[OpenIndiana-discuss] Libreoffice

[Jonathan Adams]

Before the split, there were loads of patches that had been created outside
of OpenOffice that were not accepted into the main source, many advances
that likewise were not taken in because they didn't find a champion to take
in. A large number of these were reviewed and incorporated almost straight
away after the split. Almost all the active coders moved from OpenOffice to
LibreOffice during the split.

Apache are good caretakers of fully formed projects but are not good for
innovation.  There are a lot of projects out there that have moved out of
Apache for a v2 release because it is very hard to make major changes to
the code, they protect it so highly.

LibreOffice works quicker, uses less memory, is more modular, has had more
man hours of code review and is much more compatible with other office
applications, however they have removed some things that used to be
supported because they weren't being maintained. sxc, sdt, sxw, etc formats
(from OpenOffice 2 era) are no longer able to be opened or written, so if
you have files in that format you need to convert them before upgrading.

My 2cents

Jon
On 10 Jun 2015 21:56, "Jerry Kemp" <sun.mail.list47 at oryx.us> wrote:

>
>
> On 06/10/15 09:45 AM, Volker A. Brandt wrote:
>
>> You write that LibreOffice is the "primary candidate" for an
>>>> office suite for Tribblix.  Why did you select LibreOffice over
>>>> OpenOffice?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's got greater mindshare, more developers, more users, shipped by
>>> more distros.
>>>
>>
>> Well... maybe...
>>
>>
> Does it really?   Serious question, I honestly don't know.
>
> From my viewpoint, Sun has had/owned OpenOffice, then Oracle had it for a
> short time before giving it to the Apache foundation.
>
> I use several Apache products both professionally, and personally, and I
> feel that as a general rule, the Apache people have been very good stewards
> of any applications they come into possession of.
>
> I don't speak from personal, direct experience here, but the LibreOffice
> people come off as a group of people who are doing what they are doing
> because they are p*ssed off at Oracle.  And maybe that is reason enough.
>
> Is there a big technical advantage using LibreOffice over OpenOffice?  I
> don't know.
>
> I would, however, be interested in hearing if the general consensus across
> the board was that LibreOffice is/was a technically better product vs
> Apache OpenOffice.
>
> Jerry
>
>
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