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OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice
Google85 writes "The OpenOffice.org Project has unveiled a major restructuring that separates itself from Oracle and that takes responsibility for OpenOffice away from a single company. From now on, OpenOffice's development and direction will be decided by a steering committee of developers and national language project managers. Driving home the changes, the OpenOffice.org project is now The Document Foundation, while the OpenOffice.org suite has been given the temporary name of LibreOffice."
Sure we do! It's that Zodiak symbol between Virgo and Scorpio, right?
# apt-get install ms-office
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ms-office
More importantly, by choosing a name that lots of English speakers won't even know how to pronounce, they've isolated themselves even more. They'd have done better if they'd chosen an abstract name like "Firefox" or "Apache."
Lee Bray Office? Sounds like an evangelical preacher's fundraising department.
Make the mascot a Zebra, and the English speakers will suddenly pick up on it.
"I have to finish my book report by tomorrow, but I've only got the files, no Microsoft Word."
"Here, I know where to get a cracked copy."
"Stop right there, children!"
(together)"Wow! It's the Libre Zebra!"
"That's right, and I'm here to tell you about LibreOffice, a free office suite that promotes the gnu values of liberty, justice, and apple pie!"
(together)"Thanks, Libre Zebra!"
Well it's not really that I like or use it (I'm a latex guy...), but I enjoyed being able to put "experience in Oracle's OpenOffice.org" on my resume. Helps get it past HR goons who only grep for a few words. ;)
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
It's obligatory... an office suite that wears stretchy pants... for fun. :)
We're not French and the percentage of the population that understands what Libre means is nil.
No, but if you're talking about the United States, the percentage of the population that understands Spanish (sometimes exclusively) is quite high. If you're talking about the world, the percentage of people that understand French and/or Spanish high enough too. Also, it's quite close to libere, which is Latin (and Italian).
If you end up having trouble explaining what Libre means to an American, just say "like in Nacho Libre" If they didn't understand libre, they'll be excited to use software associated with a Black Jack movie.
Klingon language support, and an Emacs look and feel.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
C:\>apt-get install ms-office
Illegal command: apt-get.
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You damn English manglers of the Middle English language!
That brings me to an interesting point, / . is just "the ramblings of socially-inept, technology-literate news-mongers".
I've got one:
"OpenOffice.org/index.html"
Catchy!
Well it's not really that I like or use it (I'm a latex guy...), but I enjoyed being able to put "experience in Oracle's OpenOffice.org" on my resume. Helps get it past HR goons who only grep for a few words. ;)
Well you can still probably garner a lot of attention by just putting "I'm a latex guy" on your resume. :)
"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." - Det. Bunk
How about "Sexy Office"? It's very French and has a nice mass appeal to it.
You are right, I had every intention of doing so and got in a hurry. I'll go stand in the corner if the internet with a pointy hat on.
Oh, god, not the robe and wizard cap again. :-P
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
It's like a dog chasing its tail. Until it is self-aware enough to realize it can already read mail, it will keep growing.