Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ellison's Oracle washes hands of OpenOffice

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Wayne Borean <wborean@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oracle laying off the paid developers wouldn't be good for those people.
> It's quite possible that we could make a push to get them hired elsewhere.
>
> I'm due to send in an article, and they allow me a hell of a lot of freedom
> on what I write about - can you give me a list of companies which would be
> likely to hire OO programmers who have offices close to Oracle's office?
> Does IBM for example have an office near there? If I have a list, I can
> include it in the article :)
>
> You know, a suggestion of places where they can look for work. They probably
> already know where to look, but every little bit helps some times,
> especially in a down economy.

You can probably use the list of the companies that gave support to
the Document Foundation,
http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/announce/msg00000.html

The way I envision LibreOffice to grow, is to have developers,
employed by different organisations,
which all work together openly through the Internet, much like the
case of the Linux kernel development.
Therefore, it makes sense to advocate the idea that if an organisation
is banking on LibreOffice,
they should support at least a developer, so that they have access to
expertise and they can help drive
the development.

Simos

> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Simos Xenitellis <
> simos.lists@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Wayne Borean <wborean@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Merge Open Office and Libre Office and you kill the competitive pressures
> > > that would drive both projects to greater and greater heights. Keep them
> > > apart, and you'll end up with projects that will quickly make Apple's
> > IWork
> > > and Microsoft's Office obsolete.
> > >
> > > Anyone arguing for a merger is your greatest enemy, or a damned fool.
> > > Competition drives innovation. If you merge with Open Office you'll be
> > > handling Microsoft an easy victory.
> >
> > The view is that OpenOffice is currently manned by Oracle employees, which
> > might also be out of work soon. And any community members have moved
> > already
> > to the Document Foundation and LibreOffice.
> >
> > We are just chatting here in this thread with the limited information
> > that is publicly
> > available.
> > What we should agree on is that we want what's best for LibreOffice.
> >
> > Simos

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