+1 On 21 January 2013 05:57, Louis Suárez-Potts <lo...@apache.org> wrote:
> I dislike using antagonistic rhetoric and tactics to give form to > community identity. I confess I did this myself, early in OOo's career, > but I never engaged in FUD--there was no need, the truth was good (or > bad) enough--though I was no doubt frequently wrong. > > The current efforts by published journalists, intentional or not, to > cast aspersions on Apache OpenOffice, to discredit it, and to cheapen > the community's efforts, need to be addressed--but not with antagonism > and not with anger. Errors, accidental or intentional, in Wikipedia, for > instance, but also among journalists reporting on the successors to > OpenOffice.org, must be corrected impartially and accurately. The people > who benefit most from our work are the users who can rely upon a fair > community which they can join and contribute to and do so with the > satisfaction that their contributions are valued in the best possible > way: by making the product not only better but more likely to remain a > commons. > > best > louis > -- > Louis Suárez-Potts > Apache OpenOffice PMC > In Real Life: Community Strategist, Age of Peers > @luispo >
