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IBM Backs OOo, Evil Empire in Decline & Apple Bakes Patent Pie

Posted by brideoflinux on · 2 comments
FOSS Force; By Christine Hall 		Mail this story
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Is it really a news story that IBM has decided to support OpenOffice.org? Considering the fact that Oracle’s move to push the project over to Apache was at Big Blue’s prodding, I’d say not. Still, at least now the players are clearly defined. In addition to lending moral support and giving Larry Ellison a shoulder to cry on, IBM is also donating the code from IBM Lotus Symphony.

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Fettoosh ·
Quoting:Thank you IBM.


IBM goofed and now it is trying to save face. Nothing more nothing less.

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