Rob, That's not an apt comparison. There is a historical way of dropping off "support" in the OO.o line and the LO line. I would expect support for 3.2.x to be minimal (although there is some concern now for a security fix back that var). But the license and other matters make it very difficult for us to even do a security patch for OO.o 3.3.0, let alone a maintenance release, as everyone here knows. I still get automatic updates for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2007 (haven't looked at my Office 2003 updates, will have to do that). Office 2000 and 2002 are how old?
I tend to think of Apache OpenOffice as the *reboot* of OpenOffice.org, which is different than the fork, because of the bringing along, at great effort, of http://*.openoffice.org, its various services, the extension site, etc. I suppose possession of the bugzilla counts for something too. The mailing list and email/ID system are below the line and will certainly look like a break in continuity with regard to the extended community. I wonder what is French for "reboot." - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Rob Weir [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 03:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org on Wikipedias in various languages On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:20 AM, FR web forum <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Mail original ----- >>De: "Rob Weir" <[email protected]> >>However, inserting a point of view regarding what is and isn't a >>'fork" is not something that will be well received by other Wikipedia >>editors. They want factual information, a neutral point of view, >>backed by authoritative citations. > > You are right Rob > And french WP editors confirm: AOO is a fork. > Reason: old releases are not supported by ASF That is an odd definition of a fork. Microsoft does not support versions of Microsoft Office before Office 2003. Does that mean Microsoft Office is a fork also? > and english WP article is a Marketing message. > See: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Apache_OpenOffice.org > If you have some information to contradict them, you should publish > your official position on Apache blog. > You can also find a citation for an opposing view point and then change the article to say, "Some authors saying that AOO is a fork, others point out that AOO is a direct continuation of the code, the website and the trademark..." -Rob
