It's not impossible that the terms Apache got it under prohibited them divesting themselves of it for some length of time.

I don't recall thinking at the time this landed that it was so cut-and-dry who would end up the superior solution.

In the worst case, though, would it be better for Apache to have refused holding the OOo branding, given that there was no chance it would have otherwise made it out into someone like TDF or otherwise's hands?