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> Its last major release was version 4.1, from 2014! Oh we are playing major version minor version! Let me try: Libreoffice is only at version 7.3 ! That mak

by josefx 4y ago

> Its last major release was version 4.1, from 2014! Oh we are playing major version minor version! Let me try: Libreoffice is only at version 7.3 ! That makes it hundreds of versions behind office365! Proof once again that free software has no business competing with software build by professional commercial developers. Now excuse me while I try to reboot my futuristic Windows 2000. /s Versions may as well be marketing names for most software. If anyone even mentions them I might as well assume a minor case of serious brain damage. Java just flat out dropped the leading 1, Firefox is in the low hundreds, some software just goes year/moth. As Apache office still releases updates I find the claim that it is dead highly misleading, but that is presumably the intention if the post.

lolinder 4y ago
The "from 2014" is the important bit they're emphasizing, not the version number. LibreOffice 7.3 was released this year.
- josefx 4y ago
  The last release is from 2022 not 2014.
  - cesarb 4y ago
    According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apache_OpenOffice&oldid=1090618564#Releases https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apache_OpenOffice...), the latest patch release was 4.1.11 from 2021, and the latest minor release was 4.1 from 2014. That is, since 2014, they are just releasing small bugfixes. Compare with LibreOffice (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibreOffice&oldid=1094108720#Release_history https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibreOffice&oldid...) which had the latest minor release in 2022, and the latest major release in 2020.
  - lolinder 4y ago
    Minor versions versus major versions do matter. Here are the release notes for the 2022 release of OpenOffice: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=199539486#content/view/199539486 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?c... This is pretty clearly a minor version update. There are only four entries under their improvements / enhancements section, and all but one would be more accurately described as a bug fix. They even identify this as a "maintenance release". Here are the release notes for the 2022 release of LibreOffice: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 Aside from the fact that this is much better documented, you can also at a glance see that this is, in fact, a major version update. LibreOffice isn't padding their versions, they actually are adding new features while OpenOffice fixes a few bugs.
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gjadi 4y ago
> Oh we are playing major version minor version! I also had some doubts, especially after a quick look at Apache Open Office[1]. Then I checked the announcement of 4.1.{9,10,11,12}. They are all maintenance or security updates. Compared to the Release Notes of LibreOffice[2], there are improvements with each release. 1: https://www.openoffice.org/ https://www.openoffice.org/ 2: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.4 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.4

by josefx 4y ago

lolinder 4y ago

The "from 2014" is the important bit they're emphasizing, not the version number. LibreOffice 7.3 was released this year.

josefx 4y ago
The last release is from 2022 not 2014.
- cesarb 4y ago
  According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apache_OpenOffice&oldid=1090618564#Releases https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apache_OpenOffice...), the latest patch release was 4.1.11 from 2021, and the latest minor release was 4.1 from 2014. That is, since 2014, they are just releasing small bugfixes. Compare with LibreOffice (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibreOffice&oldid=1094108720#Release_history https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibreOffice&oldid...) which had the latest minor release in 2022, and the latest major release in 2020.
- lolinder 4y ago
  Minor versions versus major versions do matter. Here are the release notes for the 2022 release of OpenOffice: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=199539486#content/view/199539486 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?c... This is pretty clearly a minor version update. There are only four entries under their improvements / enhancements section, and all but one would be more accurately described as a bug fix. They even identify this as a "maintenance release". Here are the release notes for the 2022 release of LibreOffice: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 Aside from the fact that this is much better documented, you can also at a glance see that this is, in fact, a major version update. LibreOffice isn't padding their versions, they actually are adding new features while OpenOffice fixes a few bugs.

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gjadi 4y ago

> Oh we are playing major version minor version! I also had some doubts, especially after a quick look at Apache Open Office[1]. Then I checked the announcement of 4.1.{9,10,11,12}. They are all maintenance or security updates. Compared to the Release Notes of LibreOffice[2], there are improvements with each release. 1: https://www.openoffice.org/ https://www.openoffice.org/ 2: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.4 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.4