The Decline and Fall of OpenOffice.org

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The Decline and Fall of OpenOffice.org

Postby dedanna1029 » 11 Jun 2011, 01:17

For most people, the division between the two projects has always been more about governance than personal animosities, so coexistence is almost certainly possible.In fact, Apache representatives have suggested repeatedly that nothing would please them better.


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Re: The Decline and Fall of OpenOffice.org

Postby viking60 » 11 Jun 2011, 09:46

Yes Oracle just could not make OO business after LibreOffice. LibreOffice was better and free, so they could just as well donate the code.
So this is good news.
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Re: The Decline and Fall of OpenOffice.org

Postby dedanna1029 » 11 Jun 2011, 13:33

Yes, sometimes I think Oracle hears the mumbles in the background about what we open source people think of them, so tries to do something to help matters there. However, I'm never fooled for long, it seems. *sigh
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Re: The Decline and Fall of OpenOffice.org

Postby viking60 » 11 Jun 2011, 19:06

If they try to rebuild their rep with the open source community I think that is a positive thing. In that case they have a lot of rebuilding to do.
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Re: The Decline and Fall of OpenOffice.org

Postby dedanna1029 » 11 Jun 2011, 20:21

Exactly.
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