[arch-general] Ugh.. It's Official -- OpenOffice is forked -- LibreOffice

[Robert Howard]

I personally never liked the OpenOffice.org moniker. Always felt like it was
too long and just plain ugly.

On Sep 29, 2010 3:48 PM, "Jeff Cook" <jeff at deserettechnology.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Guus Snijders <gsnijders at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> On 29-09-10 05:24, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> For those that rely on OpenOffice, and for those that prepare the
>>> packages, it's official, OpenOffice forked as of Sept. 28, 2010. Here
>>> is the press release:
>>>
>>> http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/tdf_release.html
>>
>> Thanks David, i had seen the name "libreoffice" somewhere, but it didn't
>> ring a bell so far.
>>
>>
>>
>> mvg,
>>   Guus
>>
> LibreOffice may not stick -- they have invited Oracle to be a member
> of the Foundation and asked that they donate the OpenOffice.org
> materials; trademarks, logos, etc. So the hope for the OpenOffice
> brand may not be totally gone yet, though obviously it's doubtful that
> Oracle will be donating anything.