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It is on!

It is on!

Posted Jul 15, 2011 9:51 UTC (Fri) by njwhite (subscriber, #51848)
In reply to: It is on! by kragilkragil2
Parent article: IBM to contribute Symphony to OpenOffice.org

Indeed, IBM powered OpenOffice can continue to build the codebase in the direction it has a reputation for; large, java-y, slow, etc. And that may well work for their customers.

Meanwhile LibreOffice can work towards creating an office suite which is usable and faster.

The two projects diverging is to my mind a good thing; I want a free, community governed office suite (LibreOffice), and the less "brand confusion" the better.


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