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The Uncertain Future of OpenOffice.org

Sep 19, 2007   12 pm
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sunlogo Though spun out by Sun Microsystems Inc. in 2000, OpenOffice.org remains almost totally under the control of Sun employees working full-time on the project. Will IBM save the project from itself?

“What’s the biggest threat to the success of OpenOffice.org? Is it Microsoft Office? Is it the simple fact that Dell doesn’t offer it with computers? Not according to some participants in the ‘open’ source project itself, they say the biggest problem with OO.o is the fact that Sun codes, owns & makes all key decisions for the project when it should be more community oriented.

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