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On 23 Jun 2011, at 23:15, Eike Rathke wrote:

> Hi,
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> Before I wade through the 908 messages that I pulled from the archive
> let me introduce myself briefly (you may already have read some of the
> following elsewhere..)
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> I live in Hamburg, Germany.
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> I was working on StarOffice/OpenOffice.org full time since I joined
> StarDivision in 1993, and the StarCalc spreadsheet application's team =
in
> 1994.
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> My main field of activity is the Calc spreadsheet core engine, formula
> compiler and interpreter.
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> I'm also deeply involved with the OpenOffice.org internationalization
> (i18n) framework, partly arisen from the various needs of the number
> parser/formatter used in Calc and other OOo applications, coordinating
> the related work. Support of new locales, enhancements and changes to
> locale data are my main interest there.
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> Co-Lead of the OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet application project.
> Co-Lead of the localization (l10n) project for the i18n framework.
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> Since 2006 I'm a member of the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF)
> committee, mainly working on the formula specification (OpenFormula =
aka
> ODFF).
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> Since 2008 a (passive) liaison member of the Unicode Consortium,
> representing OpenOffice.org.
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> Since 2010 an elected member of the OpenOffice.org Community Council.
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> I love sailing offshore and cycling onshore.
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> I'm known on the net as erAck.
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> I join as an individual, not as an Oracle employee.
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> OOo is my baby and I'd like to further nurture and support its
> development now that it left parental home after 18 years ;-)
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> My dream is a collaboration between LO and OOo.
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>  Eike

Great to hear from you again, Eike.  While my association with OOo is =
shorter and smaller than yours (and most of the other Hamburg friends =
who have said hello here) I share your dream :-)

S.