On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:30 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com > >wrote: > > > On 18 May 2012 13:21, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > >> But 'Rob Weir Farts During Playing of LibreOffice National > > >> Anthem" will be headline news and will be retweeted 100 times. > > >> > > > > > > You made me ROFL. Thanks for that. Have a good Friday. > > > > I too laughed at this. > > > > However, once I stopped laughing I read the > > article. I'm not sure what the problem is. It seems pretty well > > balanced to me. I'm happy to see it being retweeted a great deal. It > > gives space to both the "LO" has won and the "AOO" will accelerate > > innovation arguments. It's now the job of this project to do that > > innovative work in collaboration with anyone who wants to play. > > > > Ross > > > > I disagree -- I don't find it balanced at all! It's just one rant after > another. Not an article really, a collection of (mostly) negative sound > bites...and to what end? So many ridiculous statements, by folks with more > emotion than any real business acumen. I could list a few of them and go > into my own rant, but I'll pass.... > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." > -- Mark Twain > Re Troll's Bane: Don't you have to value their opinion before it can hurt your feelings? --No, that is pretty cynical Maybe this situation is a little like having a teenager rebelling against their family. Open Office has the far better market penetration and name-recognition. All we have to do is be calm produce announcements about hitting the 1,000,000-mark in downloads to roll over the mean-spirited people who want to rant against AOO. When my teenagers were rebelling, they told me all the time what an awful mean, stupid person I was. I maintained my temper (most of the time) and after a while they stopped rebelling. Most of the people who use LO or AOO are oblivious to any contention and really don't have a negative opinion about any other open-source office suite. -Wolf -- This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - http://sourcefreedom.com Open-Source Software in Libraries - http://FOSS4Lib.org Advancing Libraries Together - http://LYRASIS.org Apache Open Office Developer wolfhal...@apache.org
