openoffice is dead?

[Sammy Lao]

It's more probably that Oracle isn't seeing the numbers to justify
trying to have a commercial version of Star Office.

This is probably a good thing. (I hope!)

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Apparently openoffice.org is down, so it seems as though Oracle wants
>> to encourage migration to LibreOffice ;-).
>
> Very interesting...  Oracle has announced intentions to somehow spin
> off OpenOffice.org.  It's not at all obvious how this will interact
> with what has happened surrounding LibreOffice, though it's
> inconceivable that their intent hasn't been influenced by the actions
> of The Document Foundation.
>
> http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Oracle-Announces-Its-Intention-to-Move-OpenOfficeorg-to-a-Community-Based-Project-NASDAQ-ORCL-1428324.htm
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