>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)...
Oracle does still invest in OOo, they sponsoring OOoCon. And we really do not know yet what their intentions are other than so far they have said they will continue too. Lets give them the benefit of the doubt. Regardless of the patent lawsuit ( yes we all hate software patents) Did not Eric Schmidt work on the initial development of Java at Sun. He was fully aware of all the legal ramifications when Google decided to "fork" it for there own use. The suit might not be that frivolous as some suggest. I allways thought of supporting OOo as away to help folks who cannot afford MS Office, or those who just dont need such an an expensive piece of software or those who want an alternative which happens to be free. But mostly for the poor so they can have a tool which can empower them. And if it helps break up the MS monopoly in the process, all the better. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Roman Gelbort <ro...@piensalibre.com.ar>wrote: > El 26/08/10 11:47, Mirek M. escribió: > > 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". > > > > Andddd... patents of software ideas are NOT includes y many countries. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Prof. Román H. Gelbort > http://www.piensalibre.com.ar > > 10 años usando OpenOffice.org, libre, gratuito y seguro > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > >
