On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 16:33 +0100, Stefan Weigel wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Am 10.01.2011 15:09, schrieb drew: > > On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 11:21 +0100, Stefan Weigel wrote: > >> That´s why I even advocate closing down http://libreofficeforum.org/ > > > > I could not disagree more strongly. He had every right to open that > > site, I don't like it, to say you can arbitrarily shut it down because > > it does not fit with your likings is the type of action that I am here > > to work against. > > Please don´t get me wrong! (which could happen, if you quote my > statement without its rationale!) > > Of course anybody has the right to establish a forum for whatever > she/he likes.
I am glad you agree with me that the owner of libreofficeforum.org had the right to open such a site. > > But it is my personal conviction, that opening > http://libreofficeforum.org/ as yet another forum, although there > were already well-established forums, is no benefit for the project > or community. There were discussions about this in October last > year, as well as there have been discussions about this today. > There´s quite a lot of community members, who basically say the > same: There is no need for more and more forums in parallel. > > What would you say, if people came up with multiple LibreOffice > websites in parallel? What would you say, if people came up with > multiple LibreOffice mailing lists in parallel? You have every right > to open a website or mailing list about LibreOffice besides the > existing one. But does it make sense? Is it good for the project and > the community, after all? > > The same is for forums. No you are mixing apples and oranges when comparing the two types of sites, IMO. But even if that where not true, there is this: LibreOffice not OpenOffice. The application is not the same, and the organization is not the same. What part of that do you disagree with, please. Thanks Drew -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
