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OOO - Happy 10th Birthday

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Akber A Choudhry

15 Oct 2010
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Happy birthday to OpenOffice, also known as OpenOffice.Org and their contribution to the standardisation of the ODF standards and providing a viable alternative to an entrenched market leader. Reminds us of the browser wars of the early 2000s.

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_Of_OpenOffice.org

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