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The Document Foundation on Friday announced a second beta for LibreOffice 3.4, the offshoot of the OpenOffice.org codebase, one week after Oracle said it would no longer sell a commercial version of the productivity suite.
“Please be aware that LibreOffice 3.4 Beta2 is not yet ready for production use,” the Document Foundation said on its website. “You should continue to use LibreOffice 3.3.2 for that.” Release 3.4.0 is currently scheduled for delivery on May 31, according to the site.
The Document Foundation, which has the backing of companies such as Red Hat and Google, formed last year following concerns over how Oracle was working with community members.
In its announcement last week, Oracle said it would transition the open-source OpenOffice.org to a “purely community-based” project, but it is still unclear whether or how that may affect the Document Foundation. For one, it’s not yet known if Oracle will set up a new open-source foundation for OpenOffice.org, or simply embrace LibreOffice.
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