On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 21:19, Robert Derman wrote: >> It crossed my mind a while back that some kind (& wealthy?) soul could keep >> a perpetual advert on ebay, just saying OOo is free and where to get it.
> Since Sun, the primary supporter of OOo is being bought by Larry Ellison's > company, (from everything I have heard he has deep pockets and a lack of love > for M$) perhaps he could pay for such a thing. >I hear that the EU is holding up the sale, frankly I don't see where the EU >should have any right to any actual control over one American company buying >another. A former European company is amongst the assets being purchased by Larry Ellison's company. The EU hasn't grokked why the users of that former European company can tell Larry to go to hell, and still obtain support equal to, if not better than that provided by either Sun or Larry's company --- including bug fixes, and new functionality included in that support. > infusion of cash OOo could be better than M$ Office in almost every area. OOo needs far more than cash to improve it. jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
