I do not understand the point Michael made in that email. Is he suggesting that no version number be used?
Terry >________________________________ >From: David H. Lipman <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 1:44 AM >Subject: Re: [Proposal] Change in Apache OpenOffice.org Branding... > >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] > > > >
