On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Chris Adams writes:People seem to have forgotten that a while ago Oracle forked RHEL and began peddling their support model as the alternative to Red Hat's support.
Once upon a time, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> said:
The truth will be seen when both LO and OpenOffice.org start diverging
and when Oracle decides to put several hundred developers to work on
the next major version number full time
I think that is highly unlikely. Oracle has not shown any indication it
is going to put "several hundred developers to work" on any Open Source
project. Several OO.o developers that were Sun employees have left
Oracle (and have joined the LO project).
I don't get the impression that Oracle put any serious muscle behind it. I was curious how log ago was that, a quick search found Oracle's announcement almost exactly four years ago. Four years later, and few people have ever heard of it.
It seems to me that if Oracle was serious in investing in free software, four years would've been plenty of time for Oracle to show how much development effort they are willing to put forth, and for their product to evolve into a competitive brand.
Given how Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux" turned out so far, I am unable to find any indication that Oracle would be willing to make a serious investment in OO on its own. If anything, it seems more likely that they would start pulling stuff from LibreOffice into their own branch, much like they're tagging along after RHEL.
I agree with you there and if the rest of their software is any indication of what's in store for OO then good riddance....
Oh, wait. Their licensing policy make that impossible. Unless they change them, of course. What a pickle they're in, huh?
P.S. One thing I do agree on -- LibreOffice needs a better name.
How about Free Office ;^ ) *BLATANT SUPPOSITION FOLLOWS* That's BFS, FUD's uglier cousin. What Oracle is trying to do is gather the users of Open Office under its banner so they can claim they are part of the free software movement. They can then try to edge out other open source companies with their own work then start cutting funding to the project. OO will fade as will support for it. Open source will have a black eye because Oracle lets OO fall into disrepute. It's a shame really because many people were finally starting to realize they had an alternative to MS office suite. How long will it take them to realize that Libre Office exists I wonder. Anyway Oracle seems to be on the path of destruction, they are apparently not smart enough to realize it will only lead to their own.
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