On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11.06.2013 17:45, Rob Weir wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I just read this article [1] on the Register: "Apache devs: 'We'll ship >>>> no >>>> OpenOffice before its time'" >>>> >>>> It is sad that it has the usual misinformation: >>>> >>> You should find the email of the publication's news editor and write a >>> polite yet firm complaint, saying in fewer words what you said here, put >>> the writer in cc:, then lay back and enjoy the fireworks. It also helps >>> if >>> you put such letter on-line and reference it in your e-mail. >>> >>> Just an idea.. ;-) >>> >> I think just ignore it. Why help promote El Reg? > > > Hm, I like the Register. I like their style and usually their articles seem > to be better researched, at least two years ago, when I read them more > regularly. But more importantly, this is just one of several such articles > in the last months. That makes me wonder if we should not be more active in > making (of what we thing are) the facts better known. > > Do we already have an anti-FUD page in the Wiki that we can easily reference > in comments to such articles? >
We don't, but I do track a list of the most-common misconceptions that I read: Misconception about Apache OpenOffice 1. Contributing to Apache requires that you assign copyright (ownership) of your code to Apache. 2. Contributing to Apache requires that you sign the ICLA. 3. The Apache License permits "big corporation" to "lock up" your code and prevent others from using it. 4. The "OpenOffice.org community" all went to LibreOffice. 5. Ohloh metrics give a fair and accurate comparison between Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice 6. Only IBM is working on Apache OpenOffice 7. License forces contributions to occur in a particular way, i.e. "license is destiny". 8. Oracle controls OpenOffice (believe it or not, this still comes up) 9. LibreOffice is more widely used than AOO 10. Because OpenOffice is not having weekly low-quality releases it must not be doing anything at all -Rob > -Andre > > >> >> Look at the numbers: >> >> www.openoffice.org: Alexa Traffic Rank #3715: >> http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/openoffice.org >> >> theregister.co.uk: Alexa Traffic Rank #4251: >> http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theregister.co.uk >> >> In other words, our website gets more traffic than their news site does. >> >> And libreoffice.org is ranked #8163: >> http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/libreoffice.org >> >> So the best strategy is to ignore the the FUD and push accurate and >> useful information onto our website. That approach reaches more >> users, and is under our control. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >>> FC >>> >>> >>> -- >>> During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a >>> revolutionary >>> act >>> Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un >>> Acto >>> Revolucionario >>> - George Orwell >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
