If YOU (the reader) disagree with a specific statement in the original post (shown below if you really need to see it), please be specific about which statement and how you would fix the statement. As an example, some clarification was provided that left me less confused with respect to the developers currently working on the project.

Off hand, I agree with the general facts of the statements. I see that some take issue with the tenor; I disagree with that but I also see it as mostly irrelevant with respect to the facts.

Oh, and I tip my hat to you Mr. Phipps for your starting this:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Current+Status+FAQ

Seems you digested this much better than I.

On 03/13/2012 12:25 PM, Simon Phipps wrote:
Hi all,

Probably because of all the progress being made towards a v3.4 release, I have 
been getting an increasing number of enquiries about the status of Apache 
OpenOffice from a variety of sources.  I'm attempting, in good faith, to 
maintain an objective status summary the Apache OpenOffice incubator project to 
report to these enquiries.

I've had a commentator assert that the statements below are uninformed and 
made-up. I believe based on my observations all of the following statements to 
be true about the Apache project; can you let me know if they are not, please, 
so I can present a factual status of the project when asked?
The Apache OpenOffice project will be releasing a new binary under the new name 
"Apache OpenOffice" at some point soon, which will probably be numbered v3.4.
The release is being developed by a subset of the original developers augmented 
by others.
There have been no updates to OpenOffice.org binaries released for users since 
Oracle stopped development.
There will be no new versions of a binary program called OpenOffice.org 
released.
No downloads of OpenOffice.org containing bug fixes or security updates have 
been made available for end users since Oracle stopped development.
The Apache OpenOffice project now controls the original OpenOffice.org domain 
(via the ASF) and plans to use it for future promotion of the Apache OpenOffice 
project.
The Apache OpenOffice project is still in incubation and has not yet requested 
graduation to a TLP.
Thanks for your help with this.

S.



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