On 09/01/2010 12:18 PM, Gurus Knugum wrote:
> That is correct. Don't let the name, ”OpenOffice.org”, fool you!  
> OpenOffice.org is their web address (or rather  
> http://www.openoffice.org/), and somehow someone probably said ”Hey, let's  
> use our web address as the name of the whole suite – then people will  
> automatically know our web address…”
> 
> 
> Den 2010-09-01 18:21:01 skrev David Barton <[email protected]>:

David isn't subscribed so he won't have seen your answer (already taken
care of by R A Brown & James Knott). However there reason OOo is named
OpenOffice.org is due to registration issues in Europe - 'OpenOffice' is
already registered by someone else. See:

http://openoffice.nl/merkenregistratie
<http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=/language_tools&u=http://openoffice.nl/merkenregistratie>

<http://rehuel.com/2007/04/25/openofficeorg-vs-open-office/>



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