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As Ghandi said:

Story: Oracle Pledges Support for OpenOffice.orgTotal Replies: 9
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henke54

Oct 14, 2010
6:18 AM EDT 		As Ghandi said:

First they ignore you

Then they laugh at you

Then they attack you : http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f...

Then You win.

;-P
caitlyn

Oct 14, 2010
8:48 AM EDT 		So who is doing the attacking in your view? I don't see anything attacking or threatening. I certainly would not make assumptions about winners or losers at this time.
tracyanne

Oct 14, 2010
9:13 AM EDT 		As Glynn Moody points out here http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/10/mic... Microsoft Gives its Blessing to OpenOffice.org. OO.o must be a real threat to MS Office, else why bother.
hkwint

Oct 14, 2010
9:47 AM EDT 		Caitlyn: AFAIK already happened. MS threatened Sun with their office patents, and then they signed a cross deal including Sun's Java patents.
azerthoth

Oct 14, 2010
10:35 AM EDT 		always thought that was a horrible quote as it's terribly inaccurate.
caitlyn

Oct 14, 2010
10:52 AM EDT 		I'm also still not sure how the quote applies or who it is referring to.

I do not believe that Microsoft blessed OOo in any way. As hkwint points out they entered into a patent deal with Sun because both companies had something the other wanted.
TxtEdMacs

Oct 14, 2010
10:59 AM EDT 		caitlyn,

Quoting:I do not believe that Microsoft blessed OOo [...]
psst, it's ironic, not literal - just like the stuff I write. For example gus's peccadilloes ...

YBT
gus3

Oct 14, 2010
11:31 AM EDT 		MBT:

My attempt to cross-breed woodpeckers and armadillos cost me two unfortunate lab assistants, and the CIA had to step in to prevent further damage. Now I owe them, big time...
TxtEdMacs

Oct 14, 2010
12:32 PM EDT 		gus,

Now I am really confused. I was talking about your weight lifting enhancing your "pecs"*. If not I got to buy a better source.

YBT

* Pectoral muscles
krisum

Oct 16, 2010
2:07 AM EDT 		> always thought that was a horrible quote as it's terribly inaccurate.

Its Gandhi, and the quote is disputed never having been actually sourced to him.

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