On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Simon Brouwer <simon.o...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi Luiz, > > Are there any concrete reasons to believe that Oracle's strategy with > OpenOffice.org is going to be radically different than Sun's? > It is not impossible that, at some point in time, Oracle's management could > decide that to continue the development and support > of OpenOffice.org is not anymore in its best interests. And it is good to > be aware of this possibility, and to make sure we, as the community at > large, are not completely unprepared in case this would happen. > > But as it stands I believe it is disrespectful and foolish to cast > unwarranted suspicions on Oracle. Sun Microsystems has made tremendous > efforts in the development of OpenOffice.org, for which we should be > thankful. And if Oracle plans to continue these efforts, they should be > praised for that. > Right but we also are not ignorant of OpenSolaris death, NetBeans change of repositories, and other moves within the Java world and Glassfish world. The Android fiasco. Not to mention kill of minor open source projects like OpenWorld and the big exodus from Sun's engineers including Simon Phipps as an Open source manager. Thinking that none of these things have to do with us is almost delusional. > Best regards > Simon > nl.openoffice.org > > > Op 5-9-2010 2:52, luiz schreef: > > Hi, >> >> After many hesitations, so many doubts about the future of >> OpenOffice.org, Oracle has been publicly saying that "supports the >> software revolution". The more hurried they could understand that, >> finally, was a declaration of love Free Software. Concept is wrong! It >> is not hatred to Free Software and Open Source, of wanting to destroy >> the community, but made just one investment with the purchase of Sun and >> Investment needs to make a profit and only profit counts. On the ground >> the whole ideology and philosophy behind the Free Software; damned if >> the idealists, there is no more time for utopias. No more romantic, just >> business. Sustainability?! Shock in the traditional business model based >> on licenses? That's all gone. After a period of ten years OOo, start a >> new life for those who have the courage to oppose the Oracle returning >> to his mark, taking on new projects. For my part, my first reaction is >> to return the email @openoffice.org before they charge for it, despite >> being just a redirector. Home is a trend I'm calling "In what Oracle is >> Oracle and the community what is the community. We will be much happier, >> for sure. Follow me good! >> >> >> Luiz Oliveira >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org >> >> >> > > -- > Vriendelijke groet, > Simon Brouwer. > > | http://nl.openoffice.org | http://www.opentaal.org | > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org
