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OpenOffice.org To Be Given Back To the Community

Posted by Soulskill on from the that's-what-it's-all-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Oracle has stated they will give back the OpenOffice.org productivity suite to the community. Edward Screven, Oracle's Chief Corporate Architect, said the company intends upon 'working immediately with community members to further the continued success of Open Office.' Because there was a 'breadth of interest in free personal productivity applications,' the company believes the OpenOffice.org project would be 'best managed by an organization focused on serving that broad constituency on a non-commercial basis.'"

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  1. Translation: They couldn't "monetize" it. by mmell · · Score: 4, Funny
    Can't make money off it? It isn't competing with something we already offer? Get rid of it!

    Oh, and could somebody ban "slashushi"? Some troll out there is generating slashdot ID's just to post pictures of himself.

  2. Re:Phew. by ae1294 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That is all.

    No that is not all.... IT'S A TRAP!!!!

  3. Re:Goatse by ae1294 · · Score: 3, Funny

    but not for crap like Goatse - everyone on the planet must be bored of it by now but it's hardly going to hurt you

    Are you sure about that? Some people may have been scarred for life.

    A -1 goatse mod would be a start.. but nooooo change is bad unless it slows down the site or is shiny...

  4. what a coincidence.. by Jeek+Elemental · · Score: 5, Funny

    the story before this one was "Students Build Life-Sized Trojan Horse For Class Project"

  5. Clingy Ex-Husband by dcollins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it feels like a clingy, manipulative ex-husband. "This time I'll change", etc., etc.

    --
    We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes