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## Introduction
-Along with an email client and a web browser, an office suite is a core essential
-application that almost every computer user requires. Although there is a dominant
- commercial product in this category, its price and limited platform and language
-support makes it an unsatisfactory option for many. OpenOffice, for over a decade,
- has helped fill this gap. Our goal is to develop, publish and support OpenOffice
-as a world-class office suite, free for anyone to use, and since it is open source,
-free for anyone to build upon. Using the generally available discounted price of
-commercial office products, the value of OpenOffice downloads over the past decade
-exceeds USD 10 billion (10,000,000,000).
-
-## Overcoming the "Digital Divide"
-
-More than 40% of the world population lives on less than US$ 2 per day, and around
-20% live on less than US$ 1 per day. Against these numbers, commercial
-shrink-wrapped office software is often seen as a luxury good. End-user facing
-open source software, like OpenOffice, brings high-quality software to those who
-would otherwise have no other affordable options. Within the ICT for Development
-(ICT4D) community, OpenOffice has long been an important part of achieving
-development goals.
-
-## Support for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
-
-There are over 6,000 languages in the world, but unless the language is associated
-with a G20 economic superpower, commercial vendors tend to ignore it. The
-OpenOffice community has a long standing tradition of supporting a large number
-of languages, including languages used by smaller populations, minority languages,
-endangered languages, etc. By supporting languages that would
-not otherwise be supported we help reduce "digital exclusion" and promote
-development, local education and administration.
-
-## Accessibility
-
-Persons with disabilities, especially those with visual impairments, commonly
-rely on "assistive technology" to interact with computers. Such technologies
-work well only when applications are designed and coded to work well with them.
-Additionally, users who create documents must do their part to ensure that the
-documents they create work well with assistive technology, for example through
-the use of image captions, consistent list levels, etc. The OpenOffice project
-aims to provide strong accessibility support, both in the core product and
-including broader ecosystem support via extensions, for working with Braille
-printers, exporting to DAISY talking books, etc.
-
-## Open Standards
-
-Open standards are those standards which are created in an open, transparent
-process, where the specifications can be freely accessed and implemented without
-royalties. Most core web standards are open standards. The default document format
-in OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format (ODF) is also an open standard. Widespread use
-of open standards promotes interoperability and choice in the market. But this
-does not come without effort on our part. We commit to faithful implementation
-of open standards, and to work with standards organizations and other vendors
-to improve these standards and to test and improve interoperability.
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+Along with an email client and a web browser, an office suite is a core essential application that almost every computer user requires.
+Although there is a dominant commercial product in this category, its price, along with its closed-source nature, makes it an unsatisfactory
+option for many. Apache OpenOffice®, for over two decades, has helped fill this gap. Our goal is to develop, publish, and support OpenOffice
+free for anyone to use, and since it is open source, free for anyone to build upon.
+
+##Overcoming the “Digital Divide”
+
+More than 70% of the world population are poor or have a low income. For many, software is a luxury good. End-user facing open-source software,
+like Apache OpenOffice, bring high-quality software to those who would otherwise have no other options.
+
+##Support for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
+
+There are over 6,000 languages in the world, but unless the language is associated with a G20 economic superpower, commercial vendors tend to
+ignore it. The OpenOffice community has a long-standing tradition of supporting numerous languages, including ones used by smaller populations,
+minority languages and endangered languages. By supporting these languages that would not otherwise be supported, we help reduce “digital exclusion”
+and promote development, local education and administration. It is difficult to keep the translation up-to-date for all languages, but with enough
+volunteers, we can reach this goal.
+
+##Accessibility
+
+Persons with disabilities, especially those with visual impairments, commonly rely on “assistive technology” to interact with computers. Such
+technologies work well only when applications are designed and coded to work well with them. Additionally, users who create documents must do
+their part to ensure that the documents they create work well with assistive technology, for example through the use of image captions, consistent
+list levels, etc. The OpenOffice project aims to provide accessibility support, both in the core product and including broader ecosystem support
+via extensions, for working with Braille printers, exporting to DAISY talking books, etc.
+
+##Open Standards
+
+Open standards are those standards which are created in an open, transparent process, where the specifications can be freely accessed and
+implemented without royalties. Most core web standards are open standards. The default document format in OpenOffice, the OpenDocument Format (ODF),
+is also an open standard. Widespread use of open standards promotes interoperability and choice in the market. But this does not come without effort
+on our part. We are committed to a faithful implementation of open standards and to test and improve interoperability with them.
+
+##Consistent Interface
+
+We believe a consistent user experience is more important than a constantly changing user interface. Likewise, we respect that our users want to
+spend their time with software being productive, not re-learning how to perform the same functions. We strive to avoid changing the user interface
+unless it's necessary and improves the user experience.
+
+##Community-led development “The Apache Way”
+
+The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) provides a foundation for open, collaborative software development projects by supplying hardware,
+communication, and business infrastructure. Each project is independent in the development of their software within the ASF guidelines and is
+governed by a Project Management Committee (PMC) that is composed of committers to the project.
+
+Our project is driven by a community of volunteers dedicated to maintaining, improving and supporting Apache OpenOffice and the infrastructure
+that supports it. We are not guided by commercial interests, but by “[The Apache Way](https://www.apache.org/theapacheway/index.html)” of community
+and software development. Our permissive Open-Source license is people and business friendly and is another part of our continued success.
+
+##Our Mission is Software for the Public Good
+
+We are dedicated to offer Apache OpenOffice and the tenets listed above for the millions of users that depend on our software every day.
+
+##Continuing the Legacy
+
+In June 2011 Oracle Corporation contributed the source code and trademarks for “OpenOffice.org” to
+[The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.apache.org/). IBM Corporation followed that by contributing the source code from their “Symphony” product
+as well. The result of this and much hard work since is “[Apache OpenOffice](https://www.openoffice.org/)”.