History
See also: History of StarOffice| Version | Release date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Build 638c | 2001-10 | The first milestone release. |
| 1.0 | 2002-05-01 | |
| 1.0.1 | 2002-07-11 | |
| 1.0.2 | 2003-01-17 | |
| 1.0.3 | 2003-04-07 | |
| 1.0.3.1 | 2003-05-02 | Recommended for Windows 95. |
| 1.1 | 2003-09-02 | |
| 1.1.1 | 2004-03-30 | Bundled with TheOpenCD. |
| 1.1.2 | 2004-06 | |
| 1.1.3 | 2004-10-04 | |
| 1.1.4 | 2004-12-22 | |
| 1.1.5 | 2005-09-14 | Last release for 1.x product line.
Final version for Windows 95. It can edit OpenOffice.org 2 files. |
| 1.1.5secpatch | 2006-07-04 | Security patch (macros) |
| 2.0 | 2005-10-20 | Milestone, with major enhancements. |
| 2.0.1 | 2005-12-21 | |
| 2.0.2 | 2006-03-08 | |
| 2.0.3 | 2006-06-29 | |
| 2.0.4 | 2006-10-13 | |
| 2.1.0 | 2006-12-12 | |
| 2.2.0 | 2007-03-28 | Included a security update. Reintroduced font kerning |
| 2.2.1 | 2007-06-12 | |
| 2.3.0 | 2007-09-17 | Updated charting component, minor enhancements, and an improved extension manager |
| 2.3.1 | 2007-12-04 | Stability and security update. |
| 2.4.0 | 2008-03-27 | Bug fixes and new features. |
| 2.4.1 | 2008-06-10 | Security fix, minor enhancements, and bug fixes. |
| 2.4.2 | 2008-10-29 | Security fix, minor enhancements, and bug fixes. |
| 2.4.3 | 2009-09-01 | Bug fixes and minor enhancements. |
| 3.0.0 | 2008-10-13 | Milestone, with major enhancements. |
| 3.0.1 | 2009-01-27 | Bug fixes. |
| 3.1.0 | 2009-05-07 | Overlining and transparent dragging added. |
| 3.1.1 | 2009-08-31 | Security fix and bug fixes. |
| 3.2 | 2010-02-11 | New features, and performance enhancements. |
| 3.2.1 | 2010-06-04 | Updated Oracle Start Center and OpenDocument format icons. |
| 3.3 | 2011-01-25 | New spreadsheet functions and parameters |
| 3.4 | 2012-05-08 | First Apache release. |
| 3.4.1 | 2012-08-23 | More languages, improved performance and stability. |
OpenOffice originated as StarOffice, a proprietary office suite developed by German company StarDivision. In August 1999, StarDivision was acquired by Sun Microsystems.
On 19 July 2000, Sun Microsystems announced that it would make the source code of StarOffice available for download with the intention of building an open-source development community around the software and providing a free and open alternative to Microsoft Office. The new project was known as OpenOffice.org, and its website went live on 13 October 2000. Development of OpenOffice.org was sponsored primarily by Sun Microsystems, which used the code as the basis for subsequent versions of StarOffice.
After acquiring Sun in 2010, Oracle Corporation briefly continued developing OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, which it renamed Oracle Open Office. In September 2010, members of the OpenOffice.org development team left to form "The Document Foundation," which eventually published Libre Office based on the Open Office source code. In 2011, Oracle stopped supporting commercial development and contributed the suite to the Apache Incubator to become a project of the Apache Software Foundation. As of December 2011, the project is officially known as Apache OpenOffice.
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