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

Hi :)
+1
OpenOffice and LiibreOffice can take different directions and still co-operate.  
Oracle didn't really seem to appreciate that but Apache do.  As 2 projects it 
gives both a strong competitor to measure progress against.  It allows 
OpenSource enthusiasts to join in with the TDF one and proprietary enthusiasts 
to join the Apache one.  Most of us are somewhere in the middle and have a 
choice but some companies are firmly entrenched one way or the other.    

Regards from
Tom :)



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From: Andy Brown <andy@the-martin-byrd.net>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Sun, 17 July, 2011 22:47:32
Subject: 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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