Hi Jean, & everybody in the know, I joined OOo as a volunteer couple weeks ago, and currently reorganising the chapters in the Base User Guide for V3.x. The email thread of late seems to suggest do no work until further notice, or have I got it wrong? Cecilia
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:22:18 -0400 > Subject: Re: [authors] Jumping ship for LibreOffice? > > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 23:13 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > 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 > > > Just to be clear - this is my opinion solely, I do not, and can not, > speak for anyone else. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
