Iphakethe lehhovisi lamahhala waphenduka iminyaka engu-20 - ngo-Okthoba 13, 2000, i-Sun Microsystems yavula ikhodi yomthombo ye-StarOffice office suite, eyadalwa ekuqaleni kweminyaka engu-90 yekhulu leminyaka elidlule yi-Star Division, ngaphansi kwelayisensi yamahhala. Ngo-1999, i-Star Division yathathwa yi-Sun Microsystems, eyathatha esinye sezinyathelo ezibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wesofthiwe yomthombo ovulekile - yadlulisela i-StarOffice esigabeni samaphrojekthi amahhala. Ngo-2010, i-Oracle I-OpenOffice ezandleni zayo kanye namanye amaphrojekthi e-Sun Microsystems, kodwa ngemva konyaka ezama ukuthuthukisa i-OpenOffice.org ngokwayo. iphrojekthi ezandleni ze-Apache Foundation.
Ukukhishwa kwakamuva kokulungisa kwe-Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 kwaba ngonyaka odlule, futhi akukho okukhishiwe okubalulekile okuye kwakhululwa iminyaka engu-6. Isinyathelo sokuthuthukisa ihhovisi lamahhala sathathwa iphrojekthi ye-LibreOffice, eyasungulwa ngo-2010 ngenxa yokunganeliseki ngokulawulwa okuqinile kokuthuthukiswa kwe-OpenOffice.org yi-Oracle, okwavimbela izinkampani ezinentshisekelo ukuthi zixhumane nokusebenzisana.
I-LibreOffice Developers incwadi evulekile ababize kuyo abathuthukisi be-Apache OpenOffice ukuthi basebenzisane, njengoba i-Apache OpenOffice kade isesimweni esijulile, futhi yonke intuthuko eminyakeni yamuva ibigxile ku-LibreOffice. Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-OpenOffice ne-LibreOffice izici ezifana ne-OOXML (.docx, .xlsx) nokuthekelisa kwe-EPUB, ukusayinda kwedijithali, ukulungiselelwa okubalulekile kokusebenza kwe-Calc, isixhumi esibonakalayo se-NotebookBar esiklanywe kabusha, Amashadi e-Pivot, ama-watermark, kanye nemodi ephephile.
Naphezu kokuma kanye nokuntuleka kokusekelwa okubonakalayo, ukuma komkhiqizo we-OpenOffice kuhlala kuqinile futhi nenani lokulandwayo lisafana , futhi abasebenzisi abaningi abazi ngobukhona be-LibreOffice. Abathuthukisi be-LibreOffice bahlongoze ukuthi iphrojekthi ye-OpenOffice ilethe ekunakekeleni kwabasebenzisi bayo ukuba khona komkhiqizo onakekelwa ngokugcwele futhi osebenza kangcono oqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa kwe-OpenOffice futhi ohlanganisa izici ezintsha ezidingwa abasebenzisi besimanje.
Source: opennet.ru