Hi. 2012/6/6 Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com>: > I move that there is no need to continue to fuel the fires of AOO vs > LO. The PPMC is now effective at ignoring anti-AOO materials on our > own lists. I suggest the PPMC should further silence inflammatory > posts that are anti-LO on our lists. > > For example, a recent post on ooo-users said: > > "The LO guys should have thought about that before forking OpenOffice > following Novell's siren's call. (remember the first major fork of > OpenOffice was Novell's Go-OO which incorporated the MS OOXML > support). > > In fact, it was their actions that killed the commercial prospects of > StarOffice, which Oracle had renamed "Oracle Open Office" (without the > .org)." > > I suggest that the ooo-users list is not the place for these kinds of > opinions, regardless of their validity. This is especially true when > they are made in response to a positive comment, which was "The main > goal has always been to create the best Office suite possible - so > let's unite around that." > > Our communities need to be welcoming. There is no chance of creating > unity if disunity is the response. I'm not suggesting this be tackled > onlist, that can be counter-productive too. I'm merely highlighting it > and encouraging individuals on the PPMC who agree with me to consider > sending a polite but firm request to stay focused on helping users on > the ooo-users list.
+1 Albino > Ross
