Hello, > From: Rob Weir [mailto:[email protected]]
> > What is the problem? > > > > The CD is not from the Apache OpenOffice project. It was not reviewed > and approved for release by the project. It is a 3rd party product. > The website says it is from "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V..": No, this is absolutely *not* true! The "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V.." is NOT the creator of the PrOOo-box, but that's us (Detlef, Jan and I) three members of the AOO-Community in Germany. You can see my entry here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Directory+of+Volunteers and I can gladly Jan and Detlef ask to register there. The "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V. is the *only* one who pays us the hosting of the Box (850 euros per year). *We would be pleased if the Apache paid. Apache wants to do that?* > But these are still 3rd party distributions. No, this is the Box of german Members of the AOO-Community! But that is not the problem, because the question is a Others, namely how we can make local work on AOO when we can not even provide information users need? A notice in a news-teaser is anyway only a temporary entry. What is the problem? Rob, you have, tell me here on the list, the following: * it's okay to get involved locally for AOO and Apache welcomes such activities * I should self make a choice However, I live in Germany, and here I know the OpenOffice users for more than 8 years, and I know what users need for assistance. And we all have to do something otherwise AOO lost in Germany. Sorry, but that *is* the truth. > So we are fair and we don't give special prominence to any single 3rd > party distribution. But that is *not* what is needed. There shall be *no* permanent link, but only a *temporary* news-teaser. This teaser is automatically replaced by someone else, as soon as there are new news. What is the problem? Greetings, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
