I want OO.o support, not Go-OO from Novell - Any statement from Fedora or RedHat?

[Roger]

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> > Please understand: I'm not saying I don't want to switch, I'm saying
> > that both options should be there for those who want them.
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This discussion 'flat lined' days ago - it's going nowhere and doing so 
at snail's pace.

Fedora and Open Source people are fiercely protective of 'Open' so if 
they feel that an app is tending toward 'closed' then they have the 
right to make a determination.

Let me give an example.
Fedora moderately enforces Nouveau. Nouveau is useless for Blender 3D. 
So I went to Ubuntu Lucid where no such enforcement exists. I still use 
Fedora 11 for a lot of things and with the problems of Fedora 12 and 13 
to date, won't be upgrading from Fedora 11 till the comfort zone sets 
in.  As someone on list said recently, use what works for you and don't 
change OS's until you have a good reason.

I, and I suspect, others are delighted that Open Source has so many 
highly skilled applications engineers willing to devote their spare time 
to providing and maintaining the tools we use.
Frankly it never enters my thoughts about who does what, why or how. I 
am immensely grateful for the tools we are given.
The only way I can repay this gift is to give my time [Pay it Forward] 
to projects in which I am more competent.

Nothing is 'better' than anything else. As someone said to me years ago 
on Fedora list:  There are many word processors for Open Source, find 
one that suits and use it - or not.

Open office does the job for me if and when I need a WP app and if 
LibreOffice does the job, is light weight and not over burdened with 
bells and whistles I'll use it with not a moment's thought about who 
should or could maintain it.

Roger