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I am aware, as well, of the bad blood between the two projects, and I imagine that OpenOffice members must pride themselves on being 's direct legal successor, and on having survived the past six years with a constant scarcity of resources. I understand that the developers who wanted a faster development pace and distrusted Oracle acted hastily in founding LibreOffice, even if they have succeeded brilliantly. I understand the historic reasons why OpenOffice and LibreOffice exist. All that is left now is to shut down with whatever grace can be mustered. Yet now as OpenOffice tries to revive itself, my main thought is:Ĭould someone please put OpenOffice out of its misery? The time for heroic measures is past. Over the years, I have written dozens of articles about, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice, and, although I titled my book Designing with LibreOffice, it includes some mention of OpenOffice, too. In theory, I should be all over the story about Apache OpenOffice's struggle for survival.