Oracle wants OpenOffice.org to be free (as in beer) | Linux Today

Oracle wants OpenOffice.org to be free (as in beer)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 15, 2011

“From the ‘We’re Not an Evil Empire — Really’ files:

“The OpenOffice.org open source office suite has long had a
commercial version. Under Sun it was called StarOffice.

“Now Oracle wants to end OpenOffice.org as a commercial product
and turn it into a community only project. That’s right, Oracle no
longer plans to profit from OOo.

“Now that doesn’t mean that Oracle is exiting the office suite
business and it doesn’t necessarily mean that LibreOffice should be
worried either.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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