Wanna buy OO? Oracle gets in line with all the rip-offs who sell you open source software and, as a special bonus, it sells you a crippled version: For home users, you get a copy that supports just one language, one OS, no SDK, no MySQL connector. Oh, there is forum based support!
In which way is that better than the download from OpenOffice.org which I get with more features and for free?
Well, there isn’t a release on the project’s official website. I guess Oracle redefined the meaning of open source software: It’s just the source, now. Use your own compiler.
LibreOffice, here I come. They also don’t have a release but at least I feel that they’re honest and show some basic respect.
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Wanna buy OO? Oracle gets in line with all the rip-offs who sell you open source software and, as a special bonus, it sells you a crippled version: For home users, you get a copy that supports just one language, one OS, no SDK, no MySQL connector. Oh, there is forum based support!
In which way is that better than the download from OpenOffice.org which I get with more features and for free?
Well, there isn’t a release on the project’s official website. I guess Oracle redefined the meaning of open source software: It’s just the source, now. Use your own compiler.
LibreOffice, here I come. They also don’t have a release but at least I feel that they’re honest and show some basic respect.
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