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History of Software Forks Favors LibreOffice

Posted by timothy on from the tine-for-a-change dept.

jfruhlinger writes "The forking of LibreOffice from the OpenOffice.org project, followed by Oracle's donation of OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, has been something of a bumpy road. But if history is any guide, it's the fork, LibreOffice, that might have the brighter future."

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  1. Problem with LibreOffice is the name. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    If I suggest OpenOffice to the average user, I have a good chance of swaying them.

    If I suggest "LibreOffice", they're likely to think I'm trying to pawn off some cheap mexican knock-off product on them.