Bonjour, C'est une bonne nouvelle pour le projet OpenOffice : collaborer au code ce n'est pas uniquement faire du marketing pour un produit.
@+, Stéphane. Le 14 juil. 2011 à 13:39, eric b a écrit : > Bonjour, > > Ci-dessous, le mail initial de Rob Weir (IBM). L'entreprise IBM, qui n'a pas > toujours été un bon citoyen d'OpenOffice.org, semble vouloir elle aussi > améliorer son image auprès de la communauté OpenOffice.org. > > Depuis, et pour compléter cette information importante, dans un échange entre > Malte Timmermann et Yong Lin ma (IBM aussi), celui-ci a confirmé que ce > serait TOUT Symphony qui serait contribué en retour à apache OpenOffice.org, > sous licence Apache (!!). > > > Je cite l'échange (partiel) entre Malte et Yong Lin Ma : > > "... On 14.07.2011 05:09, Yong Lin Ma wrote: > >> ... >> We are willing to contribute the whole Symphony to community. The code >> would be available to the community. (The C++ part of Symphony, also >> the counterpart of OO.o in Symphony). >> > > ..." > > > Même s'il faudra quelques mois pour se relever, et produire à nouveau, > OpenOffice.org a encore de beau jours :-) > > > Cordialement, > Eric Bachard > > > Début du message réexpédié : > >> De : Rob Weir <apa...@robweir.com> >> Date : 14 juillet 2011 00:00:57 HAEC >> À : ooo-...@incubator.apache.org >> Objet : Symphony contribution >> >> I'm sending this with my IBM "hat". >> >> I'm going to be speaking at the ODF Plugfest in Berlin Friday afternoon, and >> will be making some announcements. I wanted you to hear this first, before >> anyone else knows. >> >> You know about IBM Lotus Symphony, our free (as in beer) product which is >> based on OOo. We're doing well with it, I think. Along with various >> numerous interop, performance enhancements and functional/bug fixes, we've >> done some significant work in the accessibility and user interface in >> general. If you saw recently, PC Magazine gave Symphony >> 3.0 its "Editors' Choice Award" [1]. In the review they praised the >> "interface that's been tweaked by IBM to make it by far the >> user-friendliest no-cost productivity suite, and one's that's friendly >> enough to rival the spacious and informative interface that Microsoft >> created for Office 2010 and that Apple created for iWork '09." So the UI >> enhancements are getting some notice. >> >> However, we at IBM have not been exemplary community members when it came to >> OpenOffice.org. This wasn't necessarily by design, but for various reasons, >> that was the effect. Yes, we participated in various community councils, >> and sponsored conferences and worked together on standards. But when it >> came down to the code, we maintained Symphony essentially as a fork, and >> although we occasionally contributed code back, we did not do this well, or >> often. >> >> We'd like to make some changes in how we do things, and the fresh start at >> Apache is a good opportunity for this. >> >> We will be doing the following: >> >> First, we're going to contribute the standalone version of Lotus Symphony to >> the Apache OpenOffice.org project, under the Apache 2.0 license. We'll >> also work with project members to prioritize which pieces make sense to >> integrate into OpenOffice. For example, we'vecalready done a lot of work >> with replacing GPL/LPGL dependencies. Using the Symphony code could help >> accelerate that work and get us to an AOOo release faster. We've already >> converted the help files to DITA, which could help accelerate that work, if >> we chose to go in that direction. >> >> Aside from the work that would help accelerate getting AOOo to our first >> release, we've also added other features that I think we should consider >> merging in. For example, the IAccessible2 work which helps Symphony work >> better with assistive technology. I know an older version of this work >> sits in an OOo CWS someplace, but it will be >> easier to integrate that work if we start with our latest code. We've also >> added VBA macro support, which is great for MS Office interop. >> >> Also, as the PC Magazine review notes, we've done some really good UI work. >> I invite you to download Symphony [2] and take a closer look at >> this. Yes, it is different from what OOo has today. And a move of that >> magnitude has an impact on documentation and translations as well. But the >> feedback we've received from customers and reviewers is very positive. Do >> we integrate parts of the Symphony UI? That is something for the project to >> discuss and decide on. >> >> Finally, we will be proposing [3] a new incubation project at Apache, for >> the ODF Toolkit. These Java libraries enable new kinds of lightweight >> document processing applications. We think this would work well as an >> Apache project, and we look forward to moving that into incubation and >> developing that complementary project forward. >> >> So that's essentially what I'll be announcing on Friday. The above >> contributions will occur over the next couple of months, starting with the >> ODF Toolkit. I hope you see the exciting possibilities as much as I do. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> [1] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387439,00.asp >> >> [2] http://symphony.lotus.com/ >> >> [3] http://odftoolkit.org/projects/odftoolkit/pages/ApacheProposal > > -- > qɔᴉɹə > Education Project: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project > Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page > L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org > Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news > > > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@fr.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@fr.openoffice.org with Subject: help
