Berlin won't migrate to open source, looks to open standards instead
The German city-state of Berlin won't migrate to open source software. Instead, its parliament decided in principle to choose workplace IT based on open standards.
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Oracle to discontinue commercial Open Office
Oracle announced Friday that it will no longer sell a commercial version of the Open Office productivity suite, and that the open-source OpenOffice.org will be transitioned to "a purely community-based open-source project."
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Group of OpenOffice.org developers break ties with Oracle
Some developers of the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite announced a break from Oracle on Tuesday, introducing a new name for the project and establishing a new foundation to guide its future.
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Users warned off OpenOffice.org until Oracle commits
A European IT consulting firm is warning large enterprises and government entities not to deploy OpenOffice.org until Oracle shows proof that it will invest as heavily in the development of open-source productivity suite as project champion Sun Microsystems Inc. did.
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Sun–Microsoft deal raises Open Office questions
Redmond reserves the right to sue open source effort, but Sun protects itself