OpenOffice.org: OpenOffice.org, Today and Tomorrow

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Roberto Galoppini
on December 16, 2008
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OpenOffice.org reached the ten millions downloads mark, a dramatic success that inspires friends and irritates enemies.

Despite converting users into customers seems still difficult for Sun, IBM started to recruit partners and raising PR interest. Savio Rodrigues, famous open source blogger and IBM employee, seems to prefer Microsoft Office 2007, just as Luis Villa does.

OpenOffice.org vs Microsoft Office

Microsoft beware of OpenOffice.org 3.0, softdistrict.com

I am an OpenOffice.org advocate, but I believe that Sun should either to empower its wide community - and its partners’ network - and to finally consider to create a separate foundation, reducing risks and sharing R&D costs. Sun retains almost full control of decision making and IP ownership. Tension between control and openness are a minor problem now that the OpenOffice.org modular architecture enables the creation of extensions.

OpenOffice.org: I want to believe!

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Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.