> "W. Wayne Liauh" <w...@hawaiilinux.org> wrote: > > > # For LibreOffice I don't see any builds for > Solaris. So, when we #wouldn't care about "our" > platform, what is then the foundation #doing? ;-) > > > > > > I think your philosophy is fundamentally flawed. > No one is expecting the TDF to port LibreOffice to > Solaris. > OpenOffice is influenced by a company (Oracle) and > LibreOffice is influenced by > another company (RedHat). I do not expect such a port > such a port to happen as > long as LibreOffice is not a really free project. > > Jörg >
Yes, OpenOffice.org is controlled by Oracle and LibreOffice is influenced by RedHat--probably to the same extent as RedHat is influencing GNOME--but that's not the point. This thread started because I was unable to install OOo 3.3 RC5 in the just-released S11e. The installation tarball came with a "setup" script (for installation) which works in Ubuntu and S10u9 but not in S11e. I had so much expectation for S11e and this seemingly minor incident really brought back all the grudges, frustrations, and resentments that I had, as a staunchy OpenSolaris advocate, against Sun's OpenOffice/StarOffice team. Several years ago, during an ABA national convention that was held in Honolulu, I wined and dined a number of IP attorneys from China and we reached an understanding to jointly set up an OpenOffice-in-OpenSolaris workshop at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law (中国法政大学) in Beijing. However, I ran into a big problem in that the OpenSolaris version of OpenOffice showed garbled Chinese characters (no such problem in Windows, Linux or Solaris proper). To cut the story short, this project had to die a stillbirth because Sun's big shots in Beijing never gave this problem a d*mn, Sun's rank and file were afraid to touch the turf that belonged to Sun's StarOffice team, and that I was unable to find anyone that can help me compile OpenOffice in OpenSolaris. Of course the jury is still out regarding LibreOffice. However, when Ubuntu announced that it will go with LibreOffice, I think the battle is, practically speaking, over. Actually, I think it will be easier to find outside helpers to improve the Solaris port of LibreOffice than OpenOffice. With the latter, we almost have to live on the mercy of Oracle's StarOffice team, and I am sick and tired of always being treated as a bunch of inconvenient secondary citizens. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
