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How is OOO descended from WordPerfect?
OpenOffice.org comes from Star Office, which was first developed in Germany by Star Division (under OS/2, of all things), who sold out to Sun. WP sold out to Novell who sold the WP business to Corel which still sells WP.

Is there something I don't know?
Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 06/05/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The nature of open source...  pjotr123 | 06/05/08
The more, the merrier  daengbo | 06/06/08
I am with you.  Sagax- | 06/15/08
Well, Actually, Pjotr - M$ Users Find Too Many Linux Flavors VERY Confusing  drprod@... | 06/06/08
How is OOO descended from WordPerfect?  John L. Ries | 06/05/08
That Made Me Scratch My Head, Too  Whyaylooh | 06/05/08
Dana frequently gets his facts wrong and doesn't do research.  mb103 | 06/05/08
RE: Dana Frequently ...  super_J | 06/05/08
"You must be ..."  bmerc | 06/06/08
LOL - same thing came to my mind immediately  socialism=nowhere | 06/06/08
re:super_j and what do you call  socialism=nowhere | 06/06/08
Mr. Perfect, I presume?  Ole Man | 06/05/08
Here we go again.  xuniL_z | 06/05/08
First things first  Ole Man | 06/05/08
It's too late.  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
What is really needed is a ZDNet disclaimer  bmerc | 06/06/08
@bmerc  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
Also.  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
A little rationality?  Ole Man | 06/06/08
My bad...  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/05/08
Your history  Reged | 06/06/08
Scott McNealy bought Star Office as a dig to MS  jorjitop | 06/06/08
I'm definitely using it...  JCitizen | 06/09/08
Is Symphony OpenSource?  atishparikh | 06/05/08
No it's not....  devlin_X | 06/06/08
Sorry, but it is....  TtfnJohn | 06/09/08
Q: Do we need two open source office suites?  People | 06/05/08
I think Dana assumes that every change to OSS  Pliny the Elder | 06/05/08
Living in the world of "IF"  Ole Man | 06/05/08
My mistake. Let me reword that  Pliny the Elder | 06/05/08
"there are competing open source office suites"  Ole Man | 06/05/08
You get worse by the day.  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
Why so specific?  bmerc | 06/06/08
Are you doing the Mr. Literal parody?  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
"Dana thinks one open source office suite is enough"  Ole Man | 06/06/08
I can understand your ranting and raving.  xuniL_z | 06/10/08
There is a serious flaw in your "statement" (being generous, here) Zuny  Ole Man | 06/10/08
This time you're so full of hot air you're up in the stratosphere  TtfnJohn | 06/09/08
Are you sure you know where you are?  Ole Man | 06/09/08
You finally got it right.  xuniL_z | 06/10/08
Pliny the Elder, you have just met......  xuniL_z | 06/05/08
Should have been Pliny the Whiny  Ole Man | 06/05/08
The irony of you calling someone else "whiny" is  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
A bucket of holes...  levinson | 06/06/08
NOT a bucket with holes IN it.........  Ole Man | 06/06/08
Now you are repeating your "if* is childish rant?  xuniL_z | 06/05/08
Please don't worry about my data  Ole Man | 06/05/08
Your data? Oh you mean your collection of ...  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
Let's review!  bmerc | 06/06/08
@bmerc, you are also a psychic??  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
A true American?  Ole Man | 06/06/08
You haven't a clue.  xuniL_z | 06/10/08
"government control and treachery" go hand in hand  Ole Man | 06/10/08
This is about corporate strategy, not individuals  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/05/08
oo.org looks so much like Office '97 and is SO Slow.....  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  SwashbucklingCowboy | 06/05/08
Is this article a waste of good electrons?  Too-Tired Techie | 06/05/08
IBM's best interest  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/05/08
It doesn't matter...  TtfnJohn | 06/09/08
Why do you nit-pick the difference  Ole Man | 06/09/08
Quite frankly...  TtfnJohn | 06/09/08
Thank you John! I was not lecturing you  Ole Man | 06/10/08
You never see beyond your nose.  xuniL_z | 06/10/08
I certainly hope I couldn't  Ole Man | 06/10/08
Open office is descended from Star not Word Perfect  mike@... | 06/05/08
Many programs - but just one standard  bcarpent1228@... | 06/05/08
The more suites, the better!  SpikeyMike | 06/05/08
I agree..  mrdt | 06/05/08
And there's the beef!  Ole Man | 06/05/08
Symphony is from Microsoft? Someone tell IBM!  TtfnJohn | 06/09/08
When a thought crosses some people's mind  Ole Man | 06/09/08
How is that different from, Microsoft for example?  xuniL_z | 06/05/08
In practice...  John L. Ries | 06/05/08
Certainly it's advantageous to users to have a common file format  Ole Man | 06/05/08
A philospher you are not.  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
"making the Personal computer affordable...  bmerc | 06/06/08
Re-read my post sir.  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
But we all know what you are, don't we?  Ole Man | 06/06/08
What you said is kind of misleading.  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
My point was...  John L. Ries | 06/06/08
But John, we were comparing here......  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
It seems to me that most Linux backers don't think about the average users?  Ole Man | 06/06/08
There is a learning curve to switch from Windows to Linux  User07734 | 06/05/08
that is no diffeent that saying  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
You do go on...  User07734 | 06/06/08
"You have as much work between Linux distros...  bmerc | 06/06/08
An interesting mix of great points and lame trolls  bmerc | 06/06/08
Who is talking about "short term" profits?  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
By that same reasoning...  John L. Ries | 06/06/08
In fact, the opposite is true  Ole Man | 06/06/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  Linux User 147560 | 06/05/08
What else can be done with dollars?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/05/08
Access as a what?  User07734 | 06/05/08
If going that route, might as go all the way and get  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
Only softies would even consider that!  User07734 | 06/06/08
In that case.....  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 06/06/08
Symphony is a derivative of OpenOffice  Gary Edwards | 06/05/08
Symphony is not open source  Marbux | 06/05/08
Actually it isn't GPL, not the same thing, necessarily  TtfnJohn | 06/09/08
Did you ever stop to think?  Ole Man | 06/09/08
Please -- everyone -- read the above  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/05/08
jumping to conclusions without doing research...  sj_z | 06/06/08
I wouldn't worry about it too much, Dana  Ole Man | 06/06/08
An apology to IE users  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/05/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 06/05/08
Always good to check  John L. Ries | 06/05/08
this is one of those things I'll never understand  chrome_slinky@... | 06/06/08
I did code to the standards  John L. Ries | 06/06/08
LOOK AND FEEL? Are you serious?  xuniL_z | 06/06/08
I don't think anyone here cares too much  Ole Man | 06/06/08
Wow, you are raving lately.  xuniL_z | 06/10/08
Your attempted insults certainly demonstrate  Ole Man | 06/10/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  Steven Rosenberg | 06/05/08
I like variety and competition :-]  devlin_X | 06/05/08
Two?  dave.leigh@... | 06/05/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  troutsoup | 06/06/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  lostinspace | 06/06/08
Yes!  weazbo | 06/06/08
DARN RIGHT WE DO! RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  twaynesdomain | 06/06/08
Yes,  zclayton2 | 06/06/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  Shayd | 06/06/08
CHOICES are always Good! BUT ....  blc1839 | 06/06/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  atari8bit@... | 06/06/08
NO, no future Grey Flannle Suite or 'Rose Bud'  rtirman37@... | 06/06/08
Since there is no...  levinson | 06/06/08
RE: Before Windows  vgibson@... | 06/06/08
Lotus or WordPerfect should've open source earlier  maxtheitpro | 06/06/08
Two? You meant three, right?  mbabuskov | 06/06/08
Actually YES, we need EXACTLY two open source products  timothyt@... | 06/06/08
Competition would be good!  Sinbad713 | 06/07/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  sidney.schultz@... | 06/07/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/07/08
We need many alternatives  CaptOska | 06/09/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  serenitylodge@... | 06/09/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  znmeb | 06/09/08
Depends on what is offered  wsamuel3 | 06/09/08
RE: Depends on what is offered  icetnet | 06/09/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  icetnet | 06/09/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  Selabkram | 06/09/08
Should a country grow one strain of corn for all its fuel needs?  softwareFlunky | 06/09/08
No - we need more wink  Mitch 74 | 06/09/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  mwagner@... | 06/09/08
The word "is" (as Clinton used it) is no longer the most confusing word  Ole Man | 06/09/08
Sure...let's all have proprietary document formats!  TtfnJohn | 06/10/08
We probably need a couple more...  mikifinaz1@... | 06/09/08
RE: Do we need two open source office suites?  wizofvoz@... | 06/17/08

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