The Apache Software Foundation have responded at last to all those comments disparaging OOo and the ASF's efforts to get it moving forward again.
ASF make it clear that the OOo project is very much alive and kicking. They add a gentlemanly call to end the mud slinging (though they cannot resist a minor sideswipe at Libre Office for "pursuing market dominance") and get back to the business of moving things forward.
Hoping that a little friendly competiton will drive the ODF world forwards a good deal faster than the MSXML monotony. Be interesting to see how many developers are willing to contribute their code to both ODF based products, and how many take sides.