John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:57:12 -0600 > Girard Aquino <[email protected]> dijo: > > >> and would OOo development cease then? >> > > I have never completely grasped the ownership of OOo. I know it was > originally developed by a German company, bought by Sun, and then > somehow it became a free download. And regular programmers who have > nothing to do with Sun contribute code. And support is also provided by > the community. Yet Sun sells a StarOffice package that is, if I > understand correctly, basically OOo with some proprietary enhancements > and corporate support. > > So if IBM buys Sun, can it then declare that OOo will no longer be > free? I'm not saying they would, I'm just curious about who has the > rights to it. > To Users: Think of Via Voice and OS/2 and you will get the answer! IBM is no better than MicroSoft, in their lying, theiving ways! :-(
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