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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. Re:First Shitface by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Women i see
    on the street wearing headscarves
    remind me
    of burning buildings
    and coldblooded slaughter

    maybe its time
    they know
    we now laugh
    at their faith

    regards
    a pigeater

  2. Die MS! by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    If Sun's true motivation is to slaughter MS, then this is definitely a winning strategy. Let everyone who hates MS join together and produce an app that will p*ss on MS-Office from a great height.

    If Suns motivation is to make it easier for those of us that actually use Hyper-Mega-Super Sparc architecture, so we don't move to Apple kit ~(:-}, then this is a winner too.

    If Sun's intention is to make money from OOO, by holding it close to their chests, then they should apply now for a brain transplant. Even an Intel 8080 could figure out that one won't fly.

    However, only Sun know if the Sun branded Star Office really does penetrate the kind of damn fool organisation that refuses free stuff. (People actually BUY shares in companies that refuse to use free stuff, even when its better than what you pay for?)

    --
    Sent from my ASR33 using ASCII
  3. 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 :-))