On 24 April 2011 21:53, Jaime R. Garza <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I have some doubts as to whether the two products will diverge now that > > Oracle has decided to end its involvement with OpenOffice.org . I > suspect > > that at some point rather than let OOo just whither and die it will merge > > with The Document Foundation and the two will become essentially one. If > > that happens it might be a good idea to use both names, OOo could end up > > being the Windows version and LO the Linux and other OS version. Or > > something like that. > > Sorry, but I don't agree, LibreOffice is to stay and I couldn't care less > about OpenOffice name. But that's just my opinion. >
It would be silly to completely ignore the fact that OpenOffice is a very strong and established brand name. All other things being equal, that could be an important marketing asset - so perhaps better discussed on the marketing list. To me, what matters is furthering FOSS, we should avoid counter-productive wars and work collaboratively where ever possible. > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
