On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > > I am a very experienced programmer and computer architect, now retired. > My > > current strongest language is Java, but I have programmed in many > languages > > and can learn them as needed. My last professional C++ work was in the > > 1980's. > > > > Although I am Chair of the Apache River PMC, the types of work it > > currently needs, other than the facilitation and reporting I do as Chair, > > are outside my areas of expertise. I have time to do some programming > > elsewhere. > > > > I have been an OpenOffice user - I started using StarOffice at Sun around > > 2000 - but more recently I've switched to LibreOffice because of lack of > > OpenOffice releases. I am now downloading OpenOffice 4.1.2. > > > > I have become aware that OpenOffice needs more developers. Despite the > > rustiness of my C++, I hope I can help. If so, how should I get started? > > > > > You have wonderful experience, Patricia! Thank you for your interest. > Stay tuned. We'll be discussing plans and tasks for the future very soon. > Meanwhile, we could certainly use some "architect" eyes on our code. Please > weigh in as you see fit. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” > --Lao Tzu > Hello Patricia, You might be interested in the comments in favor of Java use in AOO made on this list by Damjan Jovanovic on Oct 15. I'm sorry I can't link to them at the moment. Francis
