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33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Well... by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, there is a dead fork and a live fork. Oracle owns the dead one.

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  2. Re:Well... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reading your post in the voice of Morpheus from the Matrix makes it sound more profound.

  3. Re:Well... by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no fork?

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  4. Re:Bravo.... by vlm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oracle may yet be the end of Java too.

    "Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining"

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  5. Re:Well... by Eponymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Re:Well... by Molochi · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is the sound of two douche bags clapping?

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