Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoEuro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9www.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down14
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkEuro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9www.zdnet.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squarerodneylives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoSpotted a typo, it refers to “Apache Foundation’s OnlyOffice,” when that product is OpenOffice (as one can discover by following the link). This is different from the OnlyOffice mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIsn’t OpenOffice deprecated? Or am I mistaken?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIt still exists and gets regular updates, but has been half-dead for 20 years. I wish OnlyOffice was a little more well-known and community-developed - it’s way better at what it does
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOnlyOffice recently got famous for not understanding FOSS.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIsn’t OnlyOffice Russian? And they were trying to hide that? Am I remembering that wrong?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoLibreOffice is the fork that’s truly community driven. OpenOffice is open source but controlled by big tech.
Spotted a typo, it refers to “Apache Foundation’s OnlyOffice,” when that product is OpenOffice (as one can discover by following the link). This is different from the OnlyOffice mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
Isn’t OpenOffice deprecated? Or am I mistaken?
It still exists and gets regular updates, but has been half-dead for 20 years.
I wish OnlyOffice was a little more well-known and community-developed - it’s way better at what it does
OnlyOffice recently got famous for not understanding FOSS.
Isn’t OnlyOffice Russian? And they were trying to hide that? Am I remembering that wrong?
Yes
LibreOffice is the fork that’s truly community driven. OpenOffice is open source but controlled by big tech.