No, LibreOffice Doesn't Turn 40 This Year, but StarOffice Would if It Were Still Around
FOSS Force, Friday, February 21st, 2025
It's like reading the Old Testament: Star Writer begat StarOffice who begat OpenOffice, which begat LibreOffice. All but the standalone version of Star Writer battled with Microsoft's Office suite in the marketplace arena.
It looks as if we might expect some nonsense this year from the folks at the Document Foundation, who it appears might be on the road to claiming that this year will mark LibreOffice's 40th birthday.
If so, I'm here to tell you it isn't true.
So far, I haven't personally seen this claim coming out of the mouths of anyone connected to the project itself, but I have seen it in a headline on an article by Liam Proven that appeared last week in The Register. 'LibreOffice Still Kicking at 40, Now With Browser Tricks and Real-time Collab,' it said.