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The Document Foundation started on 28 September 2010. Ben Woods and Swapnil Bhartiya were the first to publish articles about LibreOffice, far in advance of other writers. Ben Woods published in ZDNet while Swapnil Bhartiya got a scoop interview in Muktware a few days later on 24 October. LibreOffice's first official release was on 25 January and continued the version numbering it had used under its previous name for the preceding decade.

Press Clippings to Remember!

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualisation_interministérielle_pour_une_bureautique_ouverte

The French ministerial coordination group for "Open productivity suites" now recommends to switch away from MS Office and OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice. The Wikipedia page is in French. This is not just PR (they don't write PR), and it's a small, magical sentence at the end of the page.

English

Search link on Google News (English) for LibreOffice:


Date Links to Article Author
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ÆGIS Project Open Accessibility everywhere; Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards.
2011-11-10 http://accessodf.sourceforge.net/PressRelease_Extensions_20111108.xhtml Christophe Strobbe
Alien Pastures Alien Bob's thoughts on Slackware, life and everything.
2011-01-26 http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/get-it-libreoffice-3-3-0/ Alien Bob
2010-12-28 http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/libreoffice-second-release-candidate-for-3-3-0/ Alien Bob
Ars Technica "a mix of breaking news, in-depth trend analysis and practical how-to's"
2011-10-29 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/09/a-year-after-the-fork-libreoffice-still-going-strong.ars Ryan Paul
2011-01-26 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/01/the-document-foundation-announces-first-release-of-libreoffice.ars Ryan Paul
2011-01-26 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/01/the-document-foundation-announces-first-release-of-libreoffice.ars Ryan Paul
Australian IT
2011-02-21 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/libreoffice-the-last-word-in-open-source/story-e6frgakx-1226009579021 David Frith




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Beta News
2011-01-25 http://www.betanews.com/article/LibreOffice-releases-first-stable-build/1295985298
Nick Peers
2011-01-28 http://www.betanews.com/article/The-Document-Foundation-releases-LibreOffice-Portable/1296223919
Nick Peers
Boing Boing "an influence in the development of the cyberpunk subculture"
2011-01-25 http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/25/libreoffice-turns-33.html
Cory Doctorow




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CIO
2011-02-16 http://www.cio.com.au/article/376946/open_office_dilemma_openoffice_org_vs_libreoffice/ Neil McAllister
ComputerNewsAndSoftware.com
2011-02-23 http://computernewsandsoftware.blogspot.com/2011/02/libreoffice-331-portable.html '
ComputerWorld
2011-10-17 http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/10/libreoffice-openofficeorg-and-open-standard-office-suites/index.htm Glyn Moody
2011-09-09 Copenhagen hospitals drop Microsoft Office in the original Danish

http://www.computerworld.dk/art/118467/

Mads Elkær
2010-09-29 http://blogs.computerworld.com/17058/libreoffice_isnt_an_openoffice_fork_yet Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
ComputerWorldUK
2011-02-22 http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/enterprise-os-how-hard-can-it-be/2011/02/the-government-gets-really-serious-about-open-source/index.htm Mark Taylor
CRN.com
2011-04-18
http://www.crn.com.au/News/254803,oracle-hangs-up-the-gloves-on-openoffice.aspx
Liam Tung
ComputerWorld
2011-06-14
http://blogs.computerworld.com/18466/day_11_weighing_libreoffice_as_a_microsoft_office_alternative
Tony Bradley




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Daily News "Sri Lanka's National Newspaper since 1918"
2011-09-30 http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/30/bus10.asp "ICTA expands FOSS" anon
DecisionStats.com
2011-03-22
http://decisionstats.com/2011/03/22/libreoffice-3-3-2/ Ajay Ohri
Developer.com "The Network for Technology Professionals"
2011-01-25 http://www.developer.com/open/libreoffice-3.3-frees-open-source-office-suite.html Sean Michael Kerner
2011-01-25 http://www.developer.com/daily_news/libreoffice-arrives-and-its-better-than-openoffice.html anon
DesktopLinux.com
2011-02-02 http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6809546117.html Review: LibreOffice beats OpenOffice.org by a whisker P. J. Connolly




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Eweek "Focusing on e-business, communications and Internet-based architecture."
2011-09-28 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/LibreOffice-TDF-Mark-First-Anniversary-of-Office-Productivity-Suite-543553/ Fahmida Y. Rashid
2011-08-02 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/LibreOffice-342-Now-Ready-for-Enterprises-432373/ Fahmida Y. Rashid
2011-06-01 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Oracle-Donates-OpenOfficeorg-Open-Source-Project-to-Apache-549547/ Fahmida Y. Rashid
2011-02-10 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenOfficeorgs-New-Suite-Adequate-But-Not-Inspiring/ P. J. Connolly
2011-01-26 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/LibreOffice-33-Suite-Advances-While-Staying-True-to-OpenOffice-Roots-206088/ Fahmida Y. Rashid
2011-01-25 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Document-Foundation-Launches-Breakaway-Open-Source-LibreOffice-33-Suite-254932/ Fahmida Y. Rashid
2010-12-09 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Apache-Blasts-Oracle-Quits-JCP-Over-TCK-857950/ Fahmida Y. Rashid
Eweek Europe
2011-02-21 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/products/libreoffice-pips-openoffice-org-to-the-post-review-21561 P J Connolly
excITingIP.com
2011-02-25 http://www.excitingip.com/1428/libre-office-writer-word-processor-document-features/ Xip Blog
2011-02-10 http://www.excitingip.com/1342/why-you-should-implement-libre-office-in-your-organization/ Xip Blog
ExpertReviews.co.uk
2011-02-15 http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/1282687/libreoffice-3-3 anon




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FOSDEM "FOSDEM is the biggest free and non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet."
2011-02-01 http://fosdem.org/2011/interview/michael-meeks anon
FOSS4Gov
2011-10-04 http://www.foss4gov.gov.lk/ "ICTA celebrates Software Freedom Day" anon
Free Software Foundation
2011-06-10 http://www.fsf.org/news/openoffice-apache-libreoffice Brett Smith




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Geek.com
2011-01-25 http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/first-stable-release-of-free-office-suite-libreoffice-launches-20110125/ Matthew Humphries
GeekGumbo.com
2011-03-15
http://www.geekgumbo.com/2011/03/15/the-rise-of-libreoffice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-libreoffice
daleV




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H-Open
2011-02-25 http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-Document-Foundation-reaches-fund-raising-target-1198398.html Dj Walker-Morgan
2011-02-23 http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/LibreOffice-3-3-1-now-available-1195646.html Dj Walker-Morgan
2011-02-17 http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Document-Foundation-seeks-set-up-funds-1191652.html Terry Relph-Knight
H-Online.com
2011-03-04
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Novell-LibreOffice-now-with-commercial-support-1202127.html
TRK




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InfoWorld InfoWorld features trusted industry columnists, a sharp focus on IT issues, and product test results and reviews backed by the renowned InfoWorld Test Center.
2011-02-16 http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/open-office-dilemma-openofficeorg-vs-libreoffice-716?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-02-16 Neil McAllister
I Programmer
2011-02-18 http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/2009-libre-office-appeal-for-50000-euros.html Janet Swift
InternetNews
2011-02-24 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2011/02/libreoffice-updates-to-331.html Sean Michael Kerner
IT World
2011-10-14 http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/213373/libreoffice-sees-new-platforms-more-users Brian Proffitt




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Jaxenter.com
2011-02-17 http://jaxenter.com/document-foundation-announce-race-for-funds-34905.html Jessica Thornsby




K
The Kim Komando Show.

Kim Komando hosts the United States’ largest talk radio show about consumer electronics, computers and the Internet.

2011-10-04 http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=11474&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=totd&utm_content=2011-10-04-article-1&utm_campaign=end-b&page=1
Give me LibreOffice or give me OpenOffice?
Kim Komando
2011-09-15 http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=10270&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=dotd&utm_content=2011-09-15-article&utm_campaign=title
Cool, Useful, fun freebie - A free substitute for Microsoft Office
Kim Komando
2011-02-09 http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=10270&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=dotd&utm_content=2011-02-09-article&utm_campaign=end

A free replacement for Microsoft Office

Kim Komando




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LifeHacker
2011-12-13 http://lifehacker.com/5867623/the-best-word-processing-app-for-windows Whitson Gordon
Linux.com
2011-12-12 https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/196-zonker/524082-the-10-most-important-open-source-projects-of-2011 Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
2011-02-21 http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/413028-adding-mobile-graphics-to-libreoffice-impress-presentations Jack Wallen
2011-02-09 http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/405303-collaborate-using-libreoffice-writer-changes-and-comments Jack Wallen
Linuxaria.com
2011-03-24
http://www.linuxaria.com/pills/emerge-libreoffice-bin?lang=en
Anon
LinuxJournal
2011-03-01
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/who-contributes-most-libreoffice Susan Linton
2011-01-18 http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openofficeorg-and-libreoffice-release-candidates-duke-it-out Susan Linton
LinuxMagazine OnLine
2011-02-25 http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/The-Document-Foundation-Announces-LibreOffice-Updates-and-Fundraising-Accomplishments Amber Graner
2011-02-04 http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-and-support-for-Microsoft-file-formats Bruce Byfield
LinuxUser & Developer
2011-02-17 http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/magazine-issues/linux-user-developer-issue-97-is-out-now/ Russell Barnes
2011-02-16 http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/interviews/novells-michael-meeks-talks-libreoffice-3-3-the-document-foundation-oracle/ Alex Handy
LWN.net "aims to be the premier news and information site for the Linux and free software development communities"
2011-02-16 http://lwn.net/Articles/428264/ Fund-raising Challenge ris
2011-01-26 http://lwn.net/Articles/424587/ Deep article; Svg, Fedora, openSUSE, schedule & more
Jake Edge
2011-01-25 http://lwn.net/Articles/424553/ Released; features list
Jake Edge
2011-01-11 http://lwn.net/Articles/422367/ Unique community, ooxml
Jonathan Corbet




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MarcoBruni.info
2011-03-24 http://www.marcobruni.info/wordpress/en/libreoffice-3-3-2-e-adesso-disponibile.html" Marco Bruni
Muktware A complete web magazine dedicated to Free and Open Source technologies.
2011-10-14 http://www.muktware.com/news/2698 LibreOffice To Go Online, Will Run On Android Swapnil Bhartiya
2011-08-19 http://www.muktware.com/hacksheet/2306

25,000 Danish Hospital Staff To Move To LibreOffice

Banton
2011-02-16 http://www.muktware.com/n/16/2011/772/libreoffice-colorful-icons-land-us-scale anon
2011-01-25 http://www.muktware.com/n/25/2011/707 Released; screenshots, RedHat quotes. anon
2011-01-11 http://www.muktware.com/n/11/2011/658 Ubuntu support anon
2010-11-14 http://www.muktware.com/n/18/2010/493 Mageia support anon
2010-10-24 http://www.muktware.com/news/24/2010/400 First Stable Release Of LibreOffice Swapnil Bhartiya
MultiMediaBoom
2011-02-25 http://www.multimediaboom.com/upgrade-to-libreoffice-3-3-1-in-ubuntu-11-04-10-10-10-04/
 Mybroadband.co.za
2011-01-25 http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/17953-LibreOffice-gains-momentum.html Alastair Otter
MyTechGuide.org
2011-03-25 http://www.mytechguide.org/2011/03/25/libreoffice-open-source-alternative-microsoft-office/ Mezanul




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NetworkWorld.com
2011-03-15 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/72211
LibreOffice gets free software stamp of approval in fight against Oracle and Microsoft
Jon Brodkin
News.openSUSE.org
2011-02-26 http://news.opensuse.org/2011/02/26/opensuse-11-4-rc2-steps-out/ Helen South
NewsWhip.ie
2011-01-25 http://www.newswhip.ie/technology/no-cost-competitor-libreoffice-challenges-microsoft Gerard Cunningham




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OMG! Ubuntu! Ubuntu news, views and features aimed at everyday Ubuntu users
2011-01-25 http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/libreoffice-3-3-released Joey Sneddon
2011-01-02 http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/new-ppa-makes-installing-libreoffice-on-ubuntu-easy Joey Sneddon
OSOR.eu Open Source Observatory and Repository
2011-08-18 http://www.osor.eu/news/dk-25-000-hospital-staff-copenhagen-region-to-use-open-source-office-suite Gijs Hillenius
Ostatic Find, Evaluate, Cooperate
2011-02-17 http://ostatic.com/blog/libreoffice-raises-10000-euros-for-foundation-in-one-day Susan Linton




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PC World
2011-01-25 http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220739/libreoffice_software_is_here_to_stay.html Katherine Noyes
2011-01-25 http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/217679/libreoffice_33_handson_with_the_free_office_suite.html Keir Thomas
2011-02-16 http://www.pcworld.com/article/219784/open_office_dilemma_openofficeorg_vs_libreoffice.html Neil McAllister
PortableApps.com
2011-01-27 http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable John T. Haller




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Revista Espírito Livre!
2011-11-14 http://www.revista.espiritolivre.org/lancada-edicao-n-31-da-revista-espirito-livre




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Silicon Island
2011-02-19 http://aruiz.synaptia.net/siliconisland/2011/02/introducing-libreoffice-integration-with-unitys-application-menubar.html Alberto Ruiz
Slashdot
2011-10-04 http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/2315209/looking-back-on-a-year-of-libreoffice Soulskill
Softpedia
2011-02-03 http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-11-04-Alpha-2-Has-Support-for-Sandy-Bridge-182478.shtml Marius Nestor
Software Crew
2011-01-28 http://www.softwarecrew.com/2011/01/libreoffice-portable-released/ Nick Peers
2011-01-25 http://www.softwarecrew.com/2011/01/libreoffice-releases-first-stable-build/ Nick Peers
Sysbytes
2011-03-07
http://sysbytes.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/an-interview-with-petr-mladek-libre-office-developer/
Manu
Siftery
2017-06-26 https://siftery.com/libreoffice Siftery




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Techie-buzz.com
2011-01-25 http://techie-buzz.com/foss/libreoffice-3-3-released.html Ricky Laishra
TechHacking.com
2011-02-11 http://techhacking.com/2011/02/10/libreoffice-the-future-of-office-in-linux/ Lev Lazinskiy
The Register "bitin the hands that feed IT"
2011-04-15
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/oracle_letting_openoffice_go/
Gavin Clarke
2011-02-09 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/09/michael_meeks_talks_libreoffice/ Damon Hart-Davis
The Inquirer
2011-06-10 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2077979/document-foundation-promises-enterprise-ready-libreoffice-august Iain Thomson
The Telegraph
2011-04-18
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/businesstechnology/8445516/Review-LibreOffice-3.3-is-a-viable-alternative-to-Microsoft-Word.html
Alex
TheVarGuy.com
2011-03-01
http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/03/03/libreoffice-suite-features-unique-to-open-source-community/
Christopher Tozzi
Thinq.co.uk
2011-02-17 http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/2/17/document-foundation-launches-50k-challenge/ Gareth Halfacree
The Linux Box
2011-02-21 http://thelinuxbox.org/news.php?2011/02/21/an-open-letter-to-the-libre-office-design-team.html Gareth Halfacree




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UbuntuManual
2011-02-25 http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/270/libre-office-3-3-1-release-out-for-grabs  
Unixmen.com Linux/Unix News, Howtos, Tutorials, Tips & Tricks
2011-02-17 http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/1523-libreoffice-community-starts-50000-euro-challenge-for-setting-up-its-foundation-donate Zinoune (Zinovsky)




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V3.co.uk All the latest UK technology news, reviews and analysis
2011-06-10 http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2077963/libreoffice-ready-commercial-distribution-months-document-foundation Iain Thomson
2012-03-06
Danish Ministry of Transportation migrates to LibreOffice

English transpaltion: [1]
Original in Danish: [2]

Leif Lodahl


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ZDNet Business IT news, reviews, white papers and blogs for technology professionals.
2013-01-27 http://www.zdnet.com/libreoffice-4-0-the-big-changes-will-be-under-the-hood-7000010383/ Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2012-10-05 http://www.zdnet.com/libreoffice-patches-93-bugs-in-software-7000005317/ Ben Woods
2011-10-18 http://www.zdnet.com/news/libreoffice-expands-users-and-reach/6316162 Stephen Shankland
2011-02-18 http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-apps/2011/02/18/windows-open-source-apps-to-the-rescue-40091795/ Jack Wallen
2011-02-03 http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/zdnet-uk-first-take-10013312/libreoffice-33-10021613/ Mary Branscombe
2011-01-25 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-libreoffice-ideally-a-co-opetition-not-competition/8141?tag=rbxccnbzd1 Paula Rooney
2011-01-25 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/first-libreoffice-release-arrives/8136 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2011-01-23 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-opts-for-libreoffice-over-oracles-openoffice/8122 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2010-10-05 http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2010/10/05/oracle-shows-lacklustre-support-for-libreoffice-40090410/ Ben Woods
2010-01-25 http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-apps/2011/01/25/libreoffice-gets-milestone-33-release-40091546/ Ben Woods
2010-01-05 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/libreoffice-ready-for-liftoff/8031 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols





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100% Linux "One guys attempt to run only Linux ..."
2011-03-31 http://100percentlinux.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/open-libre-office/ Open LibreOffice ReaphSharc