-The plan was so simple; we purchase sun, kick out the hippies, and make real business. -well... -Does this mean that we cannot sell corporate licenses of openoffice anymore? -well.. -Did anyone wrote a plan B? anyone?... -... -What were those indians called? -Sir, do you mean Apaches? -Whatever, give it back to them... -...
:P On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Jonathan Adams <t12nsloo...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've just read ( > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/01/oracle_openoffice_apache/page2.html > ) that Oracle will retain the OpenOffice name, so basically they've > given Apache all the code and rights to change the licenses, and then > stopped developing ... way to go Oracle. > > LibreOffice will be much better off staying as "LibreOffice" in that > situation, and the longer it goes on the more they should stay as > LibreOffice anyway. > > If LibreOffice cannot get the OpenOffice branding to own; then I hope > that Apache designate the OpenOffice project as not worth keeping, > which would mean that IBM would have good cause to feel annoyed at > Oracle and, _if_ there is a contract, take Oracle out back and shoot > it :) > > I got excited that Oracle were giving up OpenOffice (I have trained so > many people to use OpenOffice that it is going to be a little hard to > convince them to move to LibreOffice) but I've come to the conclusion > that it's just noise with no real substance. > > Jon > > > Yeah, that's basically what I was getting at w/o going into details. At > > this juncture, I'm of the opinion that LibreOffice would be taking a > > step backwards if it took on the Openoffice name. Folks know that > > LibreOffice is the path for future. The LibreOffice name is also, imo, > > more enticing to me as end user - especially in this day and age of > > "fake bake" corporate "open source" projects. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss