Hi Jim, "BRM", On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 00:43, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > There was, > and still is, the perception that TDF is an official, fully- > setup, self-controlled and self-existing foundation (similar > to what the ASF is)
Well, that perception is not far off the mark. It is certainly self-controlled and a stable project insofar as it has strong support from the FOSS community at large and the active LibreOffice project contributors. I guess that the fact that it collected the 50,000 euros necessary for its legal establishment in only 8 days, from a multitude of small donations, and then received some ~40,000 euros more within a short time is some proof of that. Perhaps the fact that TDF/LibreOffice has done excellent work in further developing the code base and issuing new releases is proof that TDF - currently represented by the existing SC - has proved worthy of that support. Personally, I'm very happy with what's been achieved, and I'm optimistic for the project's future. Again, this is just my own 2 cents. BTW, I'm very happy to welcome you here to chew the fat with us. If you really feel you have a different path forward that you want to follow, then I sincerely wish you well with the endeavour. But you have a lot of running to do in every area to catch up with us, guys! ;-) The competition will be interesting and probably not without beneficial aspects. But my bet on long-term survival and concrete results is on TDF/LibreOffice. In any case, please take all the above as being meant in the friendliest tone. :-) -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
