Any pictures from the meetup? On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi- > > On 01 Oct 2015, at 14:43, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > It seems that several of us are (or are going to be) at ApacheCon Europe > today y and tomorrow, but it's difficult to find people in the huge crowd. > > > > Louis suggested that we organize a meeting tomorrow morning (do you have > any more details about proposed time/place, Louis?). > > > > I expect that we manage to find each other at the reception tonight > anyway. > > > We can try to meet up. I doubt we will have—nor should we—any conversation > that would not be had in pubic, as on this list. It’s more to talk as > easily as in-peson meetings can only make possible. > > But I think the issues are those that we all here are aware of. They are > also public, or should be. > > Briefly: > > * We need developers. We need them to continue with the project, with what > we’ve been doing for almost exactly 15 years (13 October), and we need them > to address the needs that those who use OO (or LO) on a large scale really > need. > > — those needs are, interoperability with MS OOXML and probably also the > binary formats (.doc, etc.) and also collaboration—a vague term. > We also need core developers who can initiate and then help lead new and > interesting features that extend the reach of the ODF. > > The other big issue that we all have discussed relates to working with > those at LibreOffice/TDF. I am aware of the issues and obstacles and also > histories that obstruct the flows of community work. But the current > situation is not really helping anyone and is confusing everyone. Even if > issues like license, workflow culture, notions of community, etc. prevent > actual collaboration on any but the most essential security issues, my > guess is that we can probably help the larger community of OO/LO users by > clarifying what our identities and differences are and what users can > expect. We are both open source projects. We ought therefore to be able to > be as transparent in these matters as we are in our code. And we owe it to > the community of users who want to know what keeps us apart and why we > can’t just get along. > > Of course, I hardly expect that we’ll have anything like an agreement on > this matter tonight, should we even discuss it! And of course, any real, > substantive discussion will necessarily include the community, else it > won’t have happened. > > > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > Best, > Louis > > PS I had a rather interesting discussion with several people on the state > of the ODF today, at ApacheCon. Among them was Giovanni Grazia, who led the > migration from MSFT 2003 to AOO of the significant Italian polity of > Regione Emilia-Romagna. I’ll draft a short account of it as well as other > elements that speak to the state of ODF today. > -- Alexandro Colorado GULTab.org Linux User # 319286 Blog: http://www.alexandrocolorado.com/blog/
