OpenOffice: Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Jul 16, 2011 12:01 AM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove
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Poor OpenOffice. It’s been open source for so long, and yet its adoption and market importance has always lagged far behind that of peer software like Linux – despite the fact that it’s free and implements a standard (ODF) aggressively promoted by some of the most powerful technology countries in the world. Can this ever change?

If yesterday’s announcement by IBM is any indication, the answer is “not likely,” despite the fact that Big Blue’s latest commitment to OpenOffice, on its surface, sounds like good news. The reason? It’s too little, and too late. Here’s why.

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