From: "Michael Acevedo" <[email protected]> > Hi, > > I have been reading the OOo forum and first let me congratulate the Apache > OOo team in > completing the transition of the source code earlier this month. As for my > proposal, it > stems from one statement made in the OpenOffice.org Forums indicating that > "Fundamentally, > as a project "OpenOffice.org" is done." If the following is true I think it > creates a > great opportunity to refresh the OpenOffice.org brand. My proposal has the > following > provision: - > Drop the "3" or "3.4" suffix from the OpenOffice.org name and either leave > the office > suite name as "Apache OpenOffice.org" or "Apache OpenOffice.org 4 * The > rationale for > this > provision is the fact that the OOo code will undergo (or has > undergone substantial rewriting) to allow the source code to be compliant > with the > Apache > 2.0. licence scheme. * Furthermore, IBM's decision to donate Lotus Symphony > to Apache > will > most likely result in a "code merger" with the Apache OpenOffice project > which will > result > in a very altered (compared to today's) OpenOffice.org source code. Well > that's the > basic > idea behind proposal and I think the brand refresh will be beneficial for the > Apache OOo > project. > Again, thank you for your time and keep up the good work! >
I agree with all aspects of what Michael suggests and has stated. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
