On 4 June 2011 18:54, Eduardo Alexandre <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2011/6/4 Ian Lynch <[email protected]> > > > On 4 June 2011 17:33, Charles-H. Schulz < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Gianluca, Allen, > > > > > > My doubt comes from the article in the Register and the Groklaw > analysis. > > > Allen confirmed my suspicions. I understand, then, that contributing > > > anything now to openoffice means to contribute it to Oracle. > > > > > > > Don't you think that is a bit over-paranoid? I mean Oracle is on a get > out > > strategy. If OOo was so valuable how come they didn't actually sell it > off > > to someone like IBM for real dollars? > > > > they did best: > Are trying to recruit workers "volunteers" at no cost. > That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Well it would if Oracle had some business model based on some control over a proprietary strain of OOo but I just don't see that. IBM yes with Symphony but I don't believe Oracle knows how to market office productivity tools. In any case they could just use LibreO if that was all they wanted. -- > 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 > > -- 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
