Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

David B Teague sr wrote:
> On 7/17/2011 5:02 PM, Andy Brown wrote:
> > David B Teague sr wrote:
> > > I agree, but I'd like to hear your reasons why "no"...
> > > --David

> > Why would LibreOffice what to go backwards?  The last time that OOo code
> > was introduced into the LO code there were big parts that had to be
> > redone.  LO already has features that OOo does not have.  The way it
> > stands those features will not make it into OOo/AOOo unless the
> > developers donate the code needed directly to AOOo.  With the current
> > licensing setup LO code can not be used in AOOo, though LO is free to
> > use any and all code from AOOo.  Seems quite simple to me.
> >
> > Andy

> Thanks. Your answer helps me better understand! LO does seem to be
> better than OO.o, though I only replaced OO.o 3.1 with LO 3.3.x.
>
> I wish they would stop (gratuitously? that may be unkind) moving things
> around in the UI though. I like learning new bells and whistles, and
> serious new features, but I hate to have to hunt for the old ones, and
> wonder if "that" useful old feature has been removed.
>
> --David

The above is just my opinion and has nothing to do with what I would
like to see OOo become.  I do not think that combining LO back into OOo
is a good idea.  With the move to Apache OOo has a chance to become
more.  I will not say that one is better then the other, just different.

Andy

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