On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Richard S. Hall <he...@ungoverned.org>wrote:
> On 6/5/11 7:49 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Richard S. Hall<he...@ungoverned.org >> >wrote: >> >> I don't think the proposal here is for OOo to enter incubation and then >>> try >>> to copy everything that TDF/LO does. I assume the proposers have a vision >>> for where they want to go, even though they may be starting from the same >>> place. >>> >>> I'm not clear how safe that assumption is - that's what I have been >> waiting >> to see explained for quite a while actually. Rob has been strong on >> long-term abstract vision (clearly more omniscient than me), but any time >> specifics of what (& how) is going to happen in the immediate future in >> terms of maintaining the important consumer end-user presence >> OpenOffice.org >> delivers, things get pretty fuzzy and hand-wavey. >> > > Even if the answer is, "We don't have a short-term plan for all of the > consumers." I don't really see that as some smoking gun that says they can't > enter incubation. Granted, it would be nice if the brand weren't hurt in the > process, but at the same time I don't see how we can hold an incubator > project accountable for all of that...even if it is their goal to do so. > I actually agree, but as I say so far I have not seen even that as a statement. S.
