ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @04:43AM from the not-quite-dead-yet dept.

Thinkcloud writes "In an open letter, the Apache Software Foundation has made its plans for OpenOffice clear, including an Apache-branded OpenOffice suite targeted at developers coming next year." From The H: "The ASF says it does not want to force any vision on the ODF community noting that 'it is impossible to agree upon a single vision for all participants, Apache OpenOffice does not seek to define a single vision, nor does it seek to be the only player' in the large ODF ecosystem. Instead, it wishes to offer a neutral 'collaboration opportunity' and notes that its permissive licensing and development model are 'widely recognised as one of the best ways to ensure open standards, such as ODF, gain traction and adoption.'"

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Re:Why don't they just kill it? by Anrego · 2011-12-21 06:10 · Score: 1, Flamebait

They are both stupid names!
In addition to just sounding wrong, the word "Libre" is synonymous with the growingly more annoying RMS high horse crowd.. which has become more and more of a turnoff to many (there was an article the other day about how people are migrating away from GPL in general).
OpenOffice was fine if you dropped the "dot org" part, which most people did.