LibreOffice "ready for enterprises" says The Document Foundation

LibreOffice version 3.4.2 announced today

The Document Foundation (TDF) has launched version 3.4.2 of the productivity suite LibreOffice.

The open source outfit said that the new version, the third in the 3.4 release cycle, "can be deployed for production needs by most enterprises".

It also said that large organisations deploying the package should do so in conjunction with a support partner, "who can carefully assess specific requirements, help manage migration and provide bespoke fixes for identified issues".

LibreOffice support extends to Linux, Macintosh and Windows systems, and the package boasts six office productivity applications: Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math and Writer.

"Purchasing LibreOffice support from a TDF partner also provides enterprises with an indirect way of contributing financially to the project, thereby funding its development, improving its stability, and accelerating its growth," added TDF.

Key Engineering Steering Committee member Bjoern Michaelsen said that TDF was born with the aim of "evolving the OpenOffice.org code to develop a cleaner and leaner free office suite and, after 10 months, we are on track to achieve this objective.

"Of course, with such a large code renovation effort, we are aware of the short-term risk of reduced stability, but this is counterbalanced by the long-term improvement in features, speed and - again – stability," added Michaelsen.

The first version of LibreOffice (3.3) was launched in January 2011 after the original community of volunteers who were involved with developing OpenOffice.org broke away to form TDF in September 2010, with the intention of making LibreOffice "truly free”.

LibreOffice can be downloaded here.