![]() The availability of the source code guarantees that free / open source software can continue to develop independently of the commitment or existence of individual economic players. The code of today’s LibreOffice originated from StarOffice, whose first word processor was already published in the 80s. The disclosure of the source code of StarOffice in 1999, which in the meantime had grown into a complete suite, enabled the development and rapid distribution of OpenOffice. ![]() Today, 200 million users worldwide trust its successor LibreOffice, which has been continuously developed under the umbrella of the Open Document Foundation and through the development work of 1000 volunteers and commercial software companies such as Collabora. Collaborative document-processing becomes mobileĬollaborative work on documents requires that team members work independently of their location. One of the weak points in the past, however, was the limited availability on mobile devices. LibreOffice and OpenOffice were not available on iOS for many years. ![]() The situation on Android was not too golden either. Chances however turned with strong investments from Collabora to bring LibreOffice to the cloud. And once LibreOffice in the browser was a fact, it became feasible to leverage that technology for the LibreOffice apps on iOS and Android. ![]() The new iOS App enables iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users not only to use LibreOffice Online from their mobile Apple devices, it also paves the way for a much faster extension of the functionality of the Android app. ![]()
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