On 12/13/05, Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No doubt that it helps OOo, if the advantages in sence of honust & open > are communicated well. And it is possible and useful to show the > difference with MS. However, that has to be done without putting people > off, becoming unpolite or making other marketing-mistakes. > > Many of the contributions I see here, regardless they are true or not, > are not the way to bring that message to the public. This is not meant > as critisism. > > I do not know what hase been discussed on the marketing-list the past > years, but to me that's the right place for fine-tuning this idea. > > Greetings, > Cor >
Has anyone considered yet the virtuous approach to this debacle and simply not responding to what you deem as being irrelevant? You can comment, but at this moment this has become a flame war, and I'm not sure this is condusive to anyone on this list, or the "OpenOffice.org" project in general. Ahem. Have to type it correctly. Mmhmm. If anyone remember's their elementary school years, if you feed a troll, they'll keep looking for more. I do not feel that any of us, except maybe for Daniel, and only because he's diffused so many flame wars, is really in a position to criticize anyone else. So a post pro, or against Microsoft gets on the list. And does this matter? Not significantly. An individual can only speak one sided for a period of time before they will either get bored, or get the hint that "No one's listening, or wants to hear it." Responding with hostility will only strengthen their resolve, and also make them vindictive for that matter. Stop trying to moderate others on this list, and let us start moderating ourselves instead. Everything else will come out in the wash. Rigel
