Re: [Fsuk-manchester] have you seen...

[Robert Burrell Donkin]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Tom Chiverton
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Monday 24 January 2011 17:59:01 Anna Morris wrote:
>> It has an add for open office saying get a version of word (or similar
>> phrase) that is all for free
>
> Very odd, given Oracle are throwing OpenOffice away... 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/15/oracle_letting_openoffice_go/

Careful :-)

Sun->Oracle's (long running) dispute with open source is playing out
through community development forks, eg Hudson->Jenkins
OpenOffice->LibreOffice ...

Oracle's next move is to retain control of brand and trademarks but
move to a more open development and governance model. Probably best
understood just as a tactical response, not a strategic one.

An initial judgment in Oracle verses Google is expected late this year
(but timetable suggests that the judgment will be summary and so
appealed immediately). Expect Oracle's FOSS strategy is emerge only
once that's concluded.

Robert