--- On Mon, 10/11/10, David B Teague <[email protected]> wrote:
From: David B Teague <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [discuss] Oracle dropping OO.org and joining the community... To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 12:33 PM On 10/11/2010 12:33 PM, RA Brown wrote: > > Great post but I doubt that anyone at Oracle reads this list. If they do I > rally doubt they care what anyone here has to say. It is sad but a fact we > have learned to live with. :( If we could convince Oracle's bosses that releasing the source and donating the OO.o name would put money in Oracle's pocket, we'd be home free. In any event I suspect them of being "dogs in the manger" as the Aesop's Fable says. I imagine it's just not going to happen. David I mostly lurk and learn from this list, although I sometimes submit an answer to a question if I think it would be helpful. Small contribution to the community to which like to feel I belong. I also talk up Open Office (and Linux) in the very small market in which I work. Open Office and Linux let me do with modest equipment things that Microsoft and Oracle charge more for than I can afford. How can I help LibreOffice going forward? Carl
