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1. Simon Phipps

   "Oracle views LibreOffice as a hostile fork and will not join The Document Foundation as some had hoped" http://bit.ly/cn63oz

   Monday, 18-Oct-10 22:18:00 UTC from web at Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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   • Julian Aloofi

     @webmink They didn't say they view it as a "hostile fork". They just don't participate in the project.

     Monday, 18-Oct-10 22:39:14 UTC
   • Simon Phipps Julian Aloofi

     @nailuj You'll need to take that up with Ryan Paul, I was just quoting the article.

     Tuesday, 19-Oct-10 00:13:20 UTC
   • Andrew Mason

     @webmink the interview with Alfresco was great. Not sure they understood the licensing implications though :(

     Tuesday, 19-Oct-10 00:17:39 UTC
   • Andrew Mason

     @webmink you are right though, they would get more customers with a faif model

     Tuesday, 19-Oct-10 00:18:36 UTC
   • Simon Phipps Andrew Mason

     @mase I actually suspect John Newton does. I think he was a bit surprised to find me asking those questions though :-)

     Tuesday, 19-Oct-10 00:20:49 UTC
   • Andrew Mason

     @webmink i like that you ask them. The more people understand the limitations the more they will choose to buy faif

     Tuesday, 19-Oct-10 00:22:41 UTC
   • Andrew Mason

     @webmink i don't like it that companies have to experience the pain before they understand why fredom is better.

     Tuesday, 19-Oct-10 00:24:39 UTC