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OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

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."

6 of 648 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It's all in the name by rrossman2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure we do! It's that Zodiak symbol between Virgo and Scorpio, right?

  2. Re:Awesome News for Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    # apt-get install ms-office
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package ms-office

  3. Re:Weird sounding name by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!"

  4. Re:It's all in the name by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. ;)

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  5. Re:MOOo by nyctopterus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got one:

    "OpenOffice.org/index.html"

    Catchy!

  6. Re:It's all in the name by kmankmankman2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. :)

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