Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
by toyg on Friday September 02, 2016 @11:27AM
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StarOffice has never been fully free, and it even clashes with other trademarks in Japan and other Asian countries. It also had an image problem even before it was open sourced, to the point where it was literally given away for free (at a time when MS Office, Lotus etc were printing money).
It's a dead brand.
Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
by elchief on Friday September 02, 2016 @11:02AM
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And maybe rewrite it in C# and call it OctothorpOffice...
Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
by jasonkostempski on Friday September 02, 2016 @04:21PM
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Coctothorp is how I pronounce C# :) That or C++++ because # looks like 4 overlapping +'s which I've always assumed is what they were hinting at.
Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
by labster on Friday September 02, 2016 @05:44PM
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If you pronounce it like that, what will the next version be? We don't have a nonathorp. I've always assumed the next version will be C𝄪 (for those of you who are non-musicians, that's a double sharp symbol).
StarOffice*
* The Open and Libre Office Suite
Everyone could write it as *Office to save typing. Then users would simply say the full name. "AsteriskOffice"
Nevermind....