Sun does not deny the possibility of advertising in OpenOffice

I think that it’s superfluous to argue the popularity of OpenOffice as an alternative to Microsoft Office - the hardest word was said 3 million downloads since its release. But many users may be surprised or upset by the fact that a “free office” may soon become an advertising platform.

The news of potential ad placement in OpenOffice came from the blog of Jonathan Schwartz , the company's CEO. At the very end of the message, entitled “The Inside Story (Java, Microsoft and MySQL)” Schwartz writes:

To sum up some figures around the popularity of OpenOffice, I can say that over the past week we have distributed more than 3,000,000 copies of OpenOffice 3. And the downloads continue and, moreover, increase, so we hope to reach an audience of 150 to 200,000,000 users. A global recess will ease the process of acquiring and installing OpenOffice. Our further actions can be to find partners for the integration of trademarks in our products, because their possibilities are almost unlimited: people print their documents, send by fax, copy, etc. "

After that, a small addition to the text appeared: “And I know that all this irritates my friends from the free software community, but the integration of brand advertising allows you to invest large amounts of money into functions and opportunities from which everyone benefits.”