On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 07:09:57PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Chip Camden > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > The one in that list that worries me the most is VirtualBox -- that's a > > truly useful solution that isn't easily replaced. But I read somewhere > > that there was a movement gaining steam to break off from Oracle. > > > I agree, vBox is vital .... OOo3 has movement as well. See the following > links > > http://www.documentfoundation.org/ > http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation
Yes, there are already forks underway -- such as LibreOffice (OO.o fork), MariaDB (MySQL fork), and so on. We'll see whether they end up subject to expensive lawsuits as a result. I haven't read your links yet, but I'll probably get to it tomorrow. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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