Oracle's apparently profit-minded actions are part of the motivation behind The Document Foundation's decision to fork OpenOffice, and they are also a good reason to choose LibreOffice instead.

With an open, independent and meritocratic organizational structure, the project has already received support from organizations include Google, Novell, Red Hat, Canonical, the Open Source Initiative, the GNOME Foundation and NeoOffice. It promises a software package that will put user needs first, without fear of any conflicting profit motivations associated with a corporate sponsor.

3. It's Free

As with all free and open source software, LibreOffice is not just free of corporate control, it's also free of cost. You can download and test out the productivity suite at will, with no financial commitment.

4. It's Just the Beginning.