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Sun Urged to Give Up OpenOffice Control

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the set-my-people-free dept.

inc_x writes "Developers from OpenOffice.org are urging Sun to set the project free and bring it under a foundation. Sun's dominance over the project makes other companies such as IBM, Redhat and Novell reluctant to contribute more. Both Mozilla and Eclipse managed to attract an increasing number of developers after the projects were moved over to an independent foundation."

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  1. Why is IBM listed here??? by mrjatsun · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This always makes me angry when I see IBM listed with companies like RedHat. When IBM opens up some of their proprietary applications (e.g. Lotus Notes), then they can start be included in conversations like this.. Why do people always give them a free ride? They are still the proprietary, lock in as a strategy, company. They spens a lot more money on proprietary software than open source software..


    disclaimer, I work for Sun (but I have always felt this way. no, really :-))