Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to [email protected]

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, David B Teague sr wrote:

> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:02:15 -0400
> From: David B Teague sr <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [discuss] Re: [ANN] This list is migrating to
>     [email protected]
> 
> On 9/5/2011 12:50 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On Sun, 4 Sep 2011, Rob Weir wrote:
>> 
>>> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 00:38:03 -0400
>>> From: Rob Weir <[email protected]>
>>> <SNIP>
>>> 
>>> Please note that, as part of the overall migration of OpenOffice.org
>>> to Apache, this "discuss" list will be retired.  New lists, hosted by
>>> Apache, will be taking its place.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Why?
> Hi Bret
>
> You know that Oracle inherited OO.o by way of their purchase of SUN. Oracle 
> isn't going to provide support for OO.o as Sun did. They donated 
> OpenOffice.org source and trademarks to the Apache foundation and will end 
> their support for OO.o mailing lists and archives.  There is far too much 
> valuable information that was and is being passed in these mailing lists to 
> let them and the archives just vanish. Apache will host new lists.
>
> Warmest Regards
> --David Teague--
>
> -- nil significat nisi oscillat
>   do wop, do wop, do wop
>
>

Hello.

Thank you for that succinct explanation.

From that, it appears then, that Open Office will now be an Apache thing
(from Star Division to Sun to Oracle to Apache)?

I am not sure, but, from memory, it was the local Sun office, that gave 
me the copy(/ies) of the discs for Star Office 5.2 or 5.3, which started 
me on the journey (although, I still prefer Star Office 5.3, with all 
the functionality it had :) ).

I would have thought, however, in the circumstances, that, for the sake 
of transparency and convenience, Oracle would have similarly donated the 
domain name registration, to Apache, which would then have been able to 
host the Open Office mailing lists on its own servers, and, just changed 
the domain name registration, including the nameservers, and thus have 
had a fairly "seamless" transfer, with no need to change the mailing 
lists, so, one day, the lists are hosted on one set of servers (Oracle?) 
and the next day, the mailing lists are hosted on a different set of 
servers (Apache foundation), thus, apart from possibly, a few hours at 
the time of transference, no "visible" change need be apparent to lists 
subscribers.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992

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