Hi again, 2010/8/26 Cor Nouws <[email protected]>
> Hi, > > Mirek M. wrote (26-08-10 11:41) > >> 2010/8/25 Varun Mittal<[email protected]> >> >> Oracle anywayz filed a suit only against Google. >>> >> >> it's attacking one of the most successful fruits of open-source because of >> a >> ridiculous patent suit concerning, surprisingly, its open-source Java. And >> that really makes me move away from Oracle... >> > > I do not know details - those are not yet known public, let alone that they > are judged. So to me it sounds a bit premature to say that the patent suit > is ridiculous. > > Actually, these details are known. Have a look at, for example, http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100813112425821, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_google_java_prosecution/, or http://techdirt.com/articles/20100817/00061910645.shtml And besides, many people, including me, believe that software patents are counterproductive and "ridiculous". > > Anyway, I really hope OOo is branched by some other company that will >> really >> dedicate time and (donated or ad-gained) money to the suite, really make >> it >> the best possible office suite ever, take over its massive user base. >> > > Did you ever think about time and money that Sun Microsystems did and now > Oracle does invest in OpenOffice.org, that you can just download for free, > several new versions a year, as much as you want? > Yes, I never said it didn't. What I meant was that another company should take OOo and fix it up (kind of like what Go-oo does), make it even better, take over the userbase. One thing that always bothered me was how messily structured the OOo's community participation was, and how long it took to actually get things done. (Take the new colorless OOo icons, which a large part of the OOo userbase wants color-coded again. It shouldn't be hard to just replace the new icon files with the old icon files, or to put some color into the new icons...) > > Regards, > > Cor > > -- > >> Your office 2010 software: the new OpenOffice.org << > > Cor Nouws > - ideas/remarks for the community council? > - http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es
