Re: Enquiry

Thanks Simon. On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, Simon Phipps wrote: > Dear Naomi, > > Following Internet norms, my reply to your message is below. > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Naomi > wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > I googled my name to find that your company has saved my messages to two >

Re: [NOMINATION] Dennis Hamilton for Apache OpenOffice PMC Chair

Dennis, Thank you for this... the project will be well served. +1 On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > It's my birthday and it just seemed a good idea to move the needle on > Priority #1. I'm rather uncomfortable about self-nomination yet I figure > the conversations

Re: [VOTE] New Apache OpenOffice PMC Chair

Voting Yes (binding). Louis definitely has the passion. Whomever takes the reins, the project has much to improve. A re-energized PMC and community is critical. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 31 December 2014 I wrote to this list that I would be available to > res

Re: Nominations for a new PMC Chair

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > Sounds a bit like the Marcons for marketing in the original OO.o project. > > > > Right. But I hope it is clear to everyone that the main difference > between OOo and AOO is not the lack o

Apache OpenOffice - Best Free Software 2014

Best free software of 2014: OpenOffice Wishing everyone volunteering in Apache OpenOffice a Happy New Year! /don

Re: Concerns about the AOO community

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Dave Barton wrote: > Chuck Davis wrote: > > I've seen quite a number of new people show up here lately > > indicating interest coming from someplace. If one out of 10 of them > > sticks and becomes a regular contributor the project is in a very > > good position I

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 (RC4)

+1 Onwards! On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > Hi all, > > this is a call for vote on releasing the available release candidate > (RC4) as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0. > > Apache OpenOffice 4.1 is a minor update with many bugfixes and at least > 2 major improvements. It's the

Re: Coverage of 4.0 Release

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Hagar Delest wrote: > Le 26/07/2013 01:50, Peter Junge a écrit : > > On 7/26/2013 12:18 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Pavel Janík wrote: > Rob, > > On Jul

Re: AOO 4.0 Release Feedback

+1 (!) Great job everyone, and especially to our Release Manager. On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to say some words to our release because of some private stuff > I wasn't able to participate "live" in the end phase. But I tried at > least to catch up som

Re: Starting Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice Module

Scott, Welcome! There's always a need for great documentation. Check out our Community wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Help+Wanted You will see the link to the Documentation wiki http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation Feel free to ask any questions yo

Re: [VOTE]: Release OpenOffice 4.0 (RC2)

+1 (!) On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Andrew Rist wrote: > +1Release this package as Apache OpenOffice 4.0 > > > > On 7/17/2013 12:40 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >> [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache OpenOffice 4.0 >> [ ] 0 Don't care >> [ ] -1 Do not release this package b

Re: New Extensions website goes live!

Great stuff and perfect timing... thanks Roberto and SF! On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Roberto Galoppini < roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/7/9 Roberto Galoppini > > > > > > > > > 2013/7/8 Rob Weir > > > >> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Roberto Galoppini > >> wrote: > >> > We a

Re: [VOTE]: Release OpenOffice 4.0 (RC)

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > Hi all, > > this is a call for vote on releasing the following release candidate as > Apache OpenOffice 4.0. This will be an important release for Apache > OpenOffice with bigger visible UI changes. It is a key milestone to > continue the su

Re: [PRESS MENTION] New York Times

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Donald Harbison > > > wrote: > > Well, if you read the latest MS-Office review in today's NYT[1] you'll > see > > the focus mostly on the new pricing. Then at the summary the aut

[PRESS MENTION] New York Times

Well, if you read the latest MS-Office review in today's NYT[1] you'll see the focus mostly on the new pricing. Then at the summary the author brings up the fact that you don't need to buy it, just grab OpenOffice. Great mention! Onward to 100M "Office is still enormous, complex and sprawling

Re: Proposal: pr...@openoffice.apache.org alias

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Currently we point press inquires to priv...@openoffice.apache.org. I > think it would be more professional to use an address like > pr...@openoffice.apache.org or even me...@openoffice.apache.org. But > I don't think we want to maintain anoth

Re: [Call For QA Volunteers] AOO UI IAccessible2 testing work

Hi Steve Yin, Steve Lee from OpenDirectives is keen to help get the testing started. He's new to AOO, but an old hand with A11Y work. He's very well connected to the accessibility community and will be able to help us connect with experts for the testing process. Take it away Steve (Lee), /don

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 respin to support 8 new languages

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > Hi all, > > this is a call for vote on releasing a minor respin of Apache OpenOffice > 3.4.1 to support 8 new languages (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmal, > Polish, Korean, Basque, Asturian, Scottish Gaelic). The Hungarian > version is repa

Re: 30 million downloads, year end blog post

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Just noticed that we hit the 30 million download mark for AOO 3.4 on > December 22nd. > > That is a nice, round number. Maybe we should do a year end blog > post, summarizing our achievements in 2012? > > Any ideas for content? > A nice timeli

Re: AOO.Next IBM Priorities

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Steve Lee wrote: > Steve Lee > OpenDirective - opendirective.com > On Nov 2, 2012 7:59 AM, "Andre Fischer" wrote: > > > > On 01.11.2012 17:45, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: > >> > >> A quick note, wearing my "IBM hat". > >> > >> We (IBM) have consulted with custom

Re: Ask OpenOffice -- The Apache OpenOffice project invites your questions

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Do you have a question about Apache OpenOffice? Something you always > wondered about the product? Or a question about the OpenOffice open > source project? > Great idea! > > Ask OpenOffice -- The Apache OpenOffice project invites your > q

Re: Call for papers: ApacheCon North America, Portland, Feb 2013

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > We are busy talking about other conferences at the moment (both in Europe: > ApacheCon Europe in Sinsheim in two weeks and FOSDEM in Brussels in > February 2013) but especially those who live in the US may be pleased to > know that the webs

Re: Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2013

{forgive top posting} First off, thanks for leading the charge at FOSDEM. On this side of the Atlantic we need to gear up on ACNA and figure out what we want to do, and who will be available. (excuses here, for a small delay) Let's get the devroom right as a priority. IMHO. Points 2 and 3 would b

Re: ApacheCon EU Survey

On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Ross Gardler wrote: > I still think you are missing my point. I would like to know if AOO people > found the event useful in learning about the ASF, hence my original > observation "You missed how useful was it in learning about the ASF' Let's ask Andrea et al to

Re: ApacheCon NA: CFP final days & Early Bird registration open!

On Friday, November 9, 2012, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > On 11/09/2012 09:59 AM, Donald Harbison wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> >> Well I am planning on attending, but not certain about submitting a >>> proposal, AND

Re: ApacheCon NA: CFP final days & Early Bird registration open!

quot;Apache Committers’ Super-Saver Rate". :/ > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Donald Harbison >wrote: > > > Apologies for top posting. > > > > I realize that everyone must be very tired from the excellent effort > > putting on the Apache OpenOffice

Fwd: ApacheCon NA: CFP final days & Early Bird registration open!

Apologies for top posting. I realize that everyone must be very tired from the excellent effort putting on the Apache OpenOffice track at ACE this week. More on that in a separate thread. For ACNA I recommend we call on our volunteers in the Americas to step up.To get the ball rolling, I put in a

Re: Call for papers: ApacheCon North America, Portland, Feb 2013

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 23/10/2012 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > >> especially those who live in the US may be pleased >> to know that the website of the next ApacheCon North America is online: >> http://na.apachecon.com/ >> The conference will take place in Portlan

Re: How is the conference going in SinSheim?

@Andrea, OK, I updated FB and G+ and kicked off a tweet...will follow with more as you and the HH team post more updates. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Donald Harbison wrote: > Great stuff Andrea! > > I really like your Personal story. Very well done. > > We'll tweet a

Re: How is the conference going in SinSheim?

Great stuff Andrea! I really like your Personal story. Very well done. We'll tweet and tie back to these posts from FB and G+. Keep it coming! ...your recommendations with respect to ACNA are most welcome. We will need to figure that out very quickly with CFP closing very soon. On Wed, Nov 7, 2

Re: Community Session

Very cool! Can this image be embedded in one of Andrea's daily reports? On Wednesday, November 7, 2012, Andrew Rist wrote: > > > > > Click to view interactively: http://360.io/LWdsMb > Captured with > > > *** stock iPhone disclaimer ***

Re: Updated CNet Editors' Review: AOO 3.4.1: "Spectacular", 5 stars

Great catch. Thx. On Wednesday, November 7, 2012, Rob Weir wrote: > Just noticing now, but CNet added a review of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 > back on October 16th: > > > http://download.cnet.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-18483_4-10263109.html?tag=mncol;1 > > Overall it is a good review. Main criticism i