 to NeoOffice 2015 were based on OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, though latter versions included stability fixes from LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520|title=Mac App Store complaints|date=7 November 2013|author=Pluby|publisher=trinity.neooffice.org|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227032323/http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=64520#64520|url-status=live}}</ref> NeoOffice 2017 and later versions are fully based on LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212|title=NeoOffice 2017 Beta Professional Edition released|date=2 May 2017|author=Pluby|publisher=trinity.neooffice.org|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033049/https://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=65212#65212|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Go-oo ====
{{main|Go-oo}}

The ooo-build [[Patch (computing)|patch]] set was started at [[Ximian]] in 2002, because Sun was slow to accept outside work on OpenOffice.org, even from corporate partners, and to make the build process easier on Linux. It tracked the main line of development and was not intended to constitute a fork.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |title=About ooo-build |publisher=[[Ximian]] |date=18 October 2003 |access-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410080023/http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html |archive-date=10 April 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Most Linux distributions used,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|title=Meek not geek - Interview with Michael Meeks of OpenOffice.org|work=Tux Deluxe|first=Daniel|last=James|date=7 May 2007|access-date=1 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929232956/http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and worked together on,<ref>{{cite conference |last=Meeks |first=Michael |editor-last=Lockhart |editor-first=John W. |date=21–24 July 2004 |title=The World of OpenOffice |conference=Linux Symposium 2004 |conference-url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/ |book-title=Proceedings of the Linux Symposium |location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=2 |pages=361–366 |url=http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |access-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502012130/http://www.linuxsymposium.org/archives/OLS/Reprints-2004/Reprint-Meeks-OLS2004.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> ooo-build.

Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for a number of years<ref name="ooo2008stats">{{cite web |url=http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |first=Michael |last=Meeks |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |title=Measuring the true success of OpenOffice.org |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=10 October 2008 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202050329/http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and some developers were unwilling to assign copyright in their work to Sun,<ref name=calcsolver/> particularly given the deal between Sun and IBM to license the code outside the LGPL.<ref name=lwn20110520/> On 2 October 2007, [[Novell]] announced that ooo-build would be available as a software package called Go-oo, not merely a patch set.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |title=2007-10-02: Tuesday |work=Stuff Michael Meeks is doing |publisher=People.gnome.org |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506095725/http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2007-10-02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (The go-oo.org [[domain name]] had been in use by ooo-build as early as 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|title=ooo-build 1.3.8 Announced|first=Michael|last=Meeks|work=LWN.net|date=28 January 2005|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231252/http://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|url-status=live}}</ref>) Sun reacted negatively, with [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]] of Sun terming it "a hostile and competitive fork".<ref name="lwngooo"/> Many [[free software]] advocates worried that Go-oo was a Novell effort to incorporate [[Microsoft]] technologies, such as Office Open XML, that might be vulnerable to [[software patent|patent]] claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073107/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-date=23 March 2009|date=7 January 2009|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|title=OpenOffice.org vs. Go-OO: Cutting through the Gordian Knot|work=Datamation|access-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, the office suite branded "OpenOffice.org" in most Linux distributions, having previously been ooo-build, soon in fact became Go-oo.<ref name="go-oo-download">{{cite web |url=http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803034339/http://www.go-oo.org/download/ |archive-date=3 August 2010 |title=Download Go-OO!: Other derivatives |publisher=Go-oo.org |access-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): "Include go-oo in Ubuntu"|work=Launchpad.net|publisher=[[Canonical Ltd.]]|access-date=28 January 2009|archive-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501012532/https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="linux.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |title=Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used |first=Federico |last=Kereki |publisher=Linux.com |date=4 December 2008 |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192845/http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208000702/http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|archive-date = 8 December 2013|title = Healthcheck: OpenOffice: Calling a cat a dog|page = 4|first = Richard|last = Hillesley|work = The H Open|date = 29 January 2009|access-date = 26 June 2013|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> When LibreOffice forked, Go-oo was deprecated in favour of that project.

OpenOffice Novell edition was a supported version of Go-oo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/openxml-translator-odf-converter-11.html|access-date=21 November 2012|title=odf-converter 1.1 released|first=Andrew|last=Ziem|date=31 January 2008|publisher=OpenOffice.org Ninja|archive-date=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127233415/http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/openxml-translator-odf-converter-11.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== IBM Lotus Symphony ====
{{main|IBM Lotus Symphony}}
The Workplace Managed Client in [[IBM Workplace]] 2.6 (23 January 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19142.wss|title=IBM Announces New Version of Workplace Products With Enhanced Support for Open Standards and Improved SOA Functionality|publisher=IBM|date=23 January 2006|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083017/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19142.wss|url-status=dead }}</ref>) incorporated code from OpenOffice.org 1.1.4,<ref name="thonline2011"/> the last version under the SISSL. This code was broken out into a separate application as Lotus Symphony (30 May 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=ED2B95285B0545B3862574A40074E7C6|title=Announcing ----- IBM Lotus Symphony Version 1.0 is NOW AVAILABLE|work=Lotus Symphony Buzz|author=((Buzzmaster1))|publisher=IBM|date=30 May 2008|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927083100/http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=ED2B95285B0545B3862574A40074E7C6|url-status=dead}}</ref>), with a new interface based on [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]]. Symphony 3.0 (21 October 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/lotus-symphony-3.0-now-available|title=Lotus Symphony 3.0 now available|first=Ed|last=Brill|date=21 October 2010|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028215203/http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/lotus-symphony-3.0-now-available|url-status=dead }}</ref>) was [[rebasing|rebased]] on OpenOffice.org 3.0, with the code licensed privately from Sun. IBM's changes were donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012, Symphony was deprecated in favour of Apache OpenOffice<ref name="brillblog" /> and its code was merged into Apache OpenOffice 4.0.<ref name="symphony_allegro_moderato">{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Weir|url=https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato|title=Merging Lotus Symphony: Allegro moderato|publisher=Apache Software Foundation|date=21 January 2013|access-date=23 July 2013|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125064416/https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== StarOffice ====
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Sun used OpenOffice.org as a base for its commercial proprietary StarOffice application software, which was OpenOffice.org with some added proprietary components. [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|Oracle bought Sun]] in January 2010 and quickly renamed StarOffice to Oracle Open Office.<ref name=oracleoojan2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.newformat.se/documents/oracle/oracle-open-office-features-overview-060550.pdf|title=Oracle Open Office: Features Overview: An Oracle White Paper|date=January 2010|publisher=Oracle Corporation|access-date=20 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053420/http://www.newformat.se/documents/oracle/oracle-open-office-features-overview-060550.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Oracle discontinued development in April 2011.<ref name="oooclosurepr"/>

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