> From: mabdul [mailto:mab...@eclipso.de]
> > You are basically right, but let me give the following information. > > > > Team OpenOffice was such a project. The participants were > mainly experienced OpenOffice developers from SUN Microsystems. > > > > See: > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20120107200702/http://teamopenoffi > ce.org/de/the-team-de.html > > > > But Apache made a front against this project and so it was > no chance. The only short-term result was "White Label > Office", see for example: > > http://www.chip.de/downloads/White-Label-Office_53492033.html > > > > I do not want to criticize one-sidedly, here is a different view: > > http://www.golem.de/1112/88663.html > > > > But Apache is the larger party and it would be the task of > Apache to recognize opportunities and bundle forces. > > > > This is unfortunately the truth and it is a central problem > for OpenOffice. > > > > > > > > btw: > > A project such as "Team OpenOffice" did not necessarily > need a commercial orientation (eg in Germany a gGmbH > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinn%C3%BCtzige_GmbH one > possibility), but such a project needs the recognition of Apache. > A bit more "neutral" information lived in the English Wikipedia (by an > article of mine) before it was converted to a redirect: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Label_Office&; > oldid=549769989 Thank you very much for this important addition. Greetings, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
