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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."

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  1. The 63 k question && answer from the FAQ by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Q: Why are you building a new web infrastructure?

    A: Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the Community has been under "notice to quit" from our previous Collabnet infrastructure. With today's announcement of a Foundation, we now have an entity which can own our emerging new infrastructure.

    Basically Oracle told them their lease was up. Yea Oracle! I didn't already have enough reasons to loathe thee.

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    Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
  2. Re:Awesome News for Microsoft by diegocg · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There are more people using OpenOffice than what you may think. Just a small example: OpenOffice Tops 21% Market Share In Germany