On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:59:05 -0600 Steven Morrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Doesn't look like a give-up so much as a give back, as in they ticked > off the community and now they are trying to put things back the way > they were. Not so much putting things back the way they were as putting thing the way they never have been and ought to be. The code started out as proprietary Star Office. Sun bought and open sourced Star Office, but retained management control. Oracle retained management control and apparently were even more ham fisted than Sun. If Oracle really does turn the copyrights, art work, etc. over to The Document Foundation and severs itself from the management, that will be an improvement. > > Frankly I wish Oracle would take the same approach with all their open > source offerings. I agree. Java in particular could benefit from such a Great Divorce. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
