> -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2011 8:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ooo blog > > Am 07/09/2011 12:05 AM, schrieb David McKay: > > Doesn't the dropping of the .org imply renaming the product not just > > the project? The name of the product is OpenOffice.org because the > > name OpenOffice was registered elsewhere. If the new name was 'Apache > > OpenOffice' would that be different enough from the other OpenOffice > > (a company inthe Netherlands I believe) to not cause problems? > > I don't know, I'm not a lawyer. It was just a hint to think about new things. > You know: new game --> new possibilities. ;-) > > > Back when it was Sun's OpenOffice.org and then Oracle's OpenOffice.org > > the 'Sun' and 'Oracle' didn't make it into part of the product name > > It was the decision of the companies not to do it. > > > itself. (I'm just curious. I'd like to see the back of the .org > > myself.) > > That's OK. > > BTW: > Publish permission means I can write articles
correct > and admin rights means to write > articles *and* to moderate comments. Right? Correct, and also to be able to 'invite' * others into a admin/publish role. * Note invitations must be to existing blog accounts, and blog accounts are created by Infra (mainly me) and are not LDAP aware at this stage. Gav... > > Marcus > > > > > On 08/07/11 22:36, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > >> AFAIK we have not yet decided if we want to remove the ".org" > >> extension or keep like it was in the old project. > >> > >> BTW: > >> What will be the URL name? > >> > >> So, before a name will be setup we should clarify these things first. > >> > >> Marcus > >> > >> > >> > >> Am 07/08/2011 11:16 PM, schrieb Gavin McDonald: > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>> Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2011 6:06 AM > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: RE: ooo-dev list subscriber stats? > >>>> > >>>> +1: > >>>> > >>>> "- introduce an AOOo blog so that the Community can follow our > >>>> progress." > >>> > >>> Ok, so nobody has approached Infra yet, I'll be proactive and create > >>> it, then we need a list of people who will be admins and those that > >>> will be publishers. > >>> > >>> Let's start with the name of blog, unlike other things, the blog > >>> name should be permanent and reflect the name that the project will > >>> have upon graduation to a TLP. (Migrating/renaming blogs is a royal > >>> pita so we don't do it.) > >>> > >>> Apache openoffice.org should be the name of the Blog ? > >>> > >>> Gav... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 09:44 > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: ooo-dev list subscriber stats? > >>>> > >>>> Hi Manfred, > >>>> > >>>>> did you check all the other (not US/UK) user ML as well? > >>>> > >>>> No, I did it mostly out of curiosity. Although I speak multiple > >>>> computer languages, my human language skills are English with a > >>>> little high school German over 30 years ago. > >>>> > >>>> If others know .... > >>>> > >>>>> IMHO we need a statement for all the current subscribers on the > >>>>> actual user MLs. You can hardly regain customers you lost. > >>>> > >>>> Agreed. Someone should write an announcement for use to > disseminate. > >>>> > >>>> An announcement should probably include: > >>>> > >>>> - introduce AOOo (incubating) > >>>> - a promise that all bugs, user forums, and mailing lists will be > >>>> migrated carefully and people can continue as now. > >>>> - a call for developers (code and documentation) to join us on > >>>> ooo-dev w/ a mention and link to the Apache Way. > >>>> > >>>> - introduce an AOOo blog so that the Community can follow our > progress. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Dave > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ## Manfred - (android) mobil - please excuse typos Am 08.07.2011 > >>>>> 15:53 schrieb "Dave Fisher"<[email protected]>: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Jul 8, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Is there a way for list moderators to get a tally of list > >>>>>>> subscribers? > >>>>>>> Or is this an admin permission? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On another thread and list I saw this: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> "Email ooo-dev-help@ from your moderator address for more > >>>> information." > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm interesting in knowing how many people are currently > >>>>>>> subscribed, especially a sense of the ratio of "lurkers" to > >>>>>>> active participants, contributors to users, etc. This could be > >>>>>>> one indication of whether we are ready for a ooo-user list now. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have been lurking on [email protected] - there have been > >>>>> approximately 130 emails since June 24. Not a very high volume I > >>>>> haven't seen anything regarding Apache OOo. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Dave
