Hi Simon,
Simon Brouwer wrote (05-10-10 09:33)
Drew Jensen schreef:
And just to be clear - why is it that you equate what is happening with
"going down the drain", is it only viable, your contribution if their is
a corporate affiliation?
I am not equating that, but I am concerned that a breakup of the
cooperation that exists right now in OpenOffice.org between the Hamburg
team of Oracle (which drives a substantial part of its development) and
the community at large will seriously slow down the development and/or
I had that concern too. And still to a certain, more and more limited,
extend. But that only is for the intermediate time, during the
transition. Look:
One: when the (unbound part of the) community starts to move (be it 80
or 95 %), there is no choice. You can stand still, or help to make it a
success. Which in the end is better for all, *all*.
Two: as explained so often already the last weeks: lot of potential
development power (both private and corporate) have been missed because
of the past situation. And this new independent foundation is going to
solve that.
So as soon as we have combined efforts as much as possible (without
either too fanatic 'free' vision, nor too much business eagerness, just
a good balance, therefore the independent foundation) it is an advantage
for all, including Oracle.
hurt (potential) users' confidence. I have yet to see whether TDF, with
all its good intentions, will be able to set up the LibreOffice project
with sufficient developer force and expertise to really compensate.
Soon there will be numbers made public by TDF.
See what grows or even better, join to help to make also your dream come
through.
Kindest regards,
Cor
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