Thanks, Rob. Yes, I was able to send yesterday but messages are being bounced today.Regards, Terry P.S. Sorry about emailing you personally. That should not have happened and I don't know why it did.
>________________________________ >From: Rob Weir <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; Terry <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 10:49 AM >Subject: Re: [Proposal] Change in Apache OpenOffice.org Branding... > >On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Terry <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, floris >> >> >> I mistook David's email as one on the marketing mail list. The topic of >> re-branding is being discussed there. I was about to suggest people >> subscribe to that list but I noticed while composing this reply that an >> email I sent to the list has just been bounced. If you want to subscribe >> notwithstanding, the address to subscribe is >> [email protected] >> >> Regards, Terry >> >> P.S. I forwarded the mailer-daemon email to the marketing list's owner and >> that also has now bounced. >> > >Terry, you are subscribed to the ooo-marketing list. I see a post >by you from yesterday. So something is working. Make sure you are >posting to ooo-marketing@[email protected] > >-Rob > >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>>From: floris v <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 9:38 AM >>>Subject: Re: [Proposal] Change in Apache OpenOffice.org Branding... >>> >>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> ________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>><snip> >>>>> >>>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. >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>><snip> >>> >>> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > >
