OpenOffice: Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride

[ Thanks to Andy Updegrove for this link. ]

"Poor OpenOffice. It's been open source for so long, and yet its adoption and market importance has always lagged far behind that of peer software like Linux - despite the fact that it's free and implements a standard (ODF) aggressively promoted by some of the most powerful technology countries in the world. Can this ever change?

If the announcement by IBM is any indication, the answer is "not likely," despite the fact that Big Blue's latest commitment to OpenOffice, on its surface, sounds like good news. The reason? It's too little, and too late. 

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