Open Office Update.

Wak | 11:18 Mon 25th Mar 2013 | Computers

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I am currently using Open Office 3.3.0 and I see that there is now an update to Open Office APACHE 3.4.1.
Is this a straight forward update to O.O. or is the O.O. "Apache" a different animal??
Why the name change??
TIA.
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It's not Open Office Apache, but Apache Open Office. Apache is the name of the foundation that nurtures it (Rather as Microsoft is the name of the company that produces Microsoft Office). Open Office was originally developed by OpenOffice.org, but OpenOffice.org was sonated to the Apache Foundation in 2011. Personally I switched from OpenOffice to Libre...

11:35 Mon 25th Mar 2013

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rojash

It's not Open Office Apache, but Apache Open Office. Apache is the name of the foundation that nurtures it (Rather as Microsoft is the name of the company that produces Microsoft Office).

Open Office was originally developed by OpenOffice.org, but OpenOffice.org was sonated to the Apache Foundation in 2011.

Personally I switched from OpenOffice to Libre Office (which also started out as part of Open Office), at that time, because Apache stopped bothering with a British English version.

Wak

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Many thanks for the info Rojash. I'll take a look at Libre Office and see what its like.
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