Hi Anthony, This is my 1st post here since 3 or 4 years now. I've had the chance of working in Marketing OOo since 2001 I think. I will attempt just a short answer to your concerns:
Open Source has always meant choice between similar projects/products and the possibility for fair competition but also for two communities of similar projects to go together from some point on, not only splitting. No matter how many such moves take place, what matters is the contribution and participating in a community, the work you do there and the benefits from the product and the project that you have. Such events, like the one you want to talk about, can happen and are in the line of the freedom FOSS bring. Still, viability of a project is more of a concern in the beginning of a project rather than after 10 years of existence and millions of users, of course, if the maintainers are willing to continue it. I have seen messages from people in the last days saying that they will follow both projects. I also know people that will continue only with OOo. What I think it would be the right thing to do is to believe that every change in this environment is cause for evolution. It opens new ways of thinking, new choices, new opportunities for a community and line of thinking to evolve. If not directly involved in the particular change itself, best is to keep contributing and observe the phenomenon. Take for instance Linux OS - it comes in many flavors, it is maintained by various different communities, many of them huge and strong - and still it comes from a single initial core that evolved differently in other aspects. And what does this offer? CHOICE. ALTERNATIVE. FREEDOM. Even HOPE for some. Many are even contributing to several such communities in the same time. And you can always find people willing to start their own flavor, believing they can bring something new. All this keeps FOSS young since innovations brought by a "young" project most often find their way into the "well established" ones if they pass user and time test. Therefore in the end what matters is to contribute!! I think it is not even a matter of who is right or wrong. Not a matter of my team versus your team. Time gives the measure and viability. So, in my opinion, stop worrying and just enjoy and be a part of the Open Source world and community. One cannot invest in a wrong direction here, no matter which one he/she takes. Just my 2 cents on the matter. :-) Best, Cristian On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Anthony Papillion <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Group, > > Please excuse me if this is a rehash of an already had discussion. > While I've gone through the archives to check, I might have missed > something. > > As I said in my note to Florian, I'm new to the team but very > passionate about OpenOffice. It's a product that not only helps me > make my living but also allows me to make a good moral choice when > recommending the software to a customer. > > My concern is that the wave of recent resignations is going to be a > potential death blow to the project. If everyone is gone, who will do > the work? Does Oracle have the dedication to OpenOffice to carry it on > without the community? > > Since I'm planning on devoting a significant amount of time and > resources to the community, I (selfishly) want to at least believe > it's still a viable one. But, aside from that, I deeply want what's > best for OpenOffice. > > Thoughts? > > Anthony Papillion > Advanced Data Concepts > > O: +1.918.919.4624 > M: +1.918.320.9968 > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Anthony Papillion > Lead Developer / Owner > Advanced Data Concepts - "Enabling work anywhere" > (918) 919-4624 > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cajuntechie > My Blog: http://www.cajuntechie.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Cristian DRIGA Attorney at Law http://www.driga.ro si http://criminalitate.info -- Mesajele frumoase trimise in lant la prieteni sunt de fapt capcane pentru colectarea de adrese pentru SPAM! Puneti-mi adresa la BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) in astfel de mesaje si atunci le trimit si eu mai departe! Protejeaza-te si protejeaza-ti prietenii. Curata internetul. Sfaturi practice pentru non-tehnici. http://prevenire.criminalitate.info.
