On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 14:24 +0530, Vikram Gaur wrote: > Hi All, > > Community should have another derivative with all features and > compatibilities
The community needs the resources to support and maintain a code base that is complex and difficult to develop and maintain. That is the reality. There has been no evidence so far that there are the resources to do this outside a large company such as Sun or Oracle. Until the community finds a way of generating sufficient resources to maintain a fork that is sustainable long term and can compete with the Oracle version and releases, any attempt at a fork will at best generate a small niche version that is to all intents and purposes identical to the "Oracle version". That is why several years ago I proposed finding ways of providing an income that could support development without having to raise money selling licenses and make the community less dependent on Sun. It needs a business that can raise at least a few million Euros a year. Developing an OOo foundation that could do this should not be impossible but it will still require a lot of initial unpaid hard work to start with. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
