
OpenOffice is an office suite of open source coded (open source) that can be obtained for free. The package includes the components of word processing (word processor), worksheet (spreadsheet), presentation, vector illustration, and data warehouse (database). OpenOffice is intended as a rival to Microsoft Office, and can run on various platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X. OpenOffice supports the open document standard for data exchange, and can be used at no cost.
OpenOffice is based on code from StarOffice, an office suite developed by StarDivision and acquired by Sun Microsystems in August 1999, which was later acquired by Oracle in 2010. The source code of the suite was released as an open source project in July 2000, with the aim to break the market dominance of Microsoft Office by providing a choice of low-cost, high-quality, and open. Source code for this application suite is available under two different software licenses: LGPL and SISSL; than version 2.0, he is available under the LGPL.
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