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February 08, 2006

Louis Suarez-Potts Wants Sun to Let OpenOffice.org Go: Corrected

Here's a correction.
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Here's the story, and a fun blog on the same topic.

Louis Suarez-Potts is essentially play Moses to Sun's Egyptian Pharoah and saying "Let my program go!" All right, maybe Louis isn't in flowing robes outside McNealy's office door, and I sure hope that there won't be a rain of frogs.

Here's the deal. After six years of having StarOffice and OpenOffice.org, the person on the street has never heard of the programs. Though the cool new tshirt campaign is certainly a step in the right direction.


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