[Mageia-dev] A new office suite ?

Wed Sep 29 19:43:35 CEST 2010

On Thursday 30 Sep 2010 05:42:48 André Salaün wrote:
+> OpenOffice or LibreOffice for Mageia ?
+> 
+> http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/announce/msg00000.html
+> http://www.documentfoundation.org/
+
+Any decision will depend on timing, ie: Where LibreOffice is when a Mageia 
+build is avaialble.
+
+Right now LibreOffice is limited in terms of l10n, that will change.  
+
+It is hoped that Oracle will come on board and contribute as part of the 
+foundation including the ownership of the OpenOffice.org name and branding. 
+The pressure for this change is not new, the OOo community has wanted a 
+foundation from the beginning and SUN, the original owners, had said that was 
+their long term goal.  
+
+There is some uncertainty as to Oracle's future support and that has driven 
+this initiative.
+
+I've been with the OOo community since the beginning and I support this as do 
+a lot of the core active community members and a significant number of the 
+paid devs.  
+
+What I would like to see is the new Distro penning a note of support and at 
+this early moment, (only a symbolic gesture, I know) going with LibreOffice as 
+the default OOo version
+
+Cheers
+GL    
+
+-- 
+Graham Lauder,
+OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ
+http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html
+
+OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant.
+
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+(International Grades in Open Technologies)
+www.theingots.org
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