On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 06:50 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 20:31 +1000, Jean Weber wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Drew Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > and I would add that the only leverage you have is your labor. > > > > > > This is not a time to sit on the fence if you want a foundation then you > > > must stop work on this project now. > > > > > > If you do not want a foundation then by all means continue. > > > > Please explain more fully how continuing to work on documentation that > > can be used by both projects is a problem. > > > > (Not being argumentative here; just trying to get a better idea of > > what's going on.) > > > > Or did I misunderstand what you were referring to? > > > > Hi Jean, > > No problem. > > I mean simply this. > > Right now the foundation has invited Oracle to join. > > They have, as far as I can see, put a 1 month time limit on the wait for > Oracle. If Oracle does not join within the month then a full split will > occur. > > I believe that if there is any chance, slim as it may be, for Oracle to > do what is right, IMO, here, they will need to be pushed. > > They only way to do that, to push them, is to not allow business as > usual - no work on OpenOffice.org in other words. > > Just my opinion
Thank you for explaining. I understand now. A strike! (Or, "industrial action" as we call it in Australia.) Hey, I can use the excuse for some time off. Somehow I don't think this is going to help my call for people to work on updating the user guides. :-) Joking aside, you have a good point, which I must think more about. --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
