The best response that can be given to such statements is a stable and reliable binary release of Apache OpenOffice for as many platforms as possible.
I like to think that AOO is not in a market-share competition with LO. Both projects aim towards delivering a working, reliable office suite that can be freely used and distributed. There is a relevant difference, however, in licensing terms. AOO would cater to users that are more comfortable with the Apache License than the GPL/LGPL user by LO. As for my experience: * User since StarOffice for OS/2 (yes, that was some time ago) * Volunteer translator since OpenOffice.org 2 * Brazilian community co-lead with Claudio from 2002 to 2007 * Debated and promoted ODF within the Brazilian Federal Government since 2006 when I participated in a debate regarding Digital Text Documents with Microsoft and Adobe at the Brazilian House of Representatives. * Supplied training for public and private sector enterprises in Brasília (Brazil) from 2004 to 2007 * Developed and supported OpenOffice.org deployments for public sector clients in Brasília from 2004 to 2007 * Symphony and ODF evangelist and informal support at IBM's Brasilia Branch office Since 2007, I have been working at IBM but, with the exception of the last bullet, all activities were prior to my employment and the migration of the codebase to Apache. 2012/3/12 Rob Weir <[email protected]> > I jest,of course. > > But seriously, there are some claiming that "all" of the > OpenOffice.org project went over to LibreOffice and that the Apache > has zero experience with this code base. I know this sounds crazy, > but how can we best refute that statement? > > Here's my idea: Respond to this note and tell me how many years > experience you have working with OpenOffice. This could be in any > capacity, as a coder, tester, documentation, marketing, forum > volunteer, whatever. Please count relevant work with related > projects, such as Symphony, BSD ports, OOo4Kids, ODF, etc. as well. > How many years were you doing this before the project came to Apache? > > If I get a good number of responses I'll put together an infographic on > this. > > Regards, > > -Rob > -- Roberto Salomon http://notaslivres.webhop.net
