On 10/18/2010 01:52 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
This clearly shows that we are acting properly, and the people assuming
that we are calling or considering them "Oracle bad guys" are wrong.
I think it's a challenge for people not in the inner circle of the OOo
community (most of us) to differentiate between Oracle the company,
which is rebuffing LibO (apparently), and Oracle the set of individuals,
who have worked so hard over many years to make OOo great.
I don't know the Oracle employees, but I've heard many good things said
about them on this list. I think Oracle the company is
wrong/bad/a-disappointment for not wanting to join LibO. An independent
foundation was contemplated from the beginning of opening OOo, Oracle
should have expected it to come eventually if they didn't make it
themselves, and it is the best way to encourage outside collaboration
(which has been a big problem). By choosing not to join, Oracle will
create an unnecessary split, duplication of effort for developers, and
at least temporary confusion for users. If they continue to not
participate or donate the OOo trademark, I think OOo will wither and
LibO will grow -- but it's an unnecessary growing pain to have users
learn that LibO is the more active continuation of the OOo suite they've
already become used to. On the other hand, in the long term, having TDF
against Oracle's will is better than not having TDF.
----Jon
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