The takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle also marks the start of LibreOffice. The commercial version of the office solution disappeared. This means that users can make their own adjustments or use parts of the OpenOffice code for their own purposes by accessing the source code.ġ0 years after OpenOffice emerged, Sun Microsystems was bought by Oracle, who discontinued the product “StarOffice” which has since been renamed Oracle Open Office.
OpenOffice is an open-source application because of its use of open source code, which is reflected in the name. Thus was born and the spread of the free software took its course. This was the precursor to OpenOffice: one year later the source code of StarOffice was released, so that developers could see it and use it for their purposes. Star Division was bought by the Californian Sun Microsystems in 1999 - in the same year Sun StarOffice 5.2 was released. The company launched StarOffice 3.0, an office solution for Windows, OS/2 and Mac in 1995. The application originated as a commercial office product from the German company Star Division.
✔ Multiple language versions installable✘ Shared editing of files not integrated ✔ Joint editing of files possible via additional app✘ Own server required for teamwork ✔ Runs more stable even on older or less powerful computers✘ Only 32-bit version available✘ Rarely updates, hardly any new functions ✔ Slightly faster 64-bit version available✔ Regular updates with new functions✘ Many additional features come at the expense of stability ✘ Fewer additional functions than LibreOffice✘ Less compatible with more complex formatting ✔ Creating charts (CHARTS)✔ Larger selection of presentation templates✔ More additional functions in the writing program✔ More import and export functions ✔ Better compatibility with more complex formatting More closely aligned with Google Office applications More closely aligned with Microsoft Office applications
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