libreoffice, good news or bad news

[James Finstrom]

For those interested...
http://tracker.documentfoundation.org:6969/

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:22 AM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:

> They spell out some details in their Faq:
> http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/
>
> <http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/> Q: And why are you calling the
> software "LibreOffice" instead of "OpenOffice.org"?
>
> A: The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation. Our hope is
> that Oracle will donate this to the Foundation, along with the other assets
> it holds in trust for the Community, in due course, once legal etc issues
> are resolved. However, we need to continue work in the meantime - hence
> "LibreOffice" ("free office").
>  Q: Why are you building a new web infrastructure?
>
> A: Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the Community has been
> under "notice to quit" from our previous Collabnet infrastructure. With
> today's announcement of a Foundation, we now have an entity which can own
> our emerging new infrastructure.
>
>  Q: What difference will The Document Foundation make to users of
> LibreOffice?
>
> A: LibreOffice is The Document Foundation's reason for existence. We do not
> have and will not have a commercial product which receives preferential
> treatment. We only have one focus - delivering the best free office suite
> for our users - LibreOffice.
>
> JD
>
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:17, James Finstrom <
> jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com> wrote:
>
>> I have been whining about all of these oracle logos that keep showing up
>> on my system.... I say the less the better.... That said other than spamming
>> their brand all over all of them I don't know what Oracles roadmap for all
>> of suns open progress is.  Being that this is being started by key folks in
>> the OOo world I have a feeling they do know and suddenly we have a fork.
>>
>> --
>> James Finstrom
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