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LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)Posted Nov 16, 2012 3:10 UTC (Fri) by steffen780 (guest, #68142)In reply to: LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) by pboddie Parent article: LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)
That's how I explain it... OOo has been renamed to LO. Sometimes I mention that, effectively, megacorporate interests (IBM) have.. how do I put this without risk of being sued.. been given the trademark&domain under highly questionable circumstances, then proceeded to negligently (so gross it might as well have been intent) endanger users by failing to even mention that they have a critical security hole that has long been fixed in an LO release. And then accused LO of being at fault for AOO failing to monitor it's official security mailbox. Some people...
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LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 16, 2012 8:18 UTC (Fri) by Jonno (subscriber, #49613) [Link]
I usually explain the split like this: OpenOffice was a cooperation between about 1000 corporations and unaffiliated individuals. When Oracle bought Sun, the largest contributor at approx. 25%, they essentially said "my way or the highway", so the remaining 999 left, but took the code with them and started LibreOffice instead. Since then LibreOffice have been getting about three times as much development compared to OpenOffice, so use LibreOffice instead...
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