go-oo

{{Infobox software

| name = Go-oo

| logo = Go-oo logo.png

| screenshot = Go-oo linux screenshot.jpg

| developer = Novell

| released = {{Start date and age|2007|10|8}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1533362|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1533362|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1533362|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1533362|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C++

| operating system = Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X

| discontinued = yes

| genre = Office suite

| license = GNU Lesser General Public License

| website = go-oo.org (defunct)

}}

Go-oo (also Go-Open Office; previously called ooo-build) is a discontinued free office suite which started as a set of patches for OpenOffice.org, then later became an independent fork of OpenOffice.org with a number of enhancements, sponsored by Novell.

ooo-build was started in 2003. The go-oo.org domain name was being used by 2005.{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121441/|title=ooo-build 1.3.8 Announced|first=Michael|last=Meeks|work=LWN.net|date=28 January 2005|access-date=1 October 2013}} The first separate release of Go-oo was 2.3.0, in October 2007. Go-oo was discontinued in favour of LibreOffice in September 2010.{{cite news|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/407339/ |author=Jake Edge |date=September 28, 2010 |title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation |publisher=LWN.net}}

Go-oo had better support for the Microsoft Office OOXML file formats than OpenOffice.org,{{cite web|url=http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator|title=odf-converter-integrator|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-date=November 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101174355/http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator|url-status=dead}} including write support, as well as other enhancements that had not been accepted upstream.{{Cite web|url=http://www.golem.de/1010/78448.html|access-date=November 29, 2012|title=Oracle erteilt dem Communityprojekt eine Absage|language=German|date=October 6, 2010|publisher=Golem.de|first=Jörg|last=Thoma}} Many free software advocates worried that Go-oo was a Novell effort to incorporate Microsoft technologies that might be vulnerable to patent claims, and that the effort legitimized OOXML which harmed actual document compatibility.{{cite web|url=http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073107/http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3794611_1|archive-date=March 23, 2009 |date=7 January 2009|first=Bruce|last=Byfield|title=OpenOffice.org vs. Go-OO: Cutting through the Gordian Knot|work=Datamation|access-date=15 August 2015}} The hybrid PDF export (PDF that includes original source documents), Sun Presentation Minimizer, and other functionalities were directly available in Go-oo. Later analysis of Novell's contract with Microsoft show that Go-oo feature compatibility was intentionally limited.{{cite web|url=http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101219121621828 |date=20 December 2010|title=Microsoft, Standards, and Incompatibility: 1991-2010 -- And a Novell Smoking Gun - Updated 2Xs|work=Groklaw|access-date=30 August 2018}} LibreOffice in later distributions, like Debian Stretch, uses Java instead of Mono.{{cite web|url=https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libreoffice|title=Package: libreoffice (1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4)|work=Debian|access-date=August 30, 2018}}

The package branded "OpenOffice.org" in many popular Linux distributions was in fact Go-oo, not the upstream OpenOffice.org code.{{cite web|url=http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-office/openoffice?full_cat |title=Gentoo's OpenOffice Package |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722192729/http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-office/openoffice?full_cat |archive-date=July 22, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5|title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): "Include go-oo in Ubuntu"|work=Chris Cheney, Ubuntu's OpenOffice.org package maintainer|access-date=January 28, 2009}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |title=Linux.com :: Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210192845/http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }}[http://go-oo.org/download/ Go-oo derivates in Linux distributions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223152340/http://go-oo.org/download/ |date=December 23, 2008 }}

History

The ooo-build patchset was started at Ximian in 2003, before that company was bought by Novell. This was originally because Sun was slow to accept outside patches to OpenOffice.org, even from corporate partners.{{Cite web|url=http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031018013700/http://ooo.ximian.com/ooo-build.html|archive-date = October 18, 2003|title = About OOO-build}} Most Linux distributions used ooo-build rather than OpenOffice.org upstream code directly.{{cite web|url=http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|title=Meek not geek - Interview with Michael Meeks of OpenOffice.org|work=Tux Deluxe|first=Daniel|last=James|date=7 May 2007|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929232956/http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184|archive-date=September 29, 2013}}

Since the end of 2007, various Linux distributions, including SUSE in its various forms,{{Cite web|url=http://kohei.us/2007/10/02/history-of-calc-solver/|access-date=29 December 2012|title=History of Calc Solver|date=2 October 2007|first=Kohei|last=Yoshida}} Debian and Ubuntu, had cooperated in maintaining Go-oo as a large set of patches to the upstream OpenOffice.org that, for various technical or bureaucratic reasons,{{Cite web|url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/610553/ibm-sun-and-openoffice-org/2|access-date=24 November 2012|first=Richard|last=Hillesley|date=17 April 2009|publisher=ITPro|title=IBM, Sun and OpenOffice.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420032339/http://www.itpro.co.uk/610553/ibm-sun-and-openoffice-org|archive-date=April 20, 2009 }} had not been accepted (or, in some cases, even submitted) upstream.{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Ooo-build |title=Ooo-build - collection of patches, artwork and build infrastructure |access-date=December 21, 2008 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219164404/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Ooo-build |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oooninja.com/2007/12/building-ooo-build-from-source.html|title=Building ooo-build from source|date=December 22, 2007|access-date=February 9, 2010}}{{Cite web |url=http://katana.oooninja.com/w/editions_of_openoffice.org |title=Editions of OpenOffice.org |access-date=December 24, 2008 |archive-date=December 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202144028/http://katana.oooninja.com/w/editions_of_openoffice.org |url-status=dead }} Others also offered Windows builds based on Go-oo, e.g. OxygenOffice Professional and OpenOffice.org Novell Edition.

Michael Meeks, from Novell (who also worked on OpenOffice.org and GNOME), said that the differentiation was done because Sun Microsystems wanted to preserve the right to sell the code on a proprietary basis, as they did for IBM Lotus Symphony.{{Cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/?url=%2F%3Fid%3D1216917892794 |title=Reviewed July 7, 2008, Der Standard interview with Michael Meeks |access-date=August 17, 2008 |archive-date=August 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819024455/http://derstandard.at/?url=%2F%3Fid%3D1216917892794 |url-status=live }} Sun was accused of not accepting contributions from the community.{{Cite web |url=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07%2F10%2F03%2F1212234 |title=Sun Refuses LGPL for OpenOffice; Novell forks |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125230756/https://slashdot.org/story/07/10/03/1212234/sun-refuses-lgpl-for-openoffice-novell-forks |url-status=live }}[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9037499 Can IBM save OpenOffice.org from itself?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116092451/http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9037499 |date=January 16, 2009 }} Go-oo encouraged outside contributions, with rules similar to those later adopted for LibreOffice.{{Cite web|url = http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Calling-a-cat-a-dog-746843.html|title = Healthcheck: OpenOffice: Calling a cat a dog|page = 4|first = Richard|last = Hillesley|work = The H Open|date = 29 January 2009|access-date = 26 June 2013}}

In September 2010, The Document Foundation announced LibreOffice as a fully separate fork of OpenOffice.org. Go-oo was deprecated in favour of LibreOffice and Go-oo changes were incorporated into LibreOffice. LibreOffice and Collabora Online are current descendants of Go-oo.

{{Panorama|image=StarOffice major derivatives.svg|height=255px|caption=A timeline of major derivatives of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org with Go-oo in orange}}

= Versions =

Stable builds of Go-oo were usually available a couple of days after OpenOffice.org stable builds. Windows builds had a different last number in the version's number than Linux builds.{{Cite web |url=http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/ |title=Go-oo download |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826073813/http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/ |url-status=dead }} A stable version for Macintosh computers was available.{{Cite web |url=http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/mac/3.2.1/ |title=Go-oo Mac OS X-Intel version |access-date=October 17, 2010 |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017134001/http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/mac/3.2.1/ |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable" style="width:30%"
colspan=2 \| Windows ! colspan=2 \| Linux ! colspan=2 \| Macintosh
style="width:45%" \|Version ! style="width:55%" \|Available from ! style="width:45%" \|Version ! style="width:55%" \|Available from ! style="width:45%" \|Version ! style="width:55%" \|Available from
2.3.0 (unstable) \| October 8, 2007 \| 2.3.0 (unstable) \| November 14, 2007 \| rowspan=5 colspan=2 {{N/A}}
2.4.0 \| April 30, 2008 \| 2.4.0 (unstable) \| February 20, 2008
2.4.1 \| June 10, 2008 \| 2.4.1 \| June 26, 2008
3.0 \| October 22, 2008 \| 3.0.0 \| November 21, 2008
3.0.1 \| February 4, 2009 \| 3.0.1 \| February 5, 2009
3.1.0 \| June 2, 2009 \| 3.1.0 \| June 2, 2009 \| 3.1.0 \| May 28, 2009
3.1.1 \| September 16, 2009 \| 3.1.1 \| September 5, 2009 \| 3.1.1 \| September 4, 2009
3.2.0 (3.2.0-13) \| February 26, 2010 \| 3.2.0 \| February 26, 2010 \| 3.2.0 (3.2.0.13) \| February 26, 2010
3.2.1 (3.2.1-11) \| July 21, 2010 \| 3.2.1 \| July 21, 2010 \| 3.2.1 \| June 4, 2010

class="wikitable" style="width:30%"

colspan=2 | Windows

! colspan=2 | Linux

! colspan=2 | Macintosh

style="width:45%" |Version

! style="width:55%" |Available from

! style="width:45%" |Version

! style="width:55%" |Available from

! style="width:45%" |Version

! style="width:55%" |Available from

2.3.0 (unstable)

| October 8, 2007

| 2.3.0 (unstable)

| November 14, 2007

| rowspan=5 colspan=2 {{N/A}}

2.4.0

| April 30, 2008

| 2.4.0 (unstable)

| February 20, 2008

2.4.1

| June 10, 2008

| 2.4.1

| June 26, 2008

3.0

| October 22, 2008

| 3.0.0

| November 21, 2008

3.0.1

| February 4, 2009

| 3.0.1

| February 5, 2009

3.1.0

| June 2, 2009

| 3.1.0

| June 2, 2009

| 3.1.0

| May 28, 2009

3.1.1

| September 16, 2009

| 3.1.1

| September 5, 2009

| 3.1.1

| September 4, 2009

3.2.0 (3.2.0-13)

| February 26, 2010

| 3.2.0

| February 26, 2010

| 3.2.0 (3.2.0.13)

| February 26, 2010

3.2.1 (3.2.1-11)

| July 21, 2010

| 3.2.1

| July 21, 2010

| 3.2.1

| June 4, 2010

Differences between OpenOffice.org and Go-oo

= Advantages =

Go-oo works faster in some operations than OpenOffice.org.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oooninja.com/2008/09/fastest-openofficeorg-edition-benchmark.html |title=The fastest OpenOffice.org edition |access-date=December 16, 2008 |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218220615/http://www.oooninja.com/2008/09/fastest-openofficeorg-edition-benchmark.html |url-status=live }} This makes it perform faster than OpenOffice.org.
The OpenOffice.org 3.0 installation no longer includes a large number of dictionaries for writing aids (spell checker, hyphenation and thesaurus), as this impacted application performance. Localised releases may include dictionaries for particular primary and secondary languages. Dictionaries are now available as downloadable extensions, separately for each language.{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries |title=Dictionaries in OpenOffice.org 3 |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512051114/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries |url-status=live }} Go-oo installation from version 3 on includes dictionaries in many languages, as a single extension, being a part of installation files. Inclusion of a large number of dictionaries in a default installation may affect performance.
Better GTK+ integration.
Better Chinese font rendering.

== Features ==

Go-oo includes 3-D transition effects in Presentations (Linux).{{Cite web |url=http://what-is-what.com/what_is/go-oo.html |title=What is Go-oo? - What is Go-oo and how is it related to Open Office |access-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-date=January 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120051757/http://what-is-what.com/what_is/go-oo.html |url-status=live }}
Use of the GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux for multimedia content;{{Cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/1216917892794/Sun-dropping-out-of-OpenOfficeorg-development-wouldnt-be-an-entirely-negative-thing?_artikelIndex=3|title=Sun dropping out of OpenOffice.org development wouldn't be an entirely negative thing|first=Andreas|last=Proschofsky|date=27 July 2008|access-date=24 November 2012|publisher=Der Standard}}
Use of Mono framework for UNO automation, allowing automation from other languages such as C#, Boo, and so on.
Go-oo uses a combo box in place of the zoom button in stock OpenOffice.org. Newer OOo 2.x feature releases have a clickable status bar item for a zoom menu. A zoom slider was introduced to OOo 3.0 Writer and later added to OOo 3.1 Calc, Impress and Draw components.
Go-oo Calc can set color for sheet tab label.{{Cite web |url=http://go-oo.org/discover/ |title=Discover Go-OO! |access-date=February 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124012215/http://go-oo.org:80/discover/ |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Go-oo Calc 2.4.x has a built in function called "Solver". It is a little different from the Solver function of the same name, which is available from OpenOffice.org 3.0. OpenOffice.org 2.4.x has no Solver.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

== Filetype support ==

Go-oo can write OOXML files, and not just read them.

;Import

Go-oo 2.4.x has built in support for opening Office Open XML files and brings this function also for Windows 98/ME users. (Note: OpenOffice.org 3.x has built in support for opening Office Open XML documents, but those versions of OOo cannot be installed under Windows 98/ME.)
VBA macro support;
Microsoft Works filetype import;
Lotus Word Pro import;
Go-oo Draw has built-in functionality to open SVG files. OpenOffice Draw requires an extension.[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter SVG Import Filter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216083131/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_Import_Filter |date=December 16, 2010 }} - OpenOffice.org wiki[http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/svgimport SVG Import Extension] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602193140/http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/svgimport |date=June 2, 2010 }} - OpenOffice.org repository for extensions[http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/SVGTiny2OO SVG Tiny Import/Export] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526073303/http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/SVGTiny2OO |date=May 26, 2009 }} (does not work with OOo 3.1) - OpenOffice.org repository for extensions
The PDF Import extension is included by default in Go-oo 3.0.
Improved EMF drawing;
WordPerfect Graphics import.

;Save/Export

From version 3.0 on, Go-oo can save password-protected XLS files. It uses only one basic encryption method compatible with many spreadsheet applications (for example Gnumeric).
Go-oo 3.x can save Office Open XML files such as docx, xlsx, pptx by using Novell OpenXML Converter.{{cite web|url=http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=OabXVm-plcA~ |title=Download OpenOffice.org–OpenXML translator|publisher=Novell|access-date=January 12, 2009}} Because Go-oo for Windows and OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows are similar, Novell OpenXML Converter can work with Go-oo 3.x.{{Cite web |url=http://www.novell.com/products/openofficewindows/ |title=OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows |access-date=December 21, 2008 |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217163854/http://www.novell.com/products/openofficewindows/ |url-status=live }}

= Disadvantages =

Go-oo localizations are available only as language packs to the English installation. Translations of the user interface and dictionaries for different languages in Go-oo are in some cases not the same as in OpenOffice.org.

= Other differences =

Go-oo uses "Tango style" application shortcut icons, quick launch icons and icons for associated files.{{Cite web |url=http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Showroom#OpenOffice.org |title=Tango style OpenOffice.org |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906111805/http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Showroom#OpenOffice.org |archive-date=September 6, 2015 }}[http://ui.openoffice.org/nonav/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType.html OpenOffice.org 3.0 icons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727154913/http://ui.openoffice.org/nonav/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType.html |date=July 27, 2011 }}
Go-oo installation files were usually available for download a couple of days after OpenOffice.org builds were released.
Go-oo for Windows was similar to OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows. For example, Go-oo has version 3.0-19 and Novell Edition 3.0-22.
The first time OpenOffice.org is started, a wizard opens to guide a user through the setting of user name and the registration process.{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide/Deactivating_Registration_Wizard |title=OpenOffice.org first start wizard |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216010916/http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide/Deactivating_Registration_Wizard |url-status=live }} This wizard is disabled in Go-oo.