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33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org
dkd903 writes "We all knew it would come to this, and it has finally happened — 33 developers have left OpenOffice.org to join The Document Foundation, with more expected to leave in the next few days. After Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice.org fell into the hands of Oracle, as did a lot of other products. So, last month a few very prominent members of the OpenOffice.org community decided to form The Document Foundation and fork OpenOffice.org as LibreOffice, possibly fearing that it could go the OpenSolaris way."
His name is 4Q2. Yeah, 4Q2, buddy.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Yes, there is a dead fork and a live fork. Oracle owns the dead one.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Reading your post in the voice of Morpheus from the Matrix makes it sound more profound.
There is no fork?
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
Oracle may yet be the end of Java too.
"Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining"
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
I would be careful about requesting a name change. If we aren't careful, we might get GIMP Office. The "orifice" jokes alone would kill any corporate penetration.
But maybe Oracle will surprise us all and do the right thing.
Maybe Larry Ellison will get a personality transplant.
Have you got your LWN subscription yet?
Perhaps not, but I've got a spork and I'm not afraid to use it!
Hyperbole is destroying slashdot!
We'll call him Larry Jobs.
Hmm... I wonder how that combination would work out?
Remember to maintain your supply of
The "orifice" jokes alone would kill any corporate penetration.
I'm sincerely hoping that was intentional.
Remember to maintain your supply of
I thought of Jack Black in tights. But I think about that all the time anyway...
I thought fear of "corporate penetration" was why LibreOffice did the fork in the first place...
What is the sound of two douche bags clapping?
"The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"