On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, since there are many more folks working in LO than on OOo, I'm > wondering if the code is now flowing the other way? ÂPossibly w/o their > (LO's) knowledge. I donÂt think this is accurate. Two thirds of the former Sun developers continue working at Oracle, on OpenOffice.org. This is part of the "exodus towards LibreOffice" myth, that, given quoted figures, included only ~30 people. But it serves well the agenda of those wanting to villify Oracle. A good PR move to create a self-fulfilling prophecy, though. I have already explained in this list why I personally donÂt want to have anything to do with NovellÂs Go-OO and its latest new incarnation, LibreOffice. (Because, for those that donÂt remember, let me remind you that the first "fork" was NovellÂs Go-OO). It was clear at some point that Sun wasnÂt interested in promoting OO-XML, and thatÂs why Novell created Go-OO. I also suspect Novell was likely one of the forces behind the scenes brewing dissent and the fork in OO.o... basically to steal the projectÂs steering from Oracle, all in the name of "community" and "freedom", of course. As if Novell or RedHat were the Salvation Army and only Oracle is a for-profit corporation. I donÂt care if IÂm the only one, but thatÂs what I think. Just my $0.02 FC PS: Sun created a copyrighted version, StarOffice, for years, and I donÂt remember anybody running around like chickens without heads. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
