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So let me offer a modest proposal. Mozilla should take over Open Office. What do you think?

I think we'll be shipping mittens and parkas to the infernal regions before Sun lets go.

Keep in mind that one of the reasons for the low rate of contributions to OO.o is the requirement for all of them to:
a) Have copyright shared with Sun Microsystems, and
b) Have submissions reviewed and approved by Sun

And, no, I don't have conclusive evidence that the above is true -- anecdotes only.
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Weather forecast  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/24/06
You're an Optimist  Swashbuckler2 | 10/24/06
It is very frozen down there  M.ad | 10/26/06
Yes, you can fork your own  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/26/06
What are you talking about?  opensourcepro | 10/24/06
Such a convincing counter-argument  Swashbuckler2 | 10/24/06
Agreed  georgeou | 10/24/06
OOo is good  Richard Flude | 10/24/06
Ou stats - MS Office a bajillion times more expensive  Robert Crocker | 10/24/06
I'd agree with you if time wasn't money  georgeou | 10/25/06
Take off the "Ou filters" George....  bportlock | 10/25/06
OO usability  wcollar@... | 10/25/06
And just supposing ....  bportlock | 10/25/06
Bingo  wcollar@... | 10/25/06
How much can you type in 30 secs?  evangelinux | 10/25/06
Well, I switched from Office 2003 6 months ago  waysd@... | 10/25/06
PS - to answer the question  waysd@... | 10/25/06
Wrong, George, WRONG!  linux for me | 10/25/06
Oh yeah of course.. on your average 200 meg file... (NT)  ju1ce | 10/27/06
Most features added to MS Office since '97 have been minor  zaine_ridling | 10/24/06
Modest Proposal? That's NOT Modest.... You're making a MOUMENTAL proposal!!  rh0 | 10/25/06
Swift Response  Florwood | 10/25/06
Still no support for AIX, HP-UX  Roger Ramjet | 10/25/06
Maybe not a complete loss  jfmiii | 10/25/06
That's not the Dana I used to know...  schestowitz | 10/25/06
Writing Books using OOo  ChrisTyler | 10/25/06
Maybe, Maybe Not...  fuzzy2k | 10/25/06
let microsoft down..  jun_sanchez41@... | 10/25/06
price  jun_sanchez41@... | 10/25/06
Open Office is not Microsoft? so what?  dwright@... | 10/25/06
Good point  zaine_ridling | 10/25/06
Hello!!!! There is an alterative!!!  gaelicfog@... | 10/25/06
OOo *IS* a serious alternative to Office right now  goyta | 10/25/06
Word 6.0 was the last great pre-internet app  zaine_ridling | 10/25/06
Open Office is doing just fine  diggertoo@... | 10/25/06
Every thing as it goes...  M.ad | 10/26/06
Another Solution  dstam | 10/29/06

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