Re: [tdf-discuss] Explanation . . . ?

On 09/29/2010 10:45 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote:

> This depends very much on the reaction of Oracle:
>
> If they insist on keeping the trademark given to Sun Microsystems 
> because the community hadn't an entity to claim violations and abuse, we 
> will not be able to use our good name OpenOffice.org any more.

That would be unfortunate.  Changing a name is a big loss of identity
that would take work to recover.  On the other hand, LibreOffice does
the advantage that the product name isn't a URL.  One poster on ./
quipped that perhaps the new name should be "OpenOffice.org/index.html".
 That's harsh, but has a kernel of truth -- who hasn't, at one time or
another, had to waste time explaining the issue with OpenOffice vs.
OpenOffice.org?

Not that LibreOffice as a name doesn't have its own problems.  Libre is
pronounced differently in Spanish and French, I'm told, and the word is
a struggle for Americans.  But what's done is done.  Now is the time for
everyone to get behind the new name.

     ----Jon
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