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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rene Engelhard <r...@debian.org> Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:03 PM Subject: Re: OT Apache Open Office To: Brad Alexander <stor...@gmail.com> [ no idea whether you intented to send a PM, but.. ] On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 06:53:05PM -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > The problem i have is with trusting Oracle. Their commitment to FOSS > is wishy-washy at best, meaning they will only play nicely with the > community when they perceive it profiting them. I don't know how many > of you read the apt-listchanges for upgrades, but the last upgrade on > mysql-5.1 included the following text: > > Due to the non-disclosure of security patch information from Oracle, > we are forced to ship this upstream version update of MySQL 5.1 into > all releases that carry MySQL 5.1. There are several known incompatible > changes, which are listed below, taken from dev.mysql.com's changelogs, > available here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-x.html Yeah, I noticed this at $work some days ago. Proves thhe point that switching to LibreOffice was a good idea. BUT Oracle abandoned OpenOffice.org. That's why it's now Apache OpenOffice in the first place :-) Regards, Rene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKmZw+aw0=8xbfpoUAG88toudBc=SY2UPyEUâbuv80xfw...@mail.gmail.com