On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 17:03 +0100, Cecilia Cheung wrote: > 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
Hello Cecilia, I made a suggestion. As it turns out a suggestion that has caused some angst with folks, some of them in the new DocumentFoundaton also. Please do as you see fit. Best wishes, Drew > > > 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
