On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > I move that there is no need to continue to fuel the fires of AOO vs > LO. The PPMC is now effective at ignoring anti-AOO materials on our > own lists. I suggest the PPMC should further silence inflammatory > posts that are anti-LO on our lists. >
And what about negative posts about AOO? Shoul we "silence" those? I hope not. Negative posts from users (within some bounds of decorum) is valuable feedback to the project. I think we should value frank discourse about the product and where it falls short. I don't think we expect users to be familiar with The Apache Way or even mailing lists in general. We see all sorts of disorderly conduct on ooo-users, from SCREAMING ALL CAPS, to flames, etc. Project members, on the other hand, should lead by example, and focus on constructive comments. So although I agree with your sentiment here, I think we need to be very careful when considering "silencing inflammatory posts" in general, since a ham fisted approach would also silence criticism of AOO, which is valuable to receive. -Rob > For example, a recent post on ooo-users said: > > "The LO guys should have thought about that before forking OpenOffice > following Novell's siren's call. (remember the first major fork of > OpenOffice was Novell's Go-OO which incorporated the MS OOXML > support). > > In fact, it was their actions that killed the commercial prospects of > StarOffice, which Oracle had renamed "Oracle Open Office" (without the > .org)." > > I suggest that the ooo-users list is not the place for these kinds of > opinions, regardless of their validity. This is especially true when > they are made in response to a positive comment, which was "The main > goal has always been to create the best Office suite possible - so > let's unite around that." > > Our communities need to be welcoming. There is no chance of creating > unity if disunity is the response. I'm not suggesting this be tackled > onlist, that can be counter-productive too. I'm merely highlighting it > and encouraging individuals on the PPMC who agree with me to consider > sending a polite but firm request to stay focused on helping users on > the ooo-users list. > > Ross
