openoffice is dead?

[E K]

Is it a mistake or can it be a hickup? I didn't have any problem to download OO from

http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz


EK

--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: openoffice is dead?
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Received: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 5:40 PM
> Who cares? Everybody left to work on
> LibreOffice anyway.
> http://www.libreoffice.org
> 
> Oracle is slowly realizing they can't just take an open
> source project
> and do whatever they want. Good for us.
> 
> - FZ
> 
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 17:58, Sammy Lao <self_same_self at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > 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 at gmail.com>
> 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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