On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 08:31:01AM -0500, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
> On 5/24/06, David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >On of the issues about OOo marketing I have not fully understood is that
> >OpenOffice development plans are to some extent controlled by StarOffice
> >needs. And they seem to be focusing on business.
> >
> >Maybe there is a separate StarOffice marketing arm that needs to be 
> >lobbied ?
> 
> Long term, the real solution is that OOo needs to be spun off as an
> independent organization a la Mozilla. I really do not think this
> structure can work very much longer. Get Sun and IBM and Novell to put
> up a few million (or tens of million) dollars, and there might be a
> fighting chance.
> 
> I have been contemplating raising this issue with the project leads,
> though no doubt this would make a lot of people unhappy.

ok, but how about in the short-to-medium-term?

matt

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> Bruce
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