Comment by rrr_oh_man

8 days ago

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/

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

  • In general getting EU grants is very lucrative. It takes some relationships and writing skill but in the end you never have to deliver any results (beyond maybe a report that no one ever reads)

  • Really, just lack shame and sell something you do not have and bet that you can get it before anyone really presses too hard. It's an incredible thing to see.

  • You need to know the right people in Brussels/Washington, to milk and scam the taxpayer in your favor.

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.

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