Stay away from OpenOffice.org until Oracle shows commitment, analyst says

Posted by henke54 on Jan 22, 2010 1:08 AM EDT
computerworld.com; By Eric Lai 		Mail this story
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A European IT consulting firm is warning large enterprises and government entities not to deploy OpenOffice.org until Oracle Corp. shows proof that it will invest as heavily in the development of the open-source productivity suite as project champion Sun Microsystems Inc. did. According to a 12-page report published earlier this week by Amsterdam-based Software Improvement Group, the main risk is that OpenOffice.org's code may get buggier if Oracle pulls personnel and resources from OpenOffice.org after finalizing its acquisition of Sun.

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