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I mentioned to a friend of mine the other day how I was replacing Word with OpenOffice in the long run. He replied that they use OO exclusively at his place of work (mostly as a security measure, as it turns out). That provoked a question from another, skeptical friend: How do you know this [...]

Open Source in the public sector seemed to be all the rage in 2008, with government agencies all over Europe — not to mention agencies of the EU itself — adopting, and in many cases, mandating Open Source software and standards. Of course, Europe was not the only continent cozying up with a copy of [...]

Is OpenOffice.org (OOo), the popular free office application, “a profoundly sick project,” as developer Michael Meeks alleges? Or are his comments a poorly concealed effort to promote Go-OO, Novell’s version of OOo, as the anti-Novell lobby suggests?
The answers to these questions are important, because the flame war that continually threatens to erupt over them — [...]

OpenOffice.org is still not past its expiry date, but more needs to be done to drive community participation and ensure the open source software remains relevant, say industry watchers.
Formally released as a product in April 2002, OpenOffice is an open source office software suite available as a free download. Sun Microsystems is the primary sponsor [...]

The criticisms of OpenOffice governance lain by Michael Meeks bring up a follow-up question, namely, how should open source projects be governed?
Boards and committees are fine. Structure is a necessity. Transparency is obvious.
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