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[[file:OOo10.png]] =History, Milestones and Earth Shaking Events= ==The early years== 1986 Marco Börries founds StarDivision after the first version of StarWriter was released in 1985<br> 1990 Development site moves to Hamburg<br> 1995 The release of StarOffice 3.0 marks a milestone in the development. It was a complete redesign of former programmes as a cross-platform office suite for Windows, OS/2 and Solaris Sparc directly competing with Microsoft Office 95. This is the oldest code that is still inside OpenOffice.org<br> 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc., buys StarDivision<br> ==OpenOffice.org 1.0 - Let Freedom Ring== ===1999=== [http://slashdot.org/articles/99/08/30/1417210.shtml Star Office to become Open Source? (Slashdot)]<br> ===2000=== 2000-07-19 [http://www.openoffice.org/press/sun_release.html OpenOffice.org announced]; StarOffice 5.2 code open-sourced under LGPL/SISSL<br> 2000-10-13 OpenOffice.org goes live, with the [http://www.openoffice.org/source/browse/*checkout*/www/www/dev_docs/source/get_tarballs.html?rev=1.1 source available] for download<br> 2000-11-24 First port complete: [http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=492 PPC Linux]<br> 2000-12 An XML-based file-format specification is published, and used by ''default'' - the *.sxw / *.sxc / *.sxi type of files<br> ===2001=== 2001-02 Integration of the new, psprint-based printing system<br> 2001-04 Whiteboard (now Incubator) projects grow; these are community-initiated development projects<br> 2001-04 Source code to Mac OS X port released<br> 2001-04 First Lang (now Native-Lang) project - Francophone<br> 2001-04 Thesaurus announced (en_US )<br> 2001-05 Spell Checking integrated (MySpell)<br> 2001-06 ODK released<br> 2001-07 First community localization - Finnish<br> 2001-07 Marketing (Whiteboard) project created<br> 2001-09 Help system and content integrated<br> 2001-10 Build 638c is released (638c was a milestone release)<br> 2001-10 One Million Downloads!<br> 2001-10 First anniversary<br> ===2002=== 2002-04 10,000 members registered; 4.5 Million downloads<br> '''May - Version 1.0'''<br> 2002-05 OpenOffice.org 1.0 announced<br> 2002-05 6 Million downloads, 2,000 messages posted per week<br> 2002-05-07 [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=115 Mac OS X (developer) build released], adding to the list that includes all other flavors of Unix, such as FreeBSD<br> 2002-06-30 OpenOffice.org grows to 55,000, adding five thousand new members per week<br> '''July - Version 1.0.1'''<br> 2002-07 Native Lang projects: Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Português do Brasil<br> 2002-08 Community-sponsored development projects include: Documentation, QA, WP, Groupware, Lingucomponent<br> 2002-08 Best Office Productivity Award (Linux Journal)<br> 2002-08 Evolutionary Enterprise Award (Linux World Expo) (picture coming soon)<br> 2000-09 SDK released, superseding the ODK<br> 2002-09 XML Journal Finalist Award<br> 2002-10 New developer builds and ports: 643, Mac OS X11 Public Beta<br> 2002-10-13 Facts:<br> 2002-12 [http://www.oooforum.org OOoForum.org] opens offering user support in English only<br> * More than 8.5 Million downloads * Over 70,000 registered members * More than 30 projects and sub-projects, two of which, Marketing and Documentation are led by volunteer community members; the Porting Project is co-lead by a volunteer member * Over one hundred developers and contributors working in all the active projects ===2003=== '''January - Version 1.0.2 '''<br> 2003-02 OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit released (Beta; now final)<br> <br> March 20 - 21 '''OpenOffice.org Conference - University of Hamburg, Germany'''<br> <br> '''SDK 1.0.2'''<br> 2003-04 OpenOffice.org 1.1 RC1 released<br> <br> ''' April Version 1.0.3.1'''<br> <br> 2003-07 OpenOffice.org Mac OS X (X11) port finalized (GM)<br> 2003-08 Numerous new Native-Lang and Incubator projects<br> 2003-09 The OpenOffice.org Community Council Formed<br> <br> ''' September Version 1.1''', Main new features: PDF Export<br> <br> 2003-10 Awards: Numerous user and editor awards<br> 2003-10-13 Facts:<br> * More than 20 million downloads * Over 107,000 registered members * More than 50 projects, many led by volunteer members * Sixty localizations achieved or in progress * Over 270 developers and contributors * More statistics ===2004=== '''April Version 1.1.1'''<br> '''June Version 1.1.2'''<br> '''October Version 1.1.3'''<br> <br> September 22nd - 24th '''OpenOffice.org Conference - Humboldt University Berlin, Germany'''<br> <br> '''December Version 1.1.4 '''<br> ===2005=== July [http://de.openoffice.info de.openoffice.info] opens offering Deutsch user support<br> <br> '''September Version 1.1.5'''<br> <br> September 28th - 30th '''OpenOffice.org Conference - Koper - Capodistria, Slovenia'''<br> <br> November www.forum-openoffice.org opens offering Français user support <br> ==Evolution - Version 2.0 Arrives== '''October Version 2.0''', Main new features: OpenDocument format, redesign of OpenImpress and OpenBase<br> '''December Version 2.0.1'''<br> ===2006=== '''March Version 2.0.2'''<br> '''July Version 2.0.3'''<br> '''October Version 2.0.4'''<br> <br> September 11 - 13 '''OpenOffice.org Conference Lyon, France'''<br> <br> '''December Version 2.1'''<br> <br> ==Adaptation - Extensions, ODF Tools== ===2007=== '''March Version 2.2'''<br> '''June Version 2.2.1'''<br> '''September Version 2.3'''<br> <br> September 14 the first entry at extensions.openoffice.org '''Auto Starter for Presentation documents'''<br> <br> 18th to 21st of September '''OOoCon Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)'''<br> <br> November [https://forum.openoffice.org User Services Community Forums] English boards open<br> <br> '''December Version 2.3.1'''<br> ===2008=== '''March Version 2.4'''<br> '''June Version 2.4.1'''<br> '''October Version 2.4.2'''<br> <br> November 5th to 7th '''OpenOffice.org Conference Beijing China'''<br> <br> November 5th The first template is made available at templates.services.openoffice.org '''1/4" Cartesian Graph Paper'''<br> ==Maturity and Grace - '''''Version 3.0 Takes the World by Storm'''''== '''October (2008) Version 3.0''', Main new features: Native MacOS X support<br> ===2009=== '''May Version 3.1'''<br> '''August Version 3.1.1'''<br> <br> November 3, 2009 - November 6 '''OpenOffice.org Conference Orvieto, Italy'''<br> <br> ===2010=== '''February Version 3.2'''<br> '''May Version 3.2.1'''<br> <br> August 31st - September 3rd '''[http://www.ooocon.org/index.php/ooocon/2010 OpenOffice.org Conference Budapest Hungary]'''<br> <br> <br> [[Category:Marketing]]

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