Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-14 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
Hi, let me introduce myself a little bit more as promised in my voting email ;-) My name is Juergen Schmidt (jsc) and i work on the project since 1997, started at StarDivision - Sun - Oracle where i am still employed today. But i am here as individual and everything i will do and say here is

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-13 Thread Dieter Loeschky
Hi, I'm with the OpenOffice.org code base since the very first beginning. While still being an Oracle employee, my engagement here will be on an individual base. Here are some aspects of my OOo history in a nutshell: - started at Star Division as lead developer of the Impress application C++

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-12 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Nóirín Plunkett noi...@apache.org wrote: Andy, Fáilte! Sounds like you get the Apache Way just great :-) +1 I don't really have any background in this, but [... list of awesome things you've already done.] Willing hands are always welcome, and a dose of

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-11 Thread Peter Korn
Hi, My name is Peter Korn, and I've been working on accessibility for the last 20 years. I started that career developing assistive technologies for folks with vision impairments, and then moved to Sun where I worked on platform accessibility frameworks.

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-11 Thread Ross Gardler
Hi Peter, The vote is currently open and thus the proposal has been fixed until the end of the vote. Once the vote has completed and the podling PMC has been formed I will ensure your request is processed. Thanks for your interest. Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 11

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-11 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi Peter, On 11.06.2011 19:49, Peter Korn wrote: I doubt I'll contribute much direct code to the effort, but I look forward to helping with design decisions that affect accessibility. Would be nice to continue working with you on accessibility :) Malte.

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Marcelo H.Fortino
Hi Rob and all, My name is Marcelo Horacio Fortino and I've been using this suite since 1999 when I get an StarOffice 5.1 CD from Sun. Since then I had worked with all OpenOffice.Org and lastly with LibreOffice flavors and I've been promoting and installing these suites hundreds of times

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Marcelo H.Fortino mfort...@estrategiasgnulinux.com wrote: Hi Rob and all, My name is Marcelo Horacio Fortino and I've been using this suite since 1999 when I get an StarOffice 5.1 CD from Sun. Since then I had worked with all OpenOffice.Org and lastly with

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi, my name is Malte Timmermann, and I work on the code base of OpenOffice.org since 1991 - almost from the beginning. It started with StarDivision, later acquired by Sun, later acquired by Oracle. While still being an Oracle employee, my engagement here will be on an individual base.

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi Malte, great to have you on board :) Best regards Simon Op 10-6-2011 18:16, Malte Timmermann schreef: Hi, my name is Malte Timmermann, and I work on the code base of OpenOffice.org since 1991 - almost from the beginning. It started with StarDivision, later acquired by Sun, later

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi all, My name is Simon Brouwer. For my profession, I develop electronics and firmware for auto-ID equipment such as hand-held data collection terminals. In my free time I have been active in OpenOffice.org since 2001 and have been project lead of the Dutch native-lang subproject since its

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob, Thanks. But as you know, translation is only one part of localization.  I hope that with your participation, and with help from RedOffice experts who have joined this project, that we can further improve the CJK support in OOo. You are right! This is what I would like to help

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Richard S. Hall wrote (08-06-11 11:03) On 06/08/2011 04:16 AM, Christian Lippka wrote: Moin Moin [1], my name is Christian Lippka and I work on the donnated code base since 1998 [..] I just wanted to say that this is one

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob and all, I am Kazunari Hirano (khir...@openoffice.org). http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:Khirano I am one of adminstrators for OpenOffice.org Comunity Forum Japanese. http://user.services.openoffice.org/ja/forum/ I am OpenOffice.org Marketing Contact (MarCon) Japan.

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Sorry! I inserted a odd sentence, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents who have helped enact this important change by expressing concerns to both the school and council Please ignore :) Thanks, khirano

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Roman H. Gelbort
El 07/06/11 14:12, robert_w...@us.ibm.com escribió: I think it would be good if the proposed committers who have not yet done so, could post a quick note to the list, to introduce yourself and your interest in this project. Hi people. I'm a community member of OpenOffice.org since 2002. My

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread robert_weir
Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote on 06/09/2011 08:46:05 AM: Let us open up new markets and allow all the people on the earth to use our great Office Suite in their native languages! We are all sure that OpenOffice.org/StarOffice/StarSuite benefit them. Thanks It is very exciting to

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 Christoph Jopp
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 ;-) 2011/6/9 Manfred A. Reiter ma.rei...@gmail.com:

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Andy Brown
Hi All. After reading the messages by others I feel very out of place. I do not have any formal background to speak of that would relate to this or any other project. The only thing that I feel I can bring is an open mind and willingness to work and learn. I first used StarOffice back in

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: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-09 Thread Nóirín Plunkett
Andy, Fáilte! Sounds like you get the Apache Way just great :-) I don't really have any background in this, but [... list of awesome things you've already done.] Willing hands are always welcome, and a dose of humility can be a refreshing change :-) Noirin On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:43 PM,

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Yegor Kozlov
My name is Yegor Kozlov. I'm a Java developer, committer and a PMC in the Apache POI project. I've been hacking Microsoft Office formats since 2005 and got pretty solid knowledge of the internals of MS Excel and PowerPoint. I'm interested in bringing the ODF Toolkit to Apache and integrating this

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, Von: Yegor Kozlov ye...@apache.org I'm interested in bringing the ODF Toolkit to Apache and integrating this API with Apache POI. With ODF, POI will become a universal API for Office documents covering most of popular office formats. As I see this the second time in an introduction

Re : Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread eric b
Hello, My name is Eric Bachard. In the real life, I'm Professor of Applied Physics at UTBM (see [1]). In my spare time, I'm contributing to free software, as core developer. Contributing to OpenOffice.org since 2004, my skills are C ++ / C, objective C, shell and Perl. I know well

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 06/08/2011 04:16 AM, Christian Lippka wrote: Moin Moin [1], my name is Christian Lippka and I work on the donnated code base since 1998 when I was hired by StarDivision which was then consumed by Sun and later bought by Oracle. Oracle is also my current employer. I am here as an

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Yegor Kozlov
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Andre Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, Von: Yegor Kozlov ye...@apache.org I'm interested in bringing the ODF Toolkit to Apache and integrating this API with Apache POI. With ODF, POI will become a universal API for Office documents covering most

Re: Re : Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Marcelo H.Fortino
El 08/06/11 10:43, eric b escribió: Hello, My name is Eric Bachard. In the real life, I'm Professor of Applied Physics at UTBM (see [1]). In my spare time, I'm contributing to free software, as core developer. Contributing to OpenOffice.org since 2004, my skills are C++ / C, objective C,

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread robert_weir
Andre Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net wrote on 06/08/2011 04:40:56 AM: Von: Yegor Kozlov ye...@apache.org I'm interested in bringing the ODF Toolkit to Apache and integrating this API with Apache POI. With ODF, POI will become a universal API for Office documents covering most of

RE: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
. -Original Message- From: eric b [mailto:eric.bach...@free.fr] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 01:44 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re : Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves? Hello, My name is Eric Bachard. In the real life, I'm Professor of Applied Physics at UTBM (see

RE: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Lippka [mailto:c...@lippka.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 01:17 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves? [ ... ] So for me it is obviously love and passion and it would make me sad to not even try to make this proposal a success

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread dsh
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: A sufficiently complex business application based on OpenOffice is going to involve document manipulations at both tiers.  For example, we recently (at IBM) made an insurance solution that involved using Symphony, extended with a

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Ian Lynch
I think it would be good if the proposed committers who have not yet done so, could post a quick note to the list, to introduce yourself and your interest in this project. Think of this as an opportunity to introduce yourself to your future collaborators on Apache OpenOffice. Ian Lynch,

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread robert_weir
dsh daniel.hais...@googlemail.com wrote on 06/08/2011 10:37:46 AM: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: A sufficiently complex business application based on OpenOffice is going to involve document manipulations at both tiers. For example, we recently (at IBM)

Dcument automation with ODF (was Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?)

2011-06-08 Thread robert_weir
dsh daniel.hais...@googlemail.com wrote on 06/08/2011 12:15:52 PM: Of course we had been using ODFDOM but the issue is how do you get ODF transformed accordingly to other formats such as RTF, AFP or PDF and make those formats look consistent with what you would get if doing the

Re: Dcument automation with ODF (was Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?)

2011-06-08 Thread dsh
Actually I evaluated XSL-FO rendering engines quite excessively including Apache FOP. At that point in time (2009) Apache FOP still had performance issues in scenarios where you would generate thousands of business correspondence documents to be sent to clients on a daily basis. In the end we

Re: Document automation with ODF (was Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?)

2011-06-08 Thread Dave Fisher
Of course we had been using ODFDOM but the issue is how do you get ODF transformed accordingly to other formats such as RTF, AFP or PDF and make those formats look consistent with what you would get if doing the transformation natively during design time in OO or Symphony. I think your

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Cor Nouws
Richard S. Hall wrote (08-06-11 11:03) On 06/08/2011 04:16 AM, Christian Lippka wrote: Moin Moin [1], my name is Christian Lippka and I work on the donnated code base since 1998 [..] I just wanted to say that this is one of the best messages I've read throughout this entire ordeal. Thanks.

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread Carl Marcum
On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I think it would be good if the proposed committers who have not yet done so, could post a quick note to the list, to introduce yourself and your interest in this project. Think of this as an opportunity to introduce yourself to your

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-07 Thread carl.mar...@codebuilders.net
Hi all, I'm Carl Marcum. Independent Java developer. Lately I have been doing custom OOo installations and extensions for a client. I look forward to helping out with the project where ever I can. Best regards, Carl Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-07 Thread Jomar Silva (Cuca)
Hi, I'm Jomar Silva, member of the OASIS ODF TC since 2008 and I've been ahead of the ODF Alliance Latin America since 2007. I use OpenOffice since it was StarOffice, and I'm very active on the FLOSS and Open Standards evangelization in South America. I've being working closelly with the

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-07 Thread Dave Fisher
Sure. Hi everyone (maybe the people that Rob knows should introduce themselves as well - some of us are new to the community.) My name is David Fisher. I have been in the software industry for over 30 years. I've worked in many computer languages - FORTRAN, PL/1, C, C++, Postscript, Java,

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-07 Thread robert_weir
Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote on 06/07/2011 09:23:25 PM: Sure. Hi everyone (maybe the people that Rob knows should introduce themselves as well - some of us are new to the community.) My name is David Fisher. I have been in the software industry for over 30 years. I've worked

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-07 Thread Dave Fisher
On Jun 7, 2011, at 6:54 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote on 06/07/2011 09:23:25 PM: Sure. Hi everyone (maybe the people that Rob knows should introduce themselves as well - some of us are new to the community.) My name is David Fisher. I have