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[[Michael Meeks (software developer)|Michael Meeks]], from [[Novell]], (who also works on OpenOffice.org and [[GNOME]]), said that the differentiation was done because [[Sun Microsystems]] wanted to preserve the right to offer its own version ([[StarOffice]]) and even sell the development to the proprietary software market, like [[IBM Lotus Symphony]] from [[IBM]].<ref name="meeks">[http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1216917892794 Reviewed July 7, 2008, Der Standard interview with Michael Meeks]</ref> Sun was accused of not accepting contributions from the community.<ref name="slashdot">[http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/03/1212234 Sun Refuses LGPL for OpenOffice; Novell forks]</ref><ref name="computerworld">[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9037499 Can IBM save OpenOffice.org from itself?]</ref>
=== Versions ===
Stable builds of Go-oo are usually available a couple of days after Oracle OpenOffice.org stable builds. Windows builds have a different last number in the version's number than Linux builds.<ref name="go-oo-download">[http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/ Go-oo download]</ref> A stable version for Macintosh computers is available.<ref name="mac">[http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/mac/3.2.1/ Go-oo Mac OS X-Intel version]</ref>
;Windows versions
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%"
|-
! style="width:45%" |Version
! style="width:55%" |Available from
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| 2.3.0 (unstable)
| October 8, 2007
|-
| 2.4.0
| April 30, 2008
|-
| 2.4.1
| June 10, 2008
|-
| 3.0
| October 22, 2008
|-
| 3.0.1
| February 4, 2009
|-
| 3.1.0
| June 2, 2009
|-
| 3.1.1
| September 16, 2009
|-
| 3.2.0 (3.2.0-13)
| February 26, 2010
|-
| 3.2.1 (3.2.1-11)
| July 21, 2010
|}
;Linux versions
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%"
|-
! style="width:45%" |Version
! style="width:55%" |Available from
|-
| 2.3.0 (unstable)
| November 14, 2007
|-
| 2.4.0 (unstable)
| February 20, 2008
|-
| 2.4.1
| June 26, 2008
|-
| 3.0.0
| November 21, 2008
|-
| 3.0.1
| February 5, 2009
|-
| 3.1.0
| June 2, 2009
|-
| 3.1.1
| September 5, 2009
|-
| 3.2.0
| February 26, 2010
|-
| 3.2.1
| July 21, 2010
|}
;Mac versions
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%"
|-
! style="width:45%" |Version
! style="width:55%" |Available from
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| 3.1.0
| May 28, 2009
|-
| 3.1.1
| September 4, 2009
|-
| 3.2.0 (3.2.0.13)
| February 26, 2010
|-
| 3.2.1
| June 4, 2010
|}
== Some differences between OpenOffice.org and Go-oo ==
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