Ubuntu Ditches OpenOffice For LibreOfficeThe April Linux release will include the Document Foundation's productivity suite instead of Oracle's software.2011-04-15 11:35 by Lefty Tags: Ubuntu, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Sun, Oracle When it becomes available in April, Ubuntu will include the Document Foundation's LibreOffice -- not Oracle OpenOffice -- as its office suite. Previously, the popular Linux distribution used OpenOffice -- and continues to tout the features of this application suite on its Web site. But rumors of a switch began swirling in October, a month after the Document Foundation took over development of the newly renamed LibreOffice following Oracle's acquisition of Sun. Sun had been the steward of OpenOffice and Oracle purchased OpenOffice along with Sun's other assets. When Canonical released the first alpha version of Ubuntu 11.04, dubbed Natty Narwhal Alpha 1, in December, that version of the software included OpenOffice. However, Canonical -- as well as Google, Novell, and Red Hat -- was an early supporter of the open source office suite. http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/productivity_apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229100117&cid=sem_edit_con_software&wc=4
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YARDofSTUF - 2011-04-15 18:04
No surprise here. Libre Office is more the true continuation of Open Office than Open Office is.
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