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rrr_oh_mantoday at 6:38 PM3 repliesview on HN

Cheap purchased PR slop with fake articles and no product.

e.g.:

- https://hostingdiscussion.com/news/european-cloud-workspace-...

- https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/amp/plataforma-offi...

And it seems to be repackaged Collabora (~LibreOffice):

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/office_eu_suite/


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gzreadtoday at 6:39 PM

I need to learn this skill of producing nothing and pretending I have. It seems to be very rewarding, financially speaking.

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storustoday at 6:53 PM

LibreOffice came from OpenOffice which was StarOffice which was developed in Germany.

kzrdudetoday at 6:47 PM

They list a bunch of companies under the heading "All these companies work with the same technology" on their landing page. I think it's quite scummy, and very non-impressive when you see it.