On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 12:22 +0000, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > I think we are right to keep offering both help and shared resources to > OpenOffice. By co-operating with each other we can achieve more and faster > since we both share a common competitor that dominates the market. Winning > users from each other is small-fry compared with the user-base we could win > from > our common competition. Oracle do occasionally reject our help but they need > us > more than we need them. Eventually they might start accepting our help so > lets > not give up offering.
If you think what they, the OOoDEV team, are offering is to HELP the Oracle/OO.o effort, then I believe you are mistaken. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: drew <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 14 February, 2011 11:13:06 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Starting something like LibreCon > > On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 09:38 +0100, Volker Merschmann wrote: > > Hi Tobias, > > > > 2011/2/14 public sector <[email protected]>: > > > in my eyes the development of the projects OOo and LO hasn't much split > > > yet > > > and so why aren't we using (if possible) the OOoCon for as a platform for > > > presentation and knowledge transfer. We are a fork but I don't think we > > > are > > > enemies. We also have to think of the costumers the most part of the > > > presentations might be interesting for both LO and OOo Users. > > > > > Nice idea, but did you read on the german lists about the > > participation at CeBit-Fair? > > OOo had been offered to have a shared booth with TDF/LO, but they > > denied because developers from Oracle would not have been able > > (=allowed) to be present there. > > So no way for that. > > Of course, they (Oracle) knows what you are trying to do, and they are > rightly (correctly) not going to give it to you. > > We, made our choice and choices have consequences - so get over it, and > get on with it. > > My opinion. > > Drew > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
