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1. LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 04:54:10 JST LibreOffice

   OpenOffice has multiple unfixed security issues, over a year old, as this image from the Board report says. And no new committers since 2022, and no major release since 2014. Maybe the FOSS community can ask the Apache Software Foundation to finally put it in the Attic, and stop leaving users vulnerable: https://www.apache.org/foundation/contact

   • devSJR :python: :rstats: (devsjr@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 05:41:26 JST devSJR :python: :rstats:

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     @libreoffice
     It is interesting to note that their brand appears to be strong. Even all these year. I met more people during the past few year who know OpenOffice but not libreoffice.

     Anyway, I am old enough to remember the discussion during the fork. Many were sceptical regarding the license, the development model of LO. Things turned to the good I would say.

     And we even have collaboraoffice now.

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 06:18:00 JST LibreOffice

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     • devSJR :python: :rstats:

     @devSJR Yes, and one of the problems is that they still promote it as the "leading open-source office software suite", despite knowingly serving people unmaintained software with security issues.

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 17:01:57 JST LibreOffice

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     • Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:

     @adamshostack https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2024/board_minutes_2024_11_20.txt – Search for "openoffice (Health amber)"

   • Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: (adamshostack@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 17:01:58 JST Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:

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     @libreoffice Also: citation needed please?

   • Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: (adamshostack@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 17:01:58 JST Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:

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     @libreoffice Where is that “board report”? Where can we find release histories?

   • LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 16:24:09 JST LibreOffice

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     • Andrew Bartlett

     @abartlet Yes, exactly 🙁

   • Andrew Bartlett (abartlet@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 16:24:11 JST Andrew Bartlett

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     @libreoffice It is even worse than that, I had a conversation with a fellow parishioner over a morning tea where he extolled moving to OpenOffice.

     On discussion about the security and release issues with AOO, he clarified that yes, he had moved to LibreOffice but still thought of it as OpenOffice.

     The moribund AOO sadly continues to cause active harm to users :-(