Re: [VOTE][RESULT] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-13 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
A (v)olunteer on the committer roster me too, if allowed M. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-12 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
[  ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [  ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [  ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +/- 0 (non binding) I am still going back and forth, on whether or not. against: I understand very well most of the arguments from André

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
2011/6/7 robert_w...@us.ibm.com By my count we have now have over 60 individuals listed on as proposed committers for the Apache OpenOffice project.   I think this is a respectable start, though obviously the project will need to have a strong commitment to recruiting additional developers

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
upps forgot ... reunification if somehow possible ... to be even stronger ;-) ( please observe: in reunification we as germans have some experiences ;-) ) 2011/6/9 Manfred A. Reiter ma.rei...@gmail.com: [...] Interested in helping: Marketing, OOo in education sector, fundraising

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Christoph, 2011/6/9 Christoph Jopp j...@gmx.de: Am 09.06.2011 18:32, schrieb Manfred A. Reiter: upps forgot ... reunification if somehow possible ... to be even stronger ;-) ( please observe: in reunification we as germans have some experiences ;-) ) I hope it will not take 40 years

Re: A little OOo history

2011-06-08 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Dear -Rob, all, 2011/6/7 robert_w...@us.ibm.com: [...] We should be able to check the math from another direction.  Microsoft claims something like 400 million Office users.  Studies looking at OOo install share show approximately 10%.  Pick some random number between 6 and 12 months.  

Re: A little OOo history

2011-06-08 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi -Rob 2011/6/7 robert_w...@us.ibm.com: Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote on 06/07/2011 03:43:56 PM: robert_w...@us.ibm.com: Not surprisingly, you missed my point (or chose to ignore it). We at Honestly, your insult does surprise me. Apache don't think that money is evil, but we

Re: A little OOo history

2011-06-07 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi all, 2011/6/7 Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com: Some of you know I was closely involved in the original open-sourcing of StarDivision code as OpenOffice.org.  I'm also an Apache Member.  Thought some of the current discussions could benefit from a tiny bit of (no axe to grind) history.

Re: Re-Introduction

2011-06-07 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Flo, 2011/6/7 Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org: Hi Rob, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote on 2011-06-07 18.17: [...] let's forget about it. I'm not made out of sugar, as we have a saying in Germany. an another one: Der Klügere gibt nach. But, please, everyone, let's

Re: A little OOo history

2011-06-07 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi André, *, Am 7. Juni 2011 19:32 schrieb André Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net: Hi, Am 07.06.2011 17:51, schrieb Manfred A. Reiter: In Switzerland, there is the brand name Open Office as well. - So be careful. ;-) Last time I checked (~2 years ago) it was not registered anymore

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitzphil.ste...@gmail.com  wrote: [...] Disclaimer: I

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Ralph, 2011/6/6 Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com: On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: [...] Under these conditions, I'll change my entry in the wiki. done. Manfred, I wouldn't be so hasty.  There are lots of opinions around here and we all need a bit

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Simos, *, 2011/6/6 Simos Xenitellis simos.li...@googlemail.com: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org [...] Fact: Your employer provoked

RE: OO/LO License

2011-06-04 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
sorry for last mail, mistake from a lurker ;-) ## Manfred