IBM Donation to AOO (was Re: Re: CeBIT status quo)

On 1/3/13 3:36 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> IBM's donation to AOO is heavily dependant on java apparently and
> java ... (errr i'm stuck trying to think of a word that is not rude
> but that adequate).

IBM donation to AOO is pure marketing fluff, as after 18 months the
header of the files is still "IBM proprietary", which means that the
source code cannot be used by anyone but IBM. If you want to have a
confirmation, you can look at a discussion on the AOO mailing list on
November 26, where Denis Hamilton raised the issue.

IBM faked the donation of the Symphony code to AOO because they wanted
to replace OOo with Symphony, as it is rather clear from the answer of
Mr Robert Weir to the issue raised by Denis Hamilton. As the community
did not accept IBM plans, IBM did not donate anything but did not make
it clear in public (they should have bragged about it as much as they
bragged about the fake donation).

This means that the accessibility code and the sidebar cannot be used
even by AOO until the source code headers are not changed to reflect the
"donation".

Please remember that Italian have invented fake donations back in the
year 315, when the fake "Constantin donation" allowed the birth of the
Vatican State and the power of the Popes (which are both based on a
false document).

So, nothing new under the sun... (and this probably explains why I am so
skeptical about IBM software group: Italians "smell" fakes, as they have
invented them almost 1700 years ago).

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