IBM, Sun (and OpenOffice!) Say "No Way" to VNUnet OpenOffice.org Control Story

Posted by VISITOR on Feb 9, 2006 12:00 AM EDT
Andy Updegrove; By Andy Updegrove
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An article in Vnunet.com seems to say that there's a rift between Sun and IBM at OpenOffice.org, and that Sun is fighting to hang on to the OpenOffice.org code. I asked Bob Sutor and Simon Phipps, and they both say, "no way."

I read a story by Tom Sanders at Vnunet.com yesterday called Sun urged to give up OpenOffice control that just sounded "wrong," or at least overblown. The gist of the story is that OpenOffice.org Project Leader Louis Suarez-Potts wants Sun to contribute the copyright in the OpenOffice.org open source version of ODF to a foundation to be created for the purpose of owning the rights, and that Sun and IBM aren't getting along. I've gone direct to IBM and Sun to find out whether the Vnunet.com story has it right, and they both say "no." Funny thing is, I also got an email from Suarez-Potts saying the same thing.

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