On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:25:34 +0200, you wrote: >2012/6/4 drew <[email protected]> > >> >> What? Look each group, all groups form a culture, there is one forming >> here and there is one forming at the other project. It has nothing to do >> with where the members of the group come from, both projects, both >> groups of people are fairly diverse as individuals. >> > >Let's reserve the definition of a culture to real cultures. Not some >fictive "you and I form one culture, Tony and I another, the same for >Dwayne and I, Tony and Dwayne, you and Tony and you and Dwayne" type of >nonsense. > >Your argument that these groups cannot join forces because they come from >different places code-wise is the kind of xenophobic and bigoted >close-mindedness this project, and the whole open source community for that >matter, could do without. > > >> There are also some real differences at play here - many of those >> differences are technical in nature, some are of a business model type >> and others are just colloquial in nature, but they are all valid >> differences of opinion between intelligent individuals. >> > >These are small differences. Differences that are easily set aside (all is >fair in love and war) - if both parties want it enough - if both parties >care more about creating the world's finest office suite than they do >sowing disunity, flaunting their egos, or showcasing their hatred for a >third party (Oracle) that isn't even around any more. > >Right now there is no guarantee that either project is going to thrive, >> I hope that both do. One thing that I am sure of is that trying to treat >> either as some how stunting the other, or of not being legitimate in and >> of their own efforts will harm both in the long run. >> > >That was never the argument either. The argument was that since these two >projects are almost identical - rather than keeping them apart and >developing two mediocre products, we should join them together to develop >one extraordinary product. > >Mikkel
RIGHT ON! There is only so much programming and engineering talent out there WHY IN HELLS NAME DIVIDE IT......!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
