On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM Loris Bennett wrote: > Lee writes: > > [snip (34 lines)] > > > For example, I don't understand why Apache is supporting openoffice. > OK.. Oracle was trying to dump it & Apache > > taking it was probably the best option. But why is Apache still > supporting openoffice? Most of the Openoffice > > people told Oracle to buzz off & they forked libre office. Why do we > still have open office years later??? > > I remember hearing may years ago that the continued existence of OpenOffice > was do to some contractual obligations on the part of IBM towards some of > their customers. The Wikipedia page[1] states that OpenOffice is the > designated successor of IBM Lotus Symphony, so that seems to be the > connection. > > I wondered whether any of those IBM customers really are still using > OpenOffice, but I guess it is probably just baked into some legacy systems. >
I hope nobody is using OpenOffice now. > > Cheers, > > Loris > > Footnotes: > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice OhNoes!! from your wikipedia link: "Difficulties maintaining a sufficient number of active developers and code contributors to keep the project viable have persisted for several years. This has led to persistent problems providing timely fixes to security vulnerabilities <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability_(computing)> since 2015. In March 2026, the Apache Security Team raised OpenOffice's security risk status to "red" due to unfixed vulnerabilities over 365 days old." and further on down: In September 2016, OpenOffice's project management committee chair Dennis Hamilton began a discussion of possibly discontinuing the project, after the Apache board had put them on monthly reporting due to the project's ongoing problems handling security issues. Seems long past time to retire OpenOffice. Lee
