E I echo these sentiments entirely . OO is a major player in the productivity space and a tremendous amount of credit accrues to Sun and all the Sun team players that have contributed to where OO is today . My best wishes for your efforts to continue this essential competitive journey and move to new levels of success for appreciative users the world over . L
>>> Elizabeth Matthis <elizabeth.matt...@sun.com> 29 Jan 2010 4:20 am >>> Hi Cor, Thanks for your kind words and especially for your years of support for OOo. Let's keep on doing good things and talking about them. ;-) Liz On 01/28/10 13:53, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Stefan, all, > > Stefan Taxhet wrote (28-01-10 12:50) >> With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle now being closed >> we'll see some immediate changes to our site and product. This reflects >> the fact that Oracle replaces Sun in its role as part of the >> OpenOffice.org project. >> [...] > > Let me take this opportunity to express some thoughts and feelings to > the Sun team working on OpenOffice.org. And I hope and trust that, in > doing so, I reflect the opinion of the vast majority of the members of > our community. > > Some words of thanks are in its place, in my opinion, although > essentially we continue to work with the same people. > > In the first place for all the good work done on the product and the > project in the past nearly ten years. In moments of joy and excitement > and also in times of problems and sadness. > > Further, I feel thankful for you all continuing the work in the long > period of uncertainty that has just been closed. I know many of us were > hopeful and confident, but still, one first has to see it really. I'm > glad that now this period is closed, finished. > > People knowing me, will recognize that I'm not shy to raise my voice > when (IMO) something is wrong, sub-optimal, and has room for > improvement. Either be it in the software, either in how we work > together. And I hope that I may be able to continue cooperating in this > spirit for a long time to come. Enjoying the so often positive attitude > of the team, and well meant steps to an even brighter future. > > I am really exited about OpenOffice.org being part of Oracle and trust > that this new situation will give the project great opportunities. > That all in the project may enjoy. > > Best wishes to all, > Cor > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org