Recent Blog Posts
17 December:
Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2014: Submit a talk proposal
15 November:
Apache OpenOffice 4.1 to Bring Enhanced Accessibility Support
30 October:
75 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice
1 October:
Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1
26 August:
Back to School with Apache OpenOffice
29 July:
Developer in AOO, 1year celebration
29 July:
Interview with the developers of PrOOo-Box
Italian region adopts OpenOffice, saves 2M Euro
10 October 2013: The Italian administrative region of Emilia-Romagna announced plans to move to OpenOffice, saving 2 million euro.
Over 70 million downloads of Apache OpenOffice
4 October 2013: Downloads of Apache OpenOfifce now exceed 70 million in less than 2 years. We invite you to take a look at our interactive charts of daily and cumulative downloads.
Volunteers, not Amateurs
8 January 2013: Apache OpenOffice is developed 100% by volunteers. Apache does not pay for developers, for translators, for QA, for marketing, for UI, for support, etc. Of course, we're happy to accept donations to the Apache Software Foundation, to keep our servers runnings and for similar overhead expenses. But our products are developed entirely by volunteers.
Some users are initially worried by this statement:
How can software for free, developed by volunteers, be
any good?
Read on for an answer...
