In August 1999, StarDivision was acquired by Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice originated as StarOffice, a proprietary office suite developed by German company StarDivision from 1986 on. It is distributed under the Apache License. OpenOffice is developed for Linux, OS X and Windows, with ports to other operating systems. It can also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office.

OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/ IEC standard. OpenOffice contains a word processor ( Writer), a spreadsheet ( Calc), a presentation application ( Impress), a drawing application ( Draw), a formula editor ( Math), and a database management application ( Base). It descends from ( OOo), which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. GNU LGPL version 3 ( 2 to 3.3)Īpache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)Īpache OpenOffice ( AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite. Apache OpenOfficeĪpache OpenOffice Start Centre in version 3.4.1ĭual-licensed under the SISSL and GNU LGPL ( 2 Beta 2 and earlier) SOS mothers each look after a a family of sponsored children. SOS Children offer a complete download of this selection for schools for use on schools intranets.

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