A quick announcement: We just created yesterday a new marketing mailing list for the project. They are also discussing the AOOo branding issues there. If you have an interest in the topic, and related marketing topics, I invite you to join that list, where you would be most welcome.
To join, send an email to: [email protected]. You will receive a confirmation email which you will then need to respond to. Regards, -Rob On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Michael Acevedo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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! > > Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
