On 11/24/2014 11:00 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > 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
You are SO right! Regardless of a 30th or 25th anniversary, it is not inconsequential. So what are your thoughts on appropriate activities for this occasion? > > 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 >> > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
