Op 27-10-2011 23:52, Terry schreef:
I do not understand the point Michael made in that email. Is he suggesting that no version number be used?
Terry
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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
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With lots of rewriting and going back to old software like myspell any
version number seems to me a very dubious affair. You might just as well
restart with Apache OOo 1.0. A higher version number suggests, after
all, that the developers built on an older version and added stuff and
removed bugs. Here the story is very different. It's probably my biggest
objection to this rebranding: there are quite a few annoying bugs and
shortcomings that have plagued users for years, and instead of tackling
those, the developers are discarding stuff that works in favour of old
software that may not work quite as well. Really.
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