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Euro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9 (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 1 month ago by GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml to c/europe@lemmy.ml
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[–] edel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks for the info... and yep, competition is good!

Yet, you have to recognize this feels like it was not handled appropriately by either party, I sense there was toxicity all around. Actually both suites could potentially be instantly benefiting from eachother but now I am afraid both will work to undermine the other, while both are in the same boat. No inspiring either if a third company (mainly Russian or Chinese) is thinking in financing a FOSS product.

[–] GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

In Open Source projects, I would love to see more collaboration and less competition, because too many forks risk creating chaos and confusion in potential adopters.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're naïve if you think that Euro Office was just a toxic take over without any geopolitical meaning. Both the US and their EU vassals are arming themselves to go to war. I want to see how a burger, a sausage and a baguette will sell themselves as heroes this time. All of us can see how bad they are.