On Sun, 1 Dec 2013 13:43:12 +0100 Guy Waterval <waterval....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Hagar, > > > 2013/12/1 Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net> > > > Le 30/11/2013 23:15, Rob Weir a écrit : > > > > In any case, the thing to keep in mind is that we are in no way > >> diminished if someone decides to use LibreOffice. We should feel > >> good whenever anyone uses our code, whether in the original Apache > >> OpenOffice or whether in the winPenPack verison, the BSD port, the > >> OS/2 port, the Solaris port or in LibreOffice fork. It is all good. > >> > > > > The problem is that they tend to diminish the work done by AOO. > > It's like a hold-up... > > The end user only see what's on the splash screen and how the icons look > > like in his file explorer. So less and less visibility will equal the death > > of AOO in users mind. > > > Yes, but doing so, they also discredit themselves and show clearly their > incoherences. > Difficult to be considered as serious when you announce the dead of a > projetct and after some months you recognize that you reuse massively its > code. > > A+ > -- > gw Unfortunately, the ordinary computer user has no idea of the base of underlying code or of its source. He is only aware of the title of the package he uses, and this dominates perception. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
