Update: More contributors leave OpenOffice.org for LibreOffice

[Jan Claeys]

Michael Haney schreef op di 02-11-2010 om 22:54 [-0400]:
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Thirty-three contributors to the OpenOffice.org project are leaving,
> > unhappy with what they say is Oracle's attitude toward the project's
> > organization and management.
> >
> > The contributors, who are mostly from the German-speaking OpenOffice.org
> > community, comprise translators, others in marketing and quality
> > assurance and at least one developer. They will join others who are
> > backing The Document Foundation, which was founded in September to
> > continue the project outside OpenOffice.org, now under the purview of
> > Oracle.
> >
> > http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/more-contributors-leave-openofficeorg-libreoffice-974

> This brings an image to my mind of rats jumping from a sinking ship. 

AFAIK Oracle still pays more OOo developers than all other companies
combined...

OTOH, many volunteer/occasional developers moved to LibreOffice, and a
lot of non-programmer volunteers did so too (but I have no idea how
large a part of the total OOo community that represents).


-- 
Jan Claeys