Re: Result: Logo for the 10th anniversary - request for approval

Hi Drew,

Drew Jensen schreef:
>
>> Just to make it clear: I am an independent volunteer community member
>> without any affiliation with Oracle that might color my perspective.
>> However, until now I am not convinced that the position of Sun/Oracle
>> in the project has been, or was going to be, a larger obstacle to the
>> continued success of OpenOffice.org (under any name) than this big
>> change may turn out to be. I would be very sorry to see the efforts
>> (including mine) of ten years OOo going down the drain.
>>
>
> And just to be clear - why is it that you equate what is happening with
> "going down the drain", is it only viable, your contribution if their is
> a corporate affiliation?

I am not equating that, but I am concerned that a breakup of the
cooperation that exists right now in OpenOffice.org between the Hamburg
team of Oracle (which drives a substantial part of its development) and
the community at large will seriously slow down the development and/or
hurt (potential) users' confidence. I have yet to see whether TDF, with
all its good intentions, will be able to set up the LibreOffice project
with sufficient developer force and expertise to really compensate.

-- 
best regards,

Simon Brouwer
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