October 19, 2010
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Well, that didn’t take long. When The Document Foundation (TDF) created LibreOffice from OpenOffice’s code, they let the door open for Oracle, OpenOffice’s main stake-owner, to join them. Oracle’s reply was to tell anyone involved with LibreOffice to get the … Continue reading
October 11, 2010
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Oracle and IBM announced on Oct. 11 that the companies will collaborate on the OpenJDK reference implementation. OpenJDK is an open-source implementation (most of it under the GPLv2) of Java Standard Edition (SE) 6. In a press conference, IBM and … Continue reading
October 7, 2010
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When you think of Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux, what do you think of? Well, you probably think of a smooth, easy to use desktop Linux. You also wouldn’t be surprised to know that it came designed to work and play well … Continue reading
October 6, 2010
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For everyone who ever thought that once Microsoft had a market by the throat that it would never lose significant market-share, I present the news that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s share of the world Web browser market has dropped to 49.8%. … Continue reading
October 4, 2010
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It’s not that Oracle wishes ill of The Document Foundation and its take on OpenOffice, LibreOffice. Oracle just isn’t going to be having anything to do with it. When The Document Foundation released the beta of LibreOffice, the group wanted … Continue reading
September 29, 2010
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Many people are assuming the Document Foundation’s LibreOffice is an OpenOffice fork. It’s not. Not yet anyway. I agree with almost everyone that it’s highly unlikely that Oracle will join up, although it is possible. Oracle has very little interest … Continue reading