<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
(	O
OOo	O
)	O
,	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
open-source	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	O
successor	O
projects	O
include	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
(	O
the	O
most	O
actively	O
developed	O
)	O
,	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
(	O
enterprise	O
ready	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
)	O
and	O
NeoOffice	B-Application
(	O
commercial	O
,	O
and	O
available	O
only	O
for	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice	B-Application
was	O
an	O
open-sourced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
acquired	O
in	O
1999	O
for	O
internal	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
open-sourced	O
the	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
suite	O
in	O
July	O
2000	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
releasing	O
version	O
1.0	O
on	O
1	O
May	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice	B-Application
included	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
(	O
Writer	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
(	O
Calc	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
presentation	B-Application
application	O
(	O
Impress	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
drawing	B-Application
application	O
(	O
Draw	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
formula	B-Application
editor	I-Application
(	O
Math	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
application	O
(	O
Base	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
default	O
file	O
format	O
was	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
)	O
,	O
an	O
ISO/IEC	O
standard	O
,	O
which	O
originated	B-Operating_System
with	O
OpenOffice.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
also	O
read	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
with	O
particular	O
attention	O
to	O
those	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
primarily	O
developed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
ports	O
to	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
version	O
3	O
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
;	O
early	O
versions	O
were	O
also	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
Sun	B-License
Industry	I-License
Standards	I-License
Source	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
SISSL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
the	O
then-owner	O
of	O
Sun	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
offer	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
and	O
donated	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	O
renamed	O
the	O
software	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
originated	B-Operating_System
as	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
developed	O
by	O
German	O
company	O
Star	O
Division	O
from	O
1985	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1999	O
,	O
Star	O
Division	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
for	O
US	O
$59.5	O
million	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
supposedly	O
cheaper	O
than	O
licensing	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
42,000	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
July	O
2000	O
at	O
OSCON	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
make	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
StarOffice	B-Application
available	O
for	O
download	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
building	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
development	O
community	O
around	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
of	O
providing	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
alternative	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
project	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
and	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
on	O
13	O
October	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
preview	O
release	O
was	O
Milestone	O
Build	O
638c	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2001	O
(	O
which	O
quickly	O
achieved	O
1	O
million	O
downloads	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
1.0	O
was	O
on	O
1	O
May	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
became	O
the	O
standard	O
office	O
suite	O
on	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distros	I-Application
and	O
spawned	O
many	O
derivative	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
quickly	O
became	O
noteworthy	O
competition	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
achieving	O
14%	O
penetration	O
in	O
the	O
large	O
enterprise	O
market	O
by	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
file	O
format	O
–	O
XML	B-Protocol
in	O
a	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
archive	I-General_Concept
,	O
easily	O
machine-processable	O
–	O
was	O
intended	O
by	O
Sun	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
standard	O
interchange	O
format	O
for	O
office	O
documents	O
,	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
different	O
binary	O
formats	O
for	O
each	O
application	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
usual	O
until	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
submitted	O
the	O
format	O
to	O
the	O
Organization	O
for	O
the	O
Advancement	O
of	O
Structured	O
Information	O
Standards	O
(	O
OASIS	O
)	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
adapted	B-Operating_System
to	O
form	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
standard	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
ratified	O
as	O
ISO	B-Application
26300	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
org	O
's	O
native	O
format	O
from	O
version	O
2	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
governments	O
and	O
other	O
organisations	O
adopted	B-Application
OpenDocument	I-Application
,	O
particularly	O
given	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
implementation	O
of	O
it	O
readily	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
sponsored	O
primarily	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
code	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
of	O
StarOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
who	O
wished	O
to	O
contribute	O
code	O
were	O
required	O
to	O
sign	O
a	O
Contributor	O
Agreement	O
granting	O
joint	O
ownership	O
of	O
any	O
contributions	O
to	O
Sun	O
(	O
and	O
then	O
Oracle	B-Application
)	O
,	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
StarOffice	B-Application
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
acquiring	O
Sun	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
continued	O
developing	O
OpenOffice.org	O
and	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
which	O
it	O
renamed	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
,	O
though	O
with	O
a	O
reduction	O
in	O
assigned	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
lack	O
of	O
activity	O
on	O
or	O
visible	O
commitment	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
noted	O
by	O
industry	O
observers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
outside	O
OpenOffice.org	O
developers	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
concerns	O
over	O
Sun	O
and	O
then	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
handling	O
of	O
its	O
open	O
source	O
portfolio	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
to	O
form	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
(	O
TDF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TDF	O
released	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
soon	O
moved	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
stopped	O
development	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
and	O
fired	O
the	O
remaining	O
Star	O
Division	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
reasons	O
for	O
doing	O
so	O
were	O
not	O
disclosed	O
;	O
some	O
speculate	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
mindshare	O
with	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
moving	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
while	O
others	O
suggest	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
contributed	O
the	O
trademarks	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
contributed	O
Oracle-owned	O
code	O
to	O
Apache	O
for	O
relicensing	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
at	O
the	O
suggestion	O
of	O
IBM	O
(	O
to	O
whom	O
Oracle	B-Application
had	O
contractual	O
obligations	O
concerning	O
the	O
code	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
IBM	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
the	O
code	O
put	O
under	O
a	O
copyleft	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
drop	O
formed	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Sun	O
's	O
sponsorship	O
,	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
project	O
was	O
governed	O
by	O
the	O
Community	O
Council	O
,	O
comprising	O
OpenOffice.org	O
community	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Sun	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
are	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
made	O
decisions	O
without	O
consulting	O
the	O
Council	O
or	O
in	O
contravention	O
to	O
the	O
council	O
's	O
recommendations	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
outside	O
developers	O
leaving	O
for	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
demanded	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
that	O
all	O
Council	O
members	O
involved	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
step	O
down	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
Community	O
Council	O
composed	O
only	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
and	O
software	O
were	O
informally	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
since	O
the	O
Sun	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
since	O
this	O
term	O
is	O
a	O
trademark	O
held	O
by	O
Open	O
Office	O
Automatisering	O
in	O
Benelux	O
since	O
1999	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
its	O
formal	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
a	O
similar	O
trademark	O
issue	O
(	O
a	O
Rio	O
de	O
Janeiro	O
company	O
that	O
owned	O
that	O
trademark	O
in	O
Brazil	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Brazilian	O
Portuguese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
was	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
BrOffice.org	B-Application
from	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
BrOffice.Org	B-Application
being	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
associated	O
local	O
nonprofit	O
from	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
BrOffice.org	B-Application
moved	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2010	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
1.0	O
was	O
launched	O
under	O
the	O
following	O
mission	O
statement	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Icon	O
Title	O
Description	O
alt	O
=OOo	O
3	O
Writer	O
icon|48px	O
Writer	O
A	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
analogous	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
or	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
alt	O
=OOo	O
3	O
Calc	O
icon|48px	O
Calc	O
A	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
analogous	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
or	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
.	O
alt	O
=OOo	O
3	O
Impress	O
icon|48px	O
Impress	O
A	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
analogous	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
or	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Keynote	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Impress	O
could	O
export	O
presentations	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
(	O
SWF	O
)	O
files	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
any	O
computer	O
with	O
a	O
Flash	O
player	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presentation	B-Application
templates	O
were	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
alt	O
=OOo	O
3	O
Draw	O
icon|48px	O
Draw	O
A	O
vector	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
comparable	O
in	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
drawing	B-Application
functions	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
alt	O
=OOo	O
3	O
Math	O
icon|48px	O
Math	O
A	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
editing	O
mathematical	O
formulas	O
,	O
analogous	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Equation	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formulas	O
could	O
be	O
embedded	O
inside	O
other	O
OpenOffice.org	O
documents	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
created	O
by	O
Writer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
alt	O
=OOo	O
3	O
Base	O
icon|48px	O
Base	O
A	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
program	I-Application
analogous	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Base	O
could	O
function	O
as	O
a	O
front-end	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
database	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Access	O
databases	B-Application
(	O
JET	O
)	O
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
data	O
sources	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HSQL	B-Application
was	O
the	O
included	O
database	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
2.3	O
,	O
Base	O
offered	O
report	O
generation	O
via	O
Pentaho	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suite	O
contained	O
no	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
or	O
calendar	B-Application
application	I-Application
analogous	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Outlook	I-Application
,	O
despite	O
one	O
having	O
been	O
present	O
in	O
StarOffice	B-Application
5.2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	O
Groupware	B-Application
project	O
,	O
intended	O
to	O
replace	O
Outlook	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
spun	O
off	O
in	O
2003	O
as	O
OpenGroupware.org,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
SOGo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
considered	O
bundling	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
and	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Lightning	I-Language
for	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
,	O
3.4	O
Beta	O
1	O
,	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
IA-32	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
(	O
IA-32	B-Device
and	O
x64	B-Device
)	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
or	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
version	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
on	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
were	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
included	O
OpenSymbol	O
,	O
DejaVu	O
,	O
the	O
Liberation	O
fonts	O
(	O
from	O
2.4	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Gentium	O
fonts	O
(	O
from	O
3.2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
also	O
used	O
the	O
default	O
fonts	O
of	O
the	O
running	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
WordArt	O
used	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
OpenOffice.org	O
saved	O
documents	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
file	O
format	O
,	O
all	O
Fontwork	O
was	O
converted	O
into	O
WordArt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
2.0.4	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
supported	O
third-party	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
Extension	O
Repository	O
listed	O
more	O
than	O
650	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
list	O
was	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
included	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
Basic	O
,	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
similar	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Language
Visual	I-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
(	O
VBA	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice	B-Application
Basic	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
Writer	O
,	O
Calc	O
and	O
Base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
also	O
had	O
some	O
Microsoft	O
VBA	B-Language
macro	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
could	O
interact	O
with	O
databases	B-Application
(	O
local	O
or	O
remote	O
)	O
using	O
ODBC	B-Application
(	O
Open	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Connectivity	I-Application
)	O
,	O
JDBC	B-Language
(	O
Java	B-Language
Database	I-Language
Connectivity	I-Language
)	O
or	O
SDBC	O
(	O
StarOffice	B-Application
Database	O
Connectivity	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Version	O
2.0	O
onward	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
used	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300:2006	I-Application
OpenDocument	B-Application
as	O
its	O
native	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
2.0	O
–	O
2.3.0	O
default	O
to	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
file	O
format	O
;	O
versions	O
2.3.1	O
–	O
2.4.3	O
default	O
to	O
ODF	B-Application
1.1	I-Application
;	O
versions	O
3.0	O
onward	O
default	O
to	O
ODF	B-Application
1.2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
1	O
used	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
as	O
its	O
native	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
contributed	O
to	O
OASIS	O
and	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
also	O
claimed	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
converted	O
all	O
external	O
formats	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
an	O
internal	O
XML	B-Protocol
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	O
API	B-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
component	O
technology	O
known	O
as	O
Universal	B-Application
Network	I-Application
Objects	I-Application
(	O
UNO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
interfaces	O
defined	O
in	O
a	O
CORBA-like	O
interface	B-General_Concept
description	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
1.0	O
was	O
criticized	O
for	O
not	O
having	O
the	O
look	B-Application
and	I-Application
feel	I-Application
of	O
applications	O
developed	O
natively	O
for	O
the	O
platforms	O
on	O
which	O
it	O
runs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
used	O
native	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
,	O
icons	O
,	O
and	O
font-rendering	O
libraries	O
on	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
KDE	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
had	O
been	O
particularly	O
pronounced	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
required	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
X11.app	B-Operating_System
or	O
XDarwin	B-Device
(	O
though	O
the	O
NeoOffice	B-Application
port	O
supplied	O
a	O
native	O
interface	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
since	O
3.0	O
ran	O
natively	O
using	O
Apple	O
's	O
Aqua	B-Application
GUI	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
became	O
increasingly	O
reliant	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Runtime	I-Language
Environment	O
,	O
even	O
including	O
a	O
bundled	O
JVM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
for	O
its	O
increasing	O
dependency	O
on	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
came	O
to	O
the	O
fore	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
when	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
appeared	O
to	O
call	O
for	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
application	O
in	O
a	O
posting	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
adopted	O
a	O
development	O
guideline	O
that	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
would	O
run	O
on	O
free	O
implementations	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
fixed	O
the	O
issues	O
which	O
previously	O
prevented	O
OpenOffice.org	O
2.0	O
from	O
using	O
free-software	B-Application
Java	B-Language
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
Sun	O
committed	O
to	O
releasing	O
Java	B-Language
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
had	O
released	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
Java	B-Language
,	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
,	O
by	O
May	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
demonstrated	O
a	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
virus	O
,	O
"	O
Stardust	O
"	O
,	O
for	O
OpenOffice.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
showed	O
OpenOffice.org	O
viruses	O
are	O
possible	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
known	O
virus	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
wild	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
the	O
inherited	O
OpenOffice.org	O
codebase	O
was	O
found	O
and	O
fixed	O
in	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2011	O
and	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
OpenOffice.org	O
release	O
history	O
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
DescriptionBuild	O
638c2001-10The	O
first	O
public	O
milestone	O
release.1.02002-05-01First	O
official	O
release.1.0.3.12003-04Last	O
version	O
officially	O
supporting	O
Windows	O
95.1.12003-09-02Export	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
export	O
to	O
Flash	O
,	O
macro	O
recording	O
,	O
extension	O
mechanism.1.1.12004-03-29Bundled	O
with	O
TheOpenCD.1.1.42004-12-22Last	O
version	O
released	O
under	O
SISSL.1.1.52005-09-09Last	O
release	O
for	O
1.x	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Can	O
edit	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
files.Last	O
version	O
to	O
officially	O
support	O
Windows	O
NT	O
4.0.2.02005-10-20Milestone	O
,	O
with	O
major	O
enhancements	O
and	O
default	O
saving	O
in	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format.2.1.02006-12-12Minor	O
enhancements	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes.2.2.02007-03-29Minor	O
enhancements	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
security	O
fixes.2.3.02007-09-17Updated	O
charting	O
component	O
,	O
minor	O
enhancements	O
,	O
improved	O
extension	O
manager.2.4.02008-03-27Bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
enhancements	O
from	O
RedOffice.2.4.32009-09-04Last	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
and	O
Windows	O
ME3.0.02008-10-13Milestone	O
:	O
ODF	B-Application
1.2	I-Application
,	O
OOXML	B-Operating_System
import	O
,	O
improved	O
VBA	B-Language
,	O
native	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
interface	O
,	O
Start	O
Center.3.1.02009-05-07Overlining	O
and	O
transparent	O
dragging.3.22010-02-11New	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
enhancements.3.2.12010-06-04Updated	O
Oracle	B-Application
Start	O
Center	O
and	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
icons	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
Oracle	B-Application
stable	O
release.3.32011-01-26New	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
functions	O
and	O
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
Oracle	B-Application
stable	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
stable	O
release	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
on	O
PowerPC.3.4	O
Beta	O
12011-04-12Last	O
Oracle	B-Application
code	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
both	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
and	O
the	O
SISSL	B-License
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
on	O
1	O
May	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
(	O
with	O
X11	B-Operating_System
interface	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
June	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
1.1	O
introduced	O
One-click	O
Export	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
Export	O
presentations	O
to	O
Flash	O
(	O
.SWF	O
)	O
and	O
macro	O
recording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
2005	O
by	O
The	O
Guardian	O
to	O
illustrate	O
what	O
it	O
saw	O
as	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
version	O
2.0	O
began	O
in	O
early	O
2003	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
goals	O
(	O
the	O
"	O
Q	O
Product	O
Concept	O
"	O
)	O
:	O
better	O
interoperability	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
;	O
improved	O
speed	O
and	O
lower	O
memory	O
usage	O
;	O
greater	O
scripting	B-Language
capabilities	O
;	O
better	O
integration	O
,	O
particularly	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Application
;	O
a	O
more	O
usable	B-General_Concept
database	O
;	O
digital	O
signatures	O
;	O
and	O
improved	O
usability	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
default	O
to	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
retiring	O
SISSL	B-License
to	O
reduce	O
license	B-License
proliferation	I-License
,	O
though	O
some	O
press	O
analysts	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
so	O
that	O
IBM	O
could	O
not	O
reuse	O
OpenOffice.org	O
code	O
without	O
contributing	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
after	O
2.0	O
beta	O
2	O
would	O
use	O
only	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
2.0.3	O
release	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
changed	O
its	O
release	O
cycle	O
from	O
18	O
months	O
to	O
releasing	O
updates	O
every	O
three	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	O
2	O
series	O
attracted	O
considerable	O
press	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federal	O
Computer	O
Week	O
listed	O
OpenOffice.org	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
5	O
stars	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
products	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computerworld	O
reported	O
that	O
for	O
large	O
government	O
departments	O
,	O
migration	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org	O
2.0	O
cost	O
one	O
tenth	O
of	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
upgrading	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
version	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
(	O
though	O
not	O
export	O
)	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
documents	I-Operating_System
,	O
support	O
for	O
ODF	B-Application
1.2	I-Application
,	O
improved	O
VBA	B-Language
macros	I-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
native	O
interface	O
port	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
the	O
new	O
Start	O
Center	O
and	O
upgraded	O
to	O
LGPL	B-Application
version	O
3	O
as	O
its	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
warned	O
users	O
when	O
ODF	B-Application
1.2	I-Application
Extended	O
features	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
improvement	O
to	O
the	O
document	O
integrity	O
check	O
determined	O
if	O
an	O
ODF	B-Application
document	O
conformed	O
to	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
specification	O
and	O
offered	O
a	O
repair	O
if	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.2.1	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Oracle	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.3	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
Oracle	B-Application
version	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commercial	O
version	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
3.3	O
(	O
StarOffice	B-Application
renamed	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
beta	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
15	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
as	O
was	O
the	O
single	O
release	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Cloud	O
Office	O
(	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
product	O
from	O
an	O
unrelated	O
codebase	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.4	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
12	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
including	O
new	O
SVG	B-Application
import	O
,	O
improved	O
ODF	B-Application
1.2	I-Application
support	O
,	O
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.4	O
could	O
be	O
released	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
cancelled	O
its	O
sponsorship	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
fired	O
the	O
remaining	O
Star	O
Division	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Problems	O
arise	O
in	O
estimating	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
because	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
freely	O
distributed	O
via	O
download	O
sites	O
(	O
including	O
mirror	O
sites	O
)	O
,	O
peer-to-peer	O
networks	O
,	O
CDs	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
and	O
so	O
forth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Valve	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
14.63	O
%	O
of	O
Steam	B-Application
users	O
had	O
OpenOffice.org	O
installed	O
on	O
their	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
retained	O
95%	O
of	O
the	O
general	O
market	O
—	O
as	O
measured	O
by	O
revenue	O
—	O
as	O
of	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
and	O
StarOffice	B-Application
had	O
secured	O
15	O
–	O
20%	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
market	O
as	O
of	O
2004	O
and	O
a	O
2010	O
University	O
of	O
Colorado	O
at	O
Boulder	O
study	O
reported	O
that	O
OpenOffice.org	O
had	O
reached	O
a	O
point	O
where	O
it	O
had	O
an	O
"	O
irreversible	O
"	O
installed	O
user	O
base	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
grow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
claimed	O
over	O
one	O
hundred	O
million	O
downloads	O
for	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3	O
series	O
within	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large-scale	O
users	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
included	O
Singapore	O
's	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Defence	O
,	O
and	O
Banco	O
do	O
Brasil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	O
was	O
the	O
official	O
office	O
suite	O
for	O
the	O
French	O
Gendarmerie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
India	O
,	O
several	O
government	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
ESIC	O
,	O
IIT	O
Bombay	O
,	O
National	O
Bank	O
for	O
Agriculture	O
and	O
Rural	O
Development	O
,	O
the	O
Supreme	O
Court	O
of	O
India	O
,	O
ICICI	O
Bank	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Allahabad	O
High	O
Court	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
,	O
completely	O
relied	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	O
for	O
their	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
conversions	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
to	O
OpenOffice.org	O
included	O
many	O
municipal	O
offices	O
:	O
Sumoto	O
,	O
Hyōgo	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Ninomiya	O
,	O
Tochigi	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
Aizuwakamatsu	O
,	O
Fukushima	O
in	O
2008	O
(	O
and	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
as	O
of	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Shikokuchūō	O
,	O
Ehime	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
Minoh	O
,	O
Osaka	O
in	O
2009	O
Toyokawa	O
,	O
Aichi	O
,	O
Fukagawa	O
,	O
Hokkaido	O
and	O
Katano	O
,	O
Osaka	O
in	O
2010	O
and	O
Ryūgasaki	O
,	O
Ibaraki	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corporate	O
conversions	O
included	O
Assist	O
in	O
2007	O
(	O
and	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
in	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
Sumitomo	O
Electric	O
Industries	O
in	O
2008	O
(	O
and	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Toho	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
Shinsei	O
Financial	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assist	O
also	O
provided	O
support	O
services	O
for	O
OpenOffice.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Everex	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
First	O
International	O
Computer	O
and	O
the	O
9th-largest	O
PC	O
supplier	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
began	O
shipping	O
systems	O
preloaded	O
with	O
OpenOffice.org	O
2.2	O
into	O
Wal-Mart	O
,	O
K-mart	O
and	O
Sam	O
's	O
Club	O
outlets	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
proprietary	B-Application
products	O
derive	O
at	O
least	O
some	O
code	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
including	O
AndrOpen	O
Office	O
,	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
ChinaOffice	O
,	O
Co-Create	O
Office	O
,	O
EuroOffice	O
2005	O
,	O
Go-oo	B-Language
,	O
KaiOffice	O
,	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Lotus	I-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
,	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
,	O
Jambo	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
(	O
the	O
first	O
office	O
suite	O
in	O
Swahili	O
)	O
,	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
,	O
MagyarOffice	O
,	O
MultiMedia	O
Office	O
,	O
MYOffice	O
2007	O
,	O
NeoOffice	B-Application
,	O
NextOffice	O
,	O
OfficeOne	O
,	O
OfficeTLE	O
,	O
OOo4Kids	O
,	O
OpenOfficePL	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	O
Portable	O
,	O
OpenOfficeT7	O
,	O
OpenOffice.ux.pl,	O
OxOffice	O
,	O
OxygenOffice	O
Professional	O
,	O
Pladao	O
Office	O
,	O
PlusOffice	O
Mac	O
,	O
RedOffice	O
,	O
RomanianOffice	O
,	O
StarOffice/Oracle	O
Open	O
Office	O
,	O
SunShine	O
Office	O
,	O
ThizOffice	O
,	O
UP	O
Office	O
,	O
White	O
Label	O
Office	O
,	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Storm	O
(	O
the	O
2004	O
edition	O
of	O
Kingsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
)	O
and	O
602Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	O
website	O
also	O
listed	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
complementary	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
groupware	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
contributed	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
code	O
and	O
trademarks	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
pool	O
for	O
the	O
Apache	O
project	O
was	O
proposed	O
to	O
be	O
seeded	O
by	O
IBM	O
employees	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
companies	O
and	O
public	O
sector	O
agencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apache	O
project	O
removed	O
or	O
replaced	O
as	O
much	O
code	O
as	O
possible	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.4	O
beta	O
1	O
,	O
including	O
fonts	O
,	O
under	O
licenses	O
unacceptable	O
to	O
Apache	O
and	O
released	O
3.4.0	O
in	O
May	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
codebase	O
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
was	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
merged	O
for	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
4.0	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Symphony	O
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
project	O
considers	O
itself	O
the	O
unbroken	O
continuation	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
others	O
regard	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
,	O
or	O
at	O
the	O
least	O
a	O
separate	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Byfield	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
,	O
said	O
the	O
project	O
had	O
"	O
all	O
but	O
stalled	O
 [ possibly ] 	O
due	O
to	O
IBM	O
's	O
withdrawal	O
from	O
the	O
project.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
has	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
at	O
its	O
core	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
any	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
collaborative	O
real-time	O
editing	O
with	O
applications	O
for	O
word	O
processing	O
documents	O
,	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
presentations	O
,	O
drawing	B-Application
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Collabora	O
Productivity	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Collabora	O
who	O
are	O
a	O
commercial	O
partner	O
with	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
's	O
parent	O
organisation	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
(	O
TDF	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
software	O
development	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
its	O
commercial	O
partners	O
,	O
Collabora	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
CIB	O
,	O
and	O
Allotropia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
had	O
stated	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
OpenOffice.org	O
announcement	O
in	O
2000	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
would	O
be	O
run	O
by	O
a	O
neutral	O
foundation	O
,	O
and	O
put	O
forward	O
a	O
more	O
detailed	O
proposal	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
in	O
frustration	O
at	O
years	O
of	O
perceived	O
neglect	O
of	O
the	O
codebase	O
and	O
community	O
by	O
Sun	O
and	O
then	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
community	O
announced	O
a	O
non-profit	O
called	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
OpenOffice.org	O
named	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
improvements	O
were	O
merged	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
project	O
was	O
retired	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
vendor-independent	O
office	O
suite	O
with	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
and	O
without	O
any	O
copyright	O
assignment	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
was	O
invited	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
donate	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
instead	O
demanded	O
that	O
all	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	O
Community	O
Council	O
involved	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
step	O
down	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
Council	O
composed	O
only	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
promptly	O
replaced	O
OpenOffice.org	O
with	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
;	O
Oracle	B-Application
Linux	B-Operating_System
6	O
also	O
features	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
OpenOffice.org	O
or	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
rapidly	O
accumulated	O
developers	O
,	O
development	O
effort	O
and	O
added	O
features	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
outside	O
OpenOffice.org	O
developers	O
having	O
moved	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
an	O
LWN.net	O
development	O
comparison	O
of	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
with	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
has	O
won	O
the	O
battle	O
for	O
developer	O
participation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoOffice	B-Application
,	O
an	O
independent	O
commercial	O
port	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
that	O
tracked	O
the	O
main	O
line	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
offered	O
a	O
native	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Aqua	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
before	O
OpenOffice.org	O
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
are	O
derived	O
from	O
Go-oo	B-Language
,	O
rather	O
than	O
directly	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
from	O
NeoOffice	B-Application
3.1.1	O
to	O
NeoOffice	B-Application
2015	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.1.1	O
,	O
though	O
latter	O
versions	O
included	O
stability	O
fixes	O
from	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
and	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoOffice	B-Application
2017	O
and	O
later	O
versions	O
are	O
fully	O
based	O
on	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ooo-build	B-Language
patch	O
set	O
was	O
started	O
at	O
Ximian	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
because	O
Sun	O
was	O
slow	O
to	O
accept	O
outside	O
work	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
even	O
from	O
corporate	O
partners	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
build	O
process	O
easier	O
on	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
tracked	O
the	O
main	O
line	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
constitute	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
used	O
,	O
and	O
worked	O
together	O
on	O
,	O
ooo-build	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
's	O
contributions	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org	O
had	O
been	O
declining	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
and	O
some	O
developers	O
were	O
unwilling	O
to	O
assign	O
copyright	O
in	O
their	O
work	O
to	O
Sun	O
,	O
particularly	O
given	O
the	O
deal	O
between	O
Sun	O
and	O
IBM	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
code	O
outside	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
Novell	O
announced	O
that	O
ooo-build	B-Language
would	O
be	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
called	O
Go-oo	B-Language
,	O
not	O
merely	O
a	O
patch	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
go-oo.org	O
domain	O
name	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
use	O
by	O
ooo-build	B-Language
as	O
early	O
as	O
2005	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
reacted	O
negatively	O
,	O
with	O
Simon	B-Language
Phipps	I-Language
of	O
Sun	O
terming	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
hostile	O
and	O
competitive	O
fork	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
advocates	O
worried	O
that	O
Go-oo	B-Language
was	O
a	O
Novell	O
effort	O
to	O
incorporate	O
Microsoft	O
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
,	O
that	O
might	O
be	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
patent	O
claims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
office	O
suite	O
branded	O
"	O
OpenOffice.org	O
 "	O
in	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
having	O
previously	O
been	O
ooo-build	B-Language
,	O
soon	O
in	O
fact	O
became	O
Go-oo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Go-oo	B-Language
also	O
encouraged	O
outside	O
contributions	O
,	O
with	O
rules	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
later	O
adopted	O
for	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
forked	O
,	O
Go-oo	B-Language
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
that	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice	B-Application
Novell	O
edition	O
was	O
a	O
supported	O
version	O
of	O
Go-oo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Workplace	O
Managed	O
Client	O
in	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Workplace	I-Operating_System
2.6	O
(	O
23	O
January	O
2006	O
)	O
incorporated	O
code	O
from	O
OpenOffice.org	O
1.1.4	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
under	O
the	O
SISSL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
was	O
broken	O
out	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
application	O
as	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
(	O
30	O
May	O
2008	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
based	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
3.0	O
(	O
21	O
October	O
2010	O
)	O
was	O
rebased	B-Library
on	O
OpenOffice.org	O
3.0	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
code	O
licensed	O
privately	O
from	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
's	O
changes	O
were	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Symphony	O
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
and	O
its	O
code	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
4.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
used	O
OpenOffice.org	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
for	O
its	O
commercial	O
proprietary	B-Application
StarOffice	B-Application
application	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
OpenOffice.org	O
with	O
some	O
added	O
proprietary	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
bought	O
Sun	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
and	O
quickly	O
renamed	O
StarOffice	B-Application
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
Open	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
discontinued	O
development	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
