Apache OpenOffice
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Apache OpenOffice
An open source suite of business applications from The Apache Software Foundation that runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and various Unix versions. Founded by Sun which was its main supporter, Apache OpenOffice is an open source version of Sun's StarOffice. Supporting OpenDocument (ODF) as well as Microsoft Office file formats, OpenOffice includes a word processor (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc), presentation graphics (Impress), drawing program (Draw), database (Base) and equations (Math).
In 2000, Sun gave the source code of StarOffice to the OpenOffice community, and the software was officially known as OpenOffice.org, the same name as the website. In 2011, Oracle, which had acquired Sun, turned OpenOffice over to the Apache Foundation. For more information, visit www.openoffice.org. See StarOffice, LibreOffice and OpenDocument.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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It has since been rebranded as
Apache OpenOffice. LibreOffice might be seeing the majority of development right now, but that could change in 2012 as more developers choose to develop on the Apache version of the project rather than the one by The Document Foundation.
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