On 18 May 2011 23:38, Louis Suarez-Potts <lsuarezpo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 2011-05-13, at 04:39 , Ian Lynch wrote: > > > I know this might be a bit of an emotive topic for some, but wouldn't it > be an idea to open up dialogue with the LibreOffice people? A split > community was never an ideal situation from a simple logical point of view. > Ok, there are emotional wounds to heal but talking about possibilities > without any commitment on either side can't do any harm. Maybe this is > already happening? > > Actually, Florian and I are discussing that exactly. The days of stiff > difference are over with; were over with when Oracle renounced OOo as a > revenue source. And in their lieu, discussions of reconciliation. > > To be sure, there are still personal differences. These are, to me, not > irrelevant but ought not to stop the development of the code by the larger > community. > > What counts, what makes up, what comprises that larger community is of some > debate. We need a lot of money to develop the code. We need, that is, far > more than LibreOffice or TDF or any single company can probably provide. > Figure more than 10M USD/annum. That's to develop the code, test it, > distribute it, and move ahead into areas that go beyond the limits of > legacy. > > Unfortunately, for something like OOo, a "community effort," still needs > huge buckets of money. It's not about corporations, per se. It's about > needing to get dedicated developers, one way or another, working on the > code, so that it can be reliably produced, and satisfy the most demanding > expectations. > > Meanwhile, I continue to drive ODF interest, and continue to represent OOo > at ODF events; and continue to represent, as much as I can, as energetically > as I can, to the world. I have no animus toward LibreOffice, though I do > have my share of doubts; but my spirit is stamped with OOo, its community, > its goal, of providing reliable and reliably, the best productivity tools > there are to the most people. > This is good to hear, and if we need 10m per year lets work out strategies to generate it. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 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 send email to dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@marketing.openoffice.org with Subject: help
