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Apache OpenOffice: Not dead yet, you’ll just have to wait until mid-May for mystery security fixes

Despite doubts, open source suite will soon be updated

 

                         

 

28 Apr 2017 at 19:33, Thomas Claburn
 

Apache OpenOffice, sized for euthanasia by one of its own last year, still lives and should see an update before the end of May, we’re told.

 

The open source productivity suite has been referred to as “a shambling corpse” by those appalled at its languid update schedule and those skeptical that its skeleton crew of volunteers can keep it animated. We note that Apache OpenOffice contains at least one undisclosed and so-far unpatched security issue, mentioned but not explained in the minutes of a meeting of the Apache Foundation Board of Directors in January.

 

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