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OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite, while descendant projects are still being developed. It was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice, which Sun Microsystems acquired in 1999, for internal use. Sun open-sourced the software 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"/> 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 soon after donated the project to the Apache Foundation.<ref> Bombus<ref name="xeps-dnock">Template:Citation</ref></ref><ref>Bombus<ref name="xeps-dnock">Template:Citation</ref></ref> Apache renamed the software Apache OpenOffice.<ref>Bombus<ref name="xeps-dnock">Template:Citation</ref></ref>

Other active successor projects include LibreOffice (cross-platform, most actively developed<ref>Bombus<ref name="xeps-dnock">Template:Citation</ref></ref><ref>Bombus<ref name="xeps-dnock">Template:Citation</ref></ref> with cleaner code base<ref>Bombus<ref name="xeps-dnock">Template:Citation</ref></ref>) and NeoOffice (commercial, only for OS X).

OpenOffice.org's default file format was the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard, which 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 contained a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc), a presentation application (Impress), a drawing application (Draw), a formula editor (Math), and a database management application (Base).<ref name="why1">Template:Cite web</ref>

OpenOffice.org was primarily developed for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Solaris, and later for OS X, with ports to other operating systems. 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).

History

OpenOffice.org originated as StarOffice, a proprietary office suite developed by German company StarDivision from 1985 on. In August 1999, StarDivision was acquired by Sun Microsystems<ref name="briefhistory"/><ref name="zdnet34">*****o</ref> for US$59.5 million,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as it was supposedly cheaper than licensing Microsoft Office for 42,000 staff.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 19 July 2000 at OSCON, Sun Microsystems announced that 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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=ooo1announce/><ref name="thonline2011">Template:Cite web</ref> The new project was known as OpenOffice.org,<ref name="Sun Systemnews">Template:Cite web</ref> and the code was released as open source on 13 October 2000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first public preview release was Milestone Build 638c, released in October 2001 (which quickly achieved 1 million downloads<ref name="briefhistory">Template:Cite web</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 Linux and spawned many derivative versions. It quickly became noteworthy competition to Microsoft Office,<ref name="Register">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Slashdot">Template:Cite web</ref> achieving 14% penetration in the large enterprise market by 2004.<ref name="Techtarget">Template:Cite web</ref>

The OpenOffice.org XML file format – XML in a ZIP archive, easily machine-processable – was intended by Sun to become a standard interchange format for office documents,<ref>Template:Cite web</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 adapted to form the OpenDocument standard in 2005,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which was ratified as ISO 26300 in 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was made OpenOffice.org's native format from version 2 on. Many governments and other organisations 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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="OCA">Template:Cite web</ref> granting joint ownership of any contributions to Sun (and then Oracle), in support of the StarOffice business model.<ref name=lwn20110520>*****o</ref> This was controversial for many years.<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref name="Berlind">*****o</ref><ref name="lwngooo">*****o</ref><ref name=phipps-tippingpoint>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="calcsolver">Template:Cite web</ref> An alternative Public Documentation Licence (PDL)<ref name="PDL">Template:Cite web</ref> was also offered for documentation not intended for inclusion or integration into the project code base.<ref name="FAQ">Template:Cite web</ref>

After 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>Template:Cite web</ref> Oracle's lack of activity on or visible commitment to OpenOffice.org had also been noted by industry observers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In September 2010, the majority<ref name=reg20110314>*****o</ref><ref name="ARS02Nov10">*****o</ref> of outside OpenOffice.org developers left the project,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> due to concerns over Sun and then Oracle's management of the project<ref name="ARS28Sep10">*****o</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Oracle's handling of its open source portfolio in general,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to form The Document Foundation. TDF released the fork LibreOffice in January 2011,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which most Linux distributions soon moved to.<ref name="nww20120525">*****o</ref><ref name="debian-lo">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ubuntu-lo">*****o</ref><ref name="suse-lo">*****o</ref> In April 2011, Oracle stopped development of OpenOffice.org<ref name="oooclosurepr">Template:Cite web</ref> and fired the remaining StarDivision development team.<ref name=lwn20110520/><ref name=nww20130904>Template:Cite web</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">*****o</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">*****o; Oracle blog version</ref> It also contributed Oracle-owned code to Apache for relicensing under the Apache License,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> at the suggestion of IBM (to whom Oracle had contractual obligations concerning the code),<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref>*****o</ref> as IBM did not want the code put under a copyleft license.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This code drop formed the basis for the Apache OpenOffice project.<ref name="ApacheOOo">Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Both Sun and Oracle are claimed to have made decisions without consulting the Council or in contravention to the council's recommendations,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=webwereld20100930>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> leaving the Community Council composed only of Oracle employees.<ref name=zdnet20101019>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> OpenOffice.org was its formal name.<ref name="openoffice1">Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> (BrOffice.org moved to LibreOffice in December 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>)

Features

OpenOffice.org 1.0 was launched under the following mission statement:<ref name=ooo1announce>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Quotation

Components

Icon Title Description
File:OOoWriter3logo.png Writer A word processor analogous to Microsoft Word or WordPerfect.
File:OOoCalc3logo.png Calc A spreadsheet analogous to Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3.
File:OOoImpress3logo.png 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
File:OOoDraw3logo.png Draw A vector graphics editor comparable in features to the drawing functions in Microsoft Office.
File:OOoMath3logo.png 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 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), 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>*****o</ref> which is now SOGo. The project considered bundling Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning for OpenOffice.org 3.0.<ref name=lightning3.0>Template:Cite web</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 and OS X 10.4 or later, and the SPARC version of Solaris.<ref name="ooo34b1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="sysreqs">Template:Cite web</ref>

The latest versions of OpenOffice.org on other operating systems were:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Fonts

OpenOffice.org included OpenSymbol, DejaVu,<ref name="modules-fonts">Template:Cite web</ref> the Liberation fonts (from 2.4) and the Gentium fonts (from 3.2).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Extensions

From version 2.0.4, OpenOffice.org supported third-party extensions.<ref>Template:Cite mailing list</ref> As of April 2011, the OpenOffice Extension Repository listed more than 650 extensions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Another list was maintained by the Free Software Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

OpenOffice Basic

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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>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite conference </ref>

File formats

From Version 2.0 onward, OpenOffice.org used ISO/IEC 26300:2006<ref>Template:Cite web</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 and OpenDocument was developed from it.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

OpenOffice.org also claimed support for the following formats:<ref name="fileformats">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="started2x">Template:Cite web</ref>

Development

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

The OpenOffice.org 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Use of Java

Although originally written in C++, OpenOffice.org became increasingly reliant on the Java Runtime Environment, even including a bundled JVM.<ref name=bundled-java>Template:Cite web</ref> OpenOffice.org was criticized by the Free Software Foundation for its increasing dependency on Java, which was not free software.<ref name="Byfield">*****o</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>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 13 November 2006, Sun committed to releasing Java under the GNU General Public License<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2006, Kaspersky Lab demonstrated a proof of concept virus, "Stardust", for OpenOffice.org.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> A vulnerability in the inherited OpenOffice.org codebase was found and fixed in LibreOffice in October 2011<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Apache OpenOffice in May 2012.<ref name="aoo340"/>

Version history

OpenOffice.org release history
Version 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 95.
1.1 2003-09-02<ref name=productrelease/> Export to PDF, export to Flash, extension mechanism.<ref name="ooo11"/>
1.1.1 2004-03-29<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bundled with TheOpenCD.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1.1.4 2004-12-22<ref name=productrelease>Template:Cite web</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.
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>Template:Cite web</ref>
2.2.0 2007-03-29<ref name=productrelease/> Minor enhancements, bug fixes,<ref name="ooo220">Template:Cite web</ref> security fixes.<ref>*****o</ref>
2.3.0 2007-09-17<ref name=productrelease/> Updated charting component, minor enhancements,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> improved extension manager.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2.4.0 2008-03-27<ref name=productrelease/> Bug fixes and new features,<ref name="ooo240">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> enhancements from RedOffice.<ref name=redflag240>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> New features,<ref name="OOo32plannedFeatures">Template:Cite web</ref> and performance enhancements.<ref>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref>
3.3 2011-01-26<ref name=productrelease/> New spreadsheet functions and parameters. Last Oracle stable release, and the last to support Windows 2000.
3.4 Beta 1 2011-04-12<ref name="ooo34b1"/> Last Oracle code release.

OpenOffice.org 1

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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>Template:Cite web</ref> on 1 May 2002.<ref name="release1.0"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The version for Mac OS X (with X11 interface) was released on 23 June 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

OpenOffice.org 1.1 introduced One-click Export to PDF and Export presentations to Flash (.SWF). It also allowed third-party addons.<ref name="ooo11">Template:Cite web</ref>

OpenOffice.org was used in 2005 by The Guardian to illustrate what it saw as the limitations of open-source software.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 capabilities; better integration, particularly with GNOME; a more usable database; digital signatures; and improved usability.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It would also be the first version to default to OpenDocument. Sun released the first beta version on 4 March 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 2 September 2005, Sun announced that it was retiring SISSL to reduce license proliferation,<ref>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite web</ref>

The OpenOffice.org 2 series attracted considerable press attention.<ref>*****o</ref><ref>*****o</ref><ref>*****o</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>*****o</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> Federal Computer Week listed OpenOffice.org as one of the "5 stars of open-source products",<ref>Template:Cite web</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>*****o Computerworld Volume 11, Issue 23.</ref>

OpenOffice.org 3

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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 VBA macros, and a native interface port for OS X. It also introduced the new Start Center.<ref name=ooo30>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</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>*****o</ref> New features include an updated print form, a FindBar and interface improvements for Impress.<ref name="wiki.services.openoffice.org">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>*****o</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>Template:Cite web</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 StarDivision 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>Template:Cite web</ref> listing known distribution totals, known deployments and conversions and analyst statements and surveys.

According to Valve Corporation, as of July 2010, 14.63% of Steam users had OpenOffice.org installed on their machines.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>*****o</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>Template:Cite web</ref> OpenOffice.org and StarOffice had secured 15–20% of the business market as of 2004<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>*****o</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>Template:Cite book</ref>

The project claimed more than 98 million downloads as of September 2007<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and 300 million total to the release of version 3.2 in February 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The project claimed over one hundred million downloads for the OpenOffice.org 3 series within a year of release.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable users

Large-scale users of OpenOffice.org included Singapore's Ministry of Defence,<ref name="mindef">Template:Cite web</ref> and Banco do Brasil.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of OpenOffice.org was the official office suite for the French Gendarmerie.<ref name=marketshareanalysis/>

In India, several government organizations such as ESIC, IIT Bombay, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, the Supreme Court of India, ICICI Bank,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Allahabad High Court,<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> Ninomiya, Tochigi in 2006,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima in 2008<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (and to LibreOffice as of 2012<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), Shikokuchūō, Ehime in 2009,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Minoh, Osaka in 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Toyokawa, Aichi,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fukagawa, Hokkaido<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Katano, Osaka<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in 2010 and Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Corporate conversions included Assist in 2007<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (and to LibreOffice on Ubuntu in 2011<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), Sumitomo Electric Industries in 2008<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (and to LibreOffice in 2012<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>), Toho Co., Ltd. in 2009<ref name=assistcojpsupport>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Shinsei Financial Co., Ltd. in 2010.<ref name=shinsei>Template:Cite web</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, K-mart and Sam's Club outlets in North America.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> Apache OpenOffice, ChinaOffice, Co-Create Office, EuroOffice 2005, Go-oo, KaiOffice, IBM Lotus Symphony, IBM Workplace, Jambo OpenOffice (the first office suite in Swahili),<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ZDNET">Template:Cite web</ref> LibreOffice, MagyarOffice, MultiMedia Office, MYOffice 2007, NeoOffice, NextOffice, OfficeOne, OfficeTLE, OOo4*****,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> OpenOfficePL, OpenOffice.org Portable,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> OpenOfficeT7, OpenOffice.ux.pl, OxOffice,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> OxygenOffice Professional,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Pladao Office,<ref>Template:Cite conference</ref> PlusOffice Mac,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> RedOffice,<ref name=phipps-tippingpoint/><ref name=redflag240/><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> RomanianOffice, StarOffice/Oracle Open Office, SunShine Office, ThizOffice, UP Office, White Label Office,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> WPS Office Storm (the 2004 edition of Kingsoft Office) and 602Office.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The OpenOffice.org website also listed a large variety of complementary products, including groupware systems.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Major derivatives include:

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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>Template:Cite web; attachment to Template:Cite web</ref> IBM employees continue to do the majority of the development,<ref name=infoworld20130826>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="hillesley20120404">*****o</ref><ref name="sjvn20121028">*****o</ref><ref name="brillblog"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> including hiring ex-StarDivision developers.<ref name="sjvn20121028"/> The Apache project removed or replaced as much code from OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta 1, including fonts, under licenses unacceptable to Apache<ref name=asflegal>Template:Cite web</ref> as possible, and released 3.4.0 in May 2012.<ref name="aoo340">Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref>

While the project considers itself the unbroken continuation of OpenOffice.org,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> others regard it as a fork,<ref name="thonline2011"/><ref name=infoworld20130826/><ref name="hillesley20120404"/><ref name=cloudave>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> or at the least a separate project.<ref name="gamalielsson2013">Template:Cite journal</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>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, the project has no release manager,<ref>Retirement announcement, October 2014; note of position still being unfilled, March 2015</ref> and itself reports a lack of volunteer involvement and code contributions.<ref name="ASF Board minutes January 2015">Template:Cite web</ref>

LibreOffice

Template:Main 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">Template:Cite web</ref> There were many calls to put this into effect over the ensuing years.<ref name="lwngooo"/><ref name="ooo2008stats"/><ref>*****o</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>*****o</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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="derstandard-oracle-lo">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="oracle-lo">Template:Cite web</ref> The project rapidly accumulated developers, development effort<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and added features,<ref name="ostatic20120426">*****o</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>*****o</ref>

NeoOffice

Template:Main NeoOffice, an independent port for Macintosh that tracked the main line of development, offered a native OS X Aqua user interface before OpenOffice.org did.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Later versions are derived from Go-oo, rather than directly from OpenOffice.org.<ref name="go-oo-download"/> Template:As of, the current version is NeoOffice 3.4, first released 22 October 2013,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> based on OpenOffice.org/Go-oo 3.1.1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with stability fixes from Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Go-oo

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The ooo-build patch set was started at Ximian in 2002, because Sun were 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>Template:Cite web</ref> Most Linux distributions used,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and worked together on,<ref>Template:Cite conference</ref> ooo-build.

Sun's contributions to OpenOffice.org had been declining for a number of years<ref name="ooo2008stats">Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> (The go-oo.org domain name had been in use by ooo-build as early as 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) Sun reacted negatively, with Simon Phipps of Sun terming it "a hostile and competitive fork".<ref name="lwngooo"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 patent claims.<ref>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="linux.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

Go-oo also encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> When LibreOffice forked, Go-oo was deprecated in favour of that project.

OpenOffice Novell edition was a supported version of Go-oo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

IBM Lotus Symphony

Template:Main The Workplace Managed Client in IBM Workplace 2.6 (23 January 2006<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>), with a new interface based on Eclipse. Symphony 3.0 (21 October 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) was 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">Template:Cite web</ref>

StarOffice

Template:Main Sun used OpenOffice.org as a base for its commercial proprietary StarOffice application software, which was OpenOffice.org with some added proprietary components. Oracle bought Sun in January 2010 and quickly renamed StarOffice as Oracle Open Office.<ref name=oracleoojan2010>Template:Cite web</ref> Oracle discontinued development in April 2011.<ref name="oooclosurepr"/>

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