On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >> I have been mulling this over for a long time... >> >> Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to >> control and distort the message, paint things as a "us vs. them" >> battle (simply to position themselves for personal gain in the >> whole debacle), and foster FUD to the clear harm of the ENTIRE >> OOo ecosystem. >> > > Of course, an AOOo release would be the best possible vehicle for > expressing a proactive message. But until we have that, I could > certainly see the value of having a statement on what we are, what we > believe, what we stand for, etc. At graduation time we'd draft a > charter for the new TLP. But today we don't have anything. >
Partly, I can see a number of FUDisms to address. Like there are only 2 "main players" within the Open Office ecosystem (Apache and TDF) and that people need to "choose" between one or the other; that the various versions compete against each other instead of complimenting each other; Why the AL is important for such a "standard" such as Open Office and ODF; how there is much more potential for Open Office than as "just" a end-user MS Office replacement; etc...
