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Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash
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Many complain about bad UX, if nextcloud is going through this amount of effort to make a fork, then those people have a point
Also read about much old cruft and tech debt.
Aka it's easier to steer a new sjip than repair and manage an old one.
Just to clarify, NextCloud aren't forking LibreOffice, they're forking OnlyOffice. They're two very different projects (OnlyOffice is a web based office suite, whereas LibreOffice is primarily desktop based, although there is work on making a web version)
There's apparently been a fallout between ColabraOffice and LibreOffice, which is why LibreOffice is now building a web version.