I know of a couple of people who commit code for the mac port and they don't eat tofu. I'm not sure about the communist thing. They could be employed, but not by a company that funds their developing time.
On 8/30/05, swhiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adam Moore wrote: > > >I was not referring to Erwin. Yes there are quite a few Novell developers > >not doing l10n work. Take a look at http://ooo.ximian.com/planet for a > list > >of a few. > > > > > I said *independent* developers...tofu-eating communists who are not > employed or are working for themselves. > > >On 8/30/05, swhiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Adam Moore wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Sorry I must have missed the point. He would not like the survey you > did. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>It's like explaining a (bad) joke... > >> > >>"...he [Erwin/Sun] didn't seem to care what outsiders thought. As it is > >>the people on the inside doing the code." > >> > >>The reason I am concerned for the future of OOo is that Sun treats it > >>like a proprietary project. The development method in fact bears little > >>resemblance to an open source project. Can you name any independent > >>developers who are not l10n who commit code but are not on the Sun team? > >> > >>Why then are Sun people connected with the project going around saying > >>constantly that the priority is to increase the number of developers. > >>Somebody does not understand the problem(s)...or there is a big > >>disconnect. There are reasons why it's hard to attract volunteers to > >>this project, coders or other. > >> > >>Or maybe I'm out of touch and Microsoft is winning at killing interest. > >> > >>-Sam > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Adam Moore Community Volunteer OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com <http://AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com>
