Hi Louis,

Louis Suarez-Potts wrote on 2011-05-25 14.33:
Thanks, Florian for the long message :-)
But, can I request that we have such advocations (not sure that's a word) 
presented in a more neutral space? My reasoning, besides the obvious, that this 
is OOo-land, has to do with simply having a suitable forum for what is likely 
to be a protracted and contentious discussion, and that sort of thing calls out 
for neutrality.

I also tend to think that having focused and if possible in-person meetings is 
immensely helpful.

as the topic was raised on this public mailing list, and as it concerns the OpenOffice.org Community, I thought it is indeed the right approach to reply publically to the discussion.

The question I raised was not rhetorical. I don't want to say "take TDF as is", but I am open to feedback and criticism. If there is anything that needs to be changed or improved, any criticism that is justified, I definitely will not ignore it, but rather try to work on it and improve things. However, I will also take position to criticism that from my point of view is simply not justified, and I think, that combination is a good basis for a discussion.

So, again, my question to all of the OpenOffice.org community: Is there any particular reason on why working together, jointly, united, is not possible? Is there any justified reason on why working under the umbrella of a different foundation, or even setting up another foundation in parallel, makes sense?

I am open to discussion on any channel -- and although I think that the OpenOffice.org mailing lists are indeed the right channel to discuss the future of the OpenOffice.org community, I am happy to discuss on any other channel. Needless to say, I prefer openness and transparency, whereever possible.

Face to face meetings are of course an option, but it will exclude those who cannot participate, so why not initiate the discussion on the list here as I did?

Florian

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