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Re: Mark Shuttleworth Wants Open Source to Win, Linus Claimed to be Somewhat Apathetic

After takin' a swig o' grog, cc belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> On Oct 16, 11:03 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/368
>
> "This turned into predictions on how long it will be before Linux
> desktop software is ready for a broader user base."
>
> "Next, the participants engaged in a long discussion of the weak
> points of the OpenOffice.org office suite. Mark describes the current
> state of OO.org as being "a bit of a tragedy." He believes that the
> problem with it is the bungling interaction between the "corporate
> folks" and the community, also remarking that potential contributors
> are deterred from participating due to extremely long build times for
> OO.org -- 8 to 9 hours. He says if he doesn't see signs of a
> turnaround in the next few months he'll start looking elsewhere for
> Ubuntu's included office suite."

   "He believes that ultimately the success of OpenOffice.org in
   specific, and community-developed software in general, requires that
   it switch to a Firefox-style model in which the core software is
   small, streamlined, and handled by a small team, and additional
   functionality can be easily added by the wider community through
   extensions, without the need to compile a massive amount of code or
   have commit access."

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Tux rox!

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