2010/8/26 Mirek M. <maz...@gmail.com> > Hi again, > > 2010/8/26 Cor Nouws <oo...@nouenoff.nl> > > Hi, >> >> Mirek M. wrote (26-08-10 11:41) >> >>> 2010/8/25 Varun Mittal<varunmitta...@gmail.com> >>> >>> Oracle anywayz filed a suit only against Google. >>>> >>> >>> it's attacking one of the most successful fruits of open-source because >>> of a >>> ridiculous patent suit concerning, surprisingly, its open-source Java. >>> And >>> that really makes me move away from Oracle... >>> >> >> I do not know details - those are not yet known public, let alone that >> they are judged. So to me it sounds a bit premature to say that the patent >> suit is ridiculous. >> >> Actually, these details are known. Have a look at, for example, > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100813112425821, > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_google_java_prosecution/, > or http://techdirt.com/articles/20100817/00061910645.shtml > And besides, many people, including me, believe that software patents are > counterproductive and "ridiculous". > >> >> Anyway, I really hope OOo is branched by some other company that will >>> really >>> dedicate time and (donated or ad-gained) money to the suite, really make >>> it >>> the best possible office suite ever, take over its massive user base. >>> >> >> Did you ever think about time and money that Sun Microsystems did and now >> Oracle does invest in OpenOffice.org, that you can just download for free, >> several new versions a year, as much as you want? >> > For clarification, I'm not saying Oracle didn't invest time into OOo. I'm just saying I don't want to support a company like Oracle or MS (MS also puts a lot of time and money into its suite, much more than Oracle)...
> > Yes, I never said it didn't. What I meant was that another company should > take OOo and fix it up (kind of like what Go-oo does), make it even better, > take over the userbase. One thing that always bothered me was how messily > structured the OOo's community participation was, and how long it took to > actually get things done. (Take the new colorless OOo icons, which a large > part of the OOo userbase wants color-coded again. It shouldn't be hard to > just replace the new icon files with the old icon files, or to put some > color into the new icons...) > >> >> Regards, >> >> Cor >> >> -- >> >> Your office 2010 software: the new OpenOffice.org << >> >> Cor Nouws >> - ideas/remarks for the community council? >> - http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org >> >> > > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? > A: http://five.sentenc.es > -- -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es
