> > fmiser fez: > > > > OpenOffice was purchased by Oracle.
> > So most of the clever people there got fed up with > > do-nothing and created a fork that is more > > open/free/libre. This is called "LibreOffice". > > So there are two. Which is better? I like the license of > > LibreOffice better. But there is very little difference > > from the perspective of a casual user. A "power" user may > > encounter some differences, but even those are fairly > > minor, so far as I can tell. > Curly wrote: > > Libre office also > > 1. eliminates the necessity to have to fool with adobe reader > 2. Writes to .pdf > 3. has "Draw" installed, a Visio counterpart > 4. has a database as part of the office suite All those features apply to OpenOffice as well. > The pdf writing and opening is great. Adobe keeps getting more > onerous to download reader without all the malware/ransomware > pups attached to it. For MSWin, I have been using SumatraPDF as a open/free PDF reader and PDFCreator as a open/free writer (it installs as a printer, so it works with any program that can print) > It is much more robust than open office was when it was left to > the backwaters of oracle. That has not been my experience at all - but I have not use the MSWindows port for many, many years, so that may account for our different experiences. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
