Hi > I agree with Ryan's sentiments. This has nothing to do with Erwin and > his qualifications, but if one of the key roles of >this position to get more ISV adoption then more participation >external to Sun would be beneficial. One of the issues ISVs have is >the fact that OOo is still viewed as almost exclusively run by Sun.
I think that is exactly the reason to have Erwin as a co-lead. :-) All the ISVs i have contacted fairly quickly realized that substantial discussions related to changing or modifying the code must be with Sun. I can and so can others refer people to Sun, but that introduces inefficiencies. Cheers Louis > >Â Regards, > >Andrew Aitken Managing Partner Olliance Group o-650-493-3800x301 >c-650-704-6321 www.olliancegroup.com > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >FROM: Ryan Singer _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ > >To: _ <[email protected]> _ > >Date: Sunday, April 3 2005 00:03 > >Subject: Re: [bizdev] Co-Lead voteI have mixed feelings on this. I >have nothing but respect and admiration for Erwin and all he does, >especially in this area, But I think that it is too important for >bizdev to be inclusive to have the two co-leads be from SUN and >Collab-net respectively. Maybe we should have three, with Erwin, Louis >and someone who runs a small business around OOo who is also active in >the community. > > > >On Apr 2, 2005 11:47 PM, Craig Adams <_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _> wrote: >Hi Daniel, All, > >Daniel, perhaps you would like to nominate another candidate for the >role, so that we can vote on this. > >Regards > >Craig A. > > >On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 00:47 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: >> Erwin is a great guy, but wouldn't it be nice to move OOo towards >> being more volunteer-run and less of a Sun project? Isn't that >> supposed to be what both Sun and the community want? >> >> Cheers, Daniel. >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 06:51:06PM -0800, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >>> All, I am delighted to nominate Erwin Tenhumberg as the new co-lead >>> of BizDev project. His qualifications speak for themselves, and he >>> is known to all here. I believe that as co-lead, Erwin can bring to >>> this project some needed experience and skills. After all, Erwin >>> has been doing something similar to this at Sun/StarOffice for the >>> last several years >>>:-) >>> >>> Erwin can help us with, among other things, coordinating ISV usage >>> of OOo and in driving the case study effort, as well as in >>> smoothing the path for corporate developers of OOo. >>> >>> Please vote on the nomination. It's a consensus vote, +1/-1. >>> >>> Thanks Louis >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> _ For additional commands, e-mail: _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> _ >>> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ For >additional commands, e-mail: _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
