2014-10-22 20:35 GMT+02:00 Mateusz Zasuwik <mzasu...@gmail.com>: > 2014-10-22 9:56 GMT+02:00 Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com>: > > > On 21/10/14 18:00, Mateusz Zasuwik wrote: > > > For instance, here: > > > > > >> In other words, for some reason, development of OpenOffice has all but > > > stalled, while LibreOffice remains an active project. > > > > > > Much of OpenOffice's recent decline may be due to IBM's withdrawal from > > the > > > project. OpenOffice 4.1.1. An anonymous informant alleges -- and web > > > searches appear to confirm -- that IBM did nothing to publicize > > OpenOffice > > > 4.1.1 when it was released on August 21, and that, since then, IBM > > > developers have disappeared from the OpenOffice mailing lists. > > > > well I see still IBM developers here on the list frequently but of > > course less. It is simply because we do less but it does not mean > > anything else. > > > > But the question is of course more why does it matter. If we do to much > > people say we control the project,if do to less people say OpenOffice is > > dead. Really strange and people should think about Apache and how Apache > > works. It is potentially a harder time for OpenOffice if we do less but > > it is up to the community to keep the project alive together with us. > > Nobody should rely on our resources and expect that we will do it. > > > > OpenOffice is and remains a powerful brand even if the projects runs > > slower. Important is the quality and if it solves the daily tasks of our > > users. > > > > > Hey Juergen. > > Thank you for answer. So, for me, the most important question is "why IBM > minimize its involvement?". > > The part about controlling project is irrelevant for me, because every > project has its own carriage horse. For OO it was Sun/Oracle/IBM, for > LibreOffice it's SUSE, Collabora, Lanedo. The role of community is hype for > me. I am just a little surprised with speed of AOO development, especially > when we recall from memory IBM's announcements about Lotus Symphony's end > of life and when we recall their promises about release "IBM OpenOffice > Edition". I thought this company will do their best to renew code, > interface and it will undertake tries to monetize this project what should > let OpenOffice thrive. Lotus contained many nice solutions i.g. tabs system > and now everything seems to be going down. > > People (users) are worrying about OpenOffice status so I would like to just > rectify some opinions floating around. Many says that IBM alone stop > believing in OpenOffice. You confirm that IBM is doing less. Wiki is not > updated for a long time. So this symptoms are showing... what exactly? >
If people are worried they just need to start contributing to AOO, for example translating http://www.openoffice.org/pl/. Just drop an email to l10n and the AOO community will provide tools and instructions to let you all become active stakeholders. *Ask* not, what AOO can do for you. *Ask* what, you can do for AOO. We value people by their actions, everyone is pretty much welcome in a community where meritocracy and diversity are the only way forward. Roberto
