Let's imagine a roller coaster. But I would also ask then the group at OX (Ye Olde Hamburg contingent), as well as others in LO, say, to join in. This quarter century chunk is *serious* time. It's not a trivial expanse of forget me nots trod under history's sneakers.
It's time that's been spent making a product that's proven resilient and powerful and it its making included a huge number of people, not all of whom are here listening but all the same are there using. louis On 24 November 2014 at 13:01, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Roberto Galoppini < > roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2014-11-23 21:55 GMT+01:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > On 2014-11 -23, at 12:58, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Those who know the history know that Apache OpenOffice is the > > > >> continuation of the OpenOffice.org project, which itself came from a > > > >> proprietary suite developed in Germany called StarOffice, which > itself > > > >> started as StarWriter, an application written in 1985 by Marco > Börries > > > >> . > > > >> > > > >> So next year, in 2015, will be our 30th anniversary. > > > >> > > > >> Any ideas what we might do? > > > >> > > > >> For example, does anyone still have a Zilog Z80 (or an emulator) > that > > > >> can run the original StarWriter? > > > >> > > > >> It looks like some emulators here: > > > >> > > > >> http://www.z80.info/z80emu.htm#EMU_CPU_W32 > > > >> > > > >> It might be interesting to show the history of Writer, from release > to > > > >> release, via a set of screen shots (or a movie) showing the > evolution > > > >> of the UI. > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> > > > >> -Rob > > > >> > > > > > > > > Can we reach a consensus on whether 2015 should be a 25 yr or 30 yr > > > > anniversary? It would be great to get some graphic types involved > soon > > in > > > > creating an appropriate logo for the websites to put up in 2015. > > > > > > Why do we need a certain date to enable good graphics? Note, I’m a > > > historian. That means that I distrust any claim to date certainty and > > > believe, rather, that we can trace backwards the emergence of > modalities > > of > > > living which in the present lay claim to having been birthed at > > particular > > > moments, though in historical narrative that was only when they were > > > revealed to be as such. > > > > > > Hence, a graph(ic) would do nicely, no? Not a cake but a chart? > > > > I wasn't actually thinking of a cake but maybe a fun modification to the > round logo for a year -- encircled with silver (25th anniversary?) or the > like. > > > > > > > > > > Would be cool to do something like this: http://historyofbitcoin.org/ > > > > Yes, it would, and I think we have this timeline somewhere...I'll try to > locate it. > > > > > > Roberto > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Despite the fact that 1985 was the release of a text based StarWriter > > > > rather than graphical, I, personally am good with this date. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > MzK > > > > > > > > "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth > > > > to a dancing star." > > > > -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth > to a dancing star." > -- Friedrich Nietzsche >
