> > The Go-oo homepage also says "Going forward, the Go-oo project will be > > discontinued in favor of LibreOffice." Does that mean that LibreOffice > > is driven by Novell too? > > > > I wouldn't put in that simple words. Actually, LibreOffice is open to > any developer, individual or company that whishes to contribute to our > code and endeavour. On the TDF announcement we invited Oracle to join > us and suggested them to offer the brand OpenOffice to TDF (later this > was politely declined by Oracle).
I think this is an important issue, and one which can be open to massive amount of FUD. I'm sure TDF is thankful to Novell for their input, but the wariness that exists to anyone who is working with Microsoft for any reason cannot be ignored. Ways to resolve this include: - Open (and easy to find) statistics on the numbers of current developers on LibO and their background. - More clear input from Google, etc., towards easy integration with Google Docs (in the way that the MSO integration with the web-based version of MSO will become something users expect). - Joint-branding with Thunderbird, Scribus, etc. There have been many posts on the OOo lists over the years asking "do you do a calendar?" or "Do you have a Publisher replacement". No, we don't - but clearly promoting other open source projects and working with them to make life easy for people coming away from MSO helps all people. This would include LibO pointing to downloads for Mozilla packages and vice-versa. If Mozilla wanted to point to both LibO and OOo as the projects grow apart, that's fine - we are all part of a larger OS fraternity. - Working on a common look-and-feel in a number of OS apps. Could a Mozilla 'skin' that can be applied to LibO, OOo, Scribus, etc., be viable? Or a 'Traditional OO' skin that can be used across packages be there for people who don't like to change UI much? What do you think? zf -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
