Same here. Great to see you here, Eike. /don
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote: > On 23 Jun 2011, at 23:15, Eike Rathke wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Before I wade through the 908 messages that I pulled from the archive > > let me introduce myself briefly (you may already have read some of the > > following elsewhere..) > > > > I live in Hamburg, Germany. > > > > I was working on StarOffice/OpenOffice.org full time since I joined > > StarDivision in 1993, and the StarCalc spreadsheet application's team in > > 1994. > > > > My main field of activity is the Calc spreadsheet core engine, formula > > compiler and interpreter. > > > > I'm also deeply involved with the OpenOffice.org internationalization > > (i18n) framework, partly arisen from the various needs of the number > > parser/formatter used in Calc and other OOo applications, coordinating > > the related work. Support of new locales, enhancements and changes to > > locale data are my main interest there. > > > > Co-Lead of the OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet application project. > > Co-Lead of the localization (l10n) project for the i18n framework. > > > > Since 2006 I'm a member of the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF) > > committee, mainly working on the formula specification (OpenFormula aka > > ODFF). > > > > Since 2008 a (passive) liaison member of the Unicode Consortium, > > representing OpenOffice.org. > > > > Since 2010 an elected member of the OpenOffice.org Community Council. > > > > I love sailing offshore and cycling onshore. > > > > I'm known on the net as erAck. > > > > > > I join as an individual, not as an Oracle employee. > > > > OOo is my baby and I'd like to further nurture and support its > > development now that it left parental home after 18 years ;-) > > > > My dream is a collaboration between LO and OOo. > > > > Eike > > Great to hear from you again, Eike. While my association with OOo is > shorter and smaller than yours (and most of the other Hamburg friends who > have said hello here) I share your dream :-) > > S. > >
