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Why don't the billion dollar companies that bundle this into their own products make the necessary financial contributions? Hey Oracle.
by cmilton 4y ago
Why don't the billion dollar companies that bundle this into their own products make the necessary financial contributions?
Hey Oracle.
- richbell 4y ago"How about we vindictively hold onto OpenOffice and then gift it as a white elephant to the Apache Software Foundation instead?" — Larry Ellison, probably
- tialaramex 4y agoThe ASF didn't have to say yes, and didn't have to allow "Apache OpenOffice" to decay for years afterwards without putting a stop to it. The current Apache OpenOffice "Vice President" ie the leader of its developers such as they are, is Jim Jagielski, who was also an Apache Director back when a previous "Vice President" suggested the project should be wound up altogether. ASF should have accepted, they did not.
- lazide 4y agoBecause they can avoid doing so until…. I don’t know, ask next quarter eh?