On 24 November 2011 11:44, John Gregson <[email protected]> wrote: > Would some Kind Soul please explain why Open Office seems to be fading away.
In one word: politics. OpenOffice.org was part of a purchase by a company with a poor record towards open source software like OpenOffice.org -- so most of the people who worked on it formed a separate group and began producing LibreOffice. > In Open office, I use Writer and Calc; I assume that the OOo files are > compatible > with Libre Office. Yes, > Should I start using Libre Office immediately? That is, of course, entirely up to you. I switched and have not had any regrets. -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' -- Erasmus -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
