Apache OpenOffice™ 3.4 Blows Past 1M Downloads
Okay, I'm impressed. Clearly, there is a hunger for OpenOffice, and that is not too surprising, given just how many millions had downloaded pre-Apache OpenOffice. Apache OpenOffice is, in many ways, improved.
But now we have to re-establish the ecosystems* that had begun to form. I'd be interested to start by leaning the scope and location of OpenOffice (old) and Apache OpenOffice (new) use. We can start with the old account: Major OpenOffice.org Deployments - Apache OpenOffice.org Wiki .
* Ecosystem here means not just those companies selling support and services related to OO but also a lot of other business that derives in whole or in part from the use and production of the application and its extensions. Consider: Nearly every public sector adopter of OpenOffice is legally required to buy support and offer training; they also often want services (migration, ad hoc work) and certification. And as OO is available in many immensely popular languages, the possibilities of making money in this ecosystem is not insignificant.
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