Am 01.11.12 15:18, schrieb Rob Weir: > I'm hearing that some project volunteers, especially new ones, are > being contacted by certain external parties, who then try to > discourage them from contributing to the Apache OpenOffice project. > I'm hearing that similar notes have been sent out to those who > submitted listings to our new Consultants Directory, also discouraging > them from involvement in the project. > > This is my personal view on this matter, for what it is worth. > > I think we all would agree that such techniques are deplorable and > bring disrepute to the individuals involved, and to the project that > sanctions such techniques. If you recall we had a similar wave of > such unprofessional behavior a few months ago, when certain external > parties were contacting journalists who mentioned OpenOffice and > telling them that it was no longer being developed and to link to a > different product instead. > > I any case, if you are receiving such FUD yourself, I'd encourage you > to simply post it to this mailing list, or to your blog, or some other > public website. "Daylight is the best antiseptic" as they say. I am > not a medical doctor, but I do believe that FUD exposed to public > scrutiny loses its potency. But FUD ignored is FUD that spreads. This is also not the professional way to deal with. We doing not a better job if we put the FUD distributing Person to the mood. Please forward the messages simply to [email protected]. So we see what they write and we can react in a public statement, without call the name(s) of the sender.
Greetings Raphael
