On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 12:39:16 PM -0500, William Case ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> It is frustrating because I diligently went to www.openoffice.org > and then [email protected], joining the discuss mailing > list. Now I am being told to go elsewhere. It is exactly the type of > confusion I was talking about. OK, then that has _nothing_ to do with mailing lists per se, has it? What you complain about, if I understand you, is that it is not really, immediately clear to a newcomer which mailing list is THE one to join for each specific problem. Yes, this confusion is a problem actually, and you're not the first to have reported it. Personally, unfortunately I cannot help the problem, but the more it is reported, the greatest the probability that it is solved some day. > I was hoping to discuss the pro's and con's of my submission so I > could determine what is welcomed and what is feasible and where I > could best help. then this list wasn't such a bad place to start from. > At one point in my life, I used to be a political campaign manager. We > used to always set up a policy committee to which we assigned the > blowhards that were supporters but who never did anything. I have the > distinct feeling that I am being put on the policy committee. that's not exactly the way I'd describe the problem, but it's hard to deny that the end, practical result is, too often, essentially the same. Again, this is why those other websites (ooauthors, oomacros etc...) were born. -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your own life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
