[native-lang-dev] Re: Fwd: [marketing-dev] Why TDF should be the place for one united Community

hi all,

On 2011-05-26, at 17:34 , Simon Brouwer wrote:

> Op 26-5-2011 21:39, Louis Suarez-Potts schreef:
>> I think we are aware enough of Florian's post. :-)
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>> As I mentioned a couple of days ago on the marketing list, I would much =
rather have a neutral space made available for this sort of discussion, and=
 do not want OOo lists to be dominated by this sort of post.
> Why not? What better place than the OOo lists for discussion how to proce=
ed with our project. It's been too silent in the discussion lists, people a=
ppear hit by fear, uncertainty and doubt, the project is dead in the water.=
 After Oracle giving up, where are we standing? For instance, are we still =
able to release version 3.4?
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> Vriendelijke groet,
> Simon Brouwer.
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> | http://nl.openoffice.org | http://www.opentaal.org |

I don't wish to be misunderstood. My point is not that having a good discus=
sion about OpenOffice.org is out of the question here, on OOo lists. I find=
 that fine, and the location quite proper. But such a discussion ought to b=
e=97must be=97about OOo, its NLCs, its contributors, its goals, its options=
. Such a discussion, in other words is not really about TDF or LO, and to u=
nderstand our options as only being one or the other is really to cut short=
 what could otherwise be a really healthy reassessment of opportunities.=20

Naturally, I also believe that any discussion in which we begin to lay out =
approaches to the future of OOo development=97and there is a future=97reall=
y needs to be done carefully, as it's *easy* to be misunderstood by others,=
 however good willing they be, when the context is so very charged.=20

-louis



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