Sad to see you go Florian. Since I'm new to participating in both projects, I don't yet see the conflict of interests many have written of in their resignations. As a strong believer in the future of OpenOffice, I can see nothing but good coming from the new Document Foundation and LibreOffice. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive and I'm excited to see what comes from both projects.
Best of luck on your new path. It's going to be a busy journey but one that is well worth the effort. Regards, Anthony Papillion On 10/24/10, Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org> wrote: > Dear Community, > Dear OpenOffice.org marketing contacts, > Dear OpenOffice.org marketing project members, > > this e-mail is to inform you that I hereby, effective immediately, fully > step back from all my roles and duties within the OpenOffice.org > project, including those as marketing project lead and German marketing > contact. > > I would like to take the chance to say a few very personal words to all > of you. > > I had the honour to be a part of this project for six and a half years > now -- serving as German marketing contact since March 2005, as > marketing project co-lead since July 2007, and as marketing project lead > since January 2010. Not only did I learn many things for life, have been > part of exciting times (remembering moments like the long anticipated > release of OpenOffice.org 2.0 back in October 2005), and had the > privilege of being part in one of the largest open source projects > worldwide. Even more, I also experienced wonderful teachers, brilliant > colleagues, and -- most important and above all -- made true friends for > life. It's not a secret if I say that this project has given me the > busiest but also the most exciting moments in life so far, and I am > proud and thankful for the time I had the honour to spend here. No > matter where my future ways will lead me, my time in the project always > will be a very important part of my life, something I look back to, > being very proud and very thankful. > > We now have exciting times again. > > Many of you have seen the recent announcement of The Document Foundation > and LibreOffice, a so very important step and major initiative that I am > proud of being a part in, helping to shape the future of the Community, > to bring not only our software, but also our project to the next level. > I fully stand behind this step, and I envision a future even brighter > than the past has been, a next decade even more successful than the > previous one which passed by in, it feels, just a moment of time. > > I leave with no bad feelings at all, and I still feel being a part of > this Community, not leaving you alone. It comes with great sadness to > hear the concerns the step we've taken has led to for some people, that > there is the fear of conflicts of interest, thinking about two different > projects and products. I don't share these feelings at all, but even if > I did, we, after all, have so many things in common - independent from > any name, to me there is one joint vision, one joint goal, and there is > one Community. Differences are in the way we want to achieve these > goals, in how we would like to have the project governed - but all > powers we invest to fight each other right now can much more wisely be > spend with doing good and positive things, and so I want to move on. > > These last weeks have been extremely exciting, exhausting, busy and > interesting. Many of us need time to relax, to think, and to understand > what is happening, what is going on. My last wish being on duty in this > project is an invitation to all of you for next year, to talk about > where we stand, and what options we have. Even if right now it doesn't > look likely, I am deep inside absolutely convinced that there will be > chances and options of working together, united. Call me a dreamer, but > remember my words next year. ;-) > > I hereby would like to hand over all of my duties in the marketing > project to my colleague Peter Junge, whom I propose for the role as > marketing project lead from now on. > > Talking of Peter, there are dozens of people who I personally would like > to express my deepest thankfulness to. Counting and naming them would be > an undoable task, as there are so many, and chances are that I forget > someone - so, let me take this chance of thanking you for what we have > achieved the past years. For what we have shaped, formed, created, for > what we have enjoyed together, and for all those wonderful moments we > spent together. > > I will not make a recommendation on which mailing lists you should > subscribe to in the future, which project you should join. Instead, I > would like to quote something I read on the German lists: Look at both, > ask questions, be critical when it is necessary, and decide for yourself. > > In whatever way, I invite all of you for cooperation, and I am very sure > that our paths will cross in the future. > > I am very much looking forward to that. > > Florian > > -- > Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org> > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > -- Sent from my mobile device Anthony Papillion Lead Developer / Owner Advanced Data Concepts - "Enabling work anywhere" (918) 919-4624 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cajuntechie My Blog: http://www.cajuntechie.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
