On 18 December 2011 14:57, Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Graham Lauder <g.a.lauder@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Friday 16 Dec 2011 12:03:53 Rob Weir wrote:
> <snip>
>
> In other words you think my views are heretical.
No, they are a political perspective dressed up as if rational.
Of course, that doesn't mean that individual engineers failed
> personally, or that there were no good efforts. Far from it. You
> should never take such things personally.
>
Most of the community are not engineers.
I think acknowledging the above is key to community building,
>
The key to community building is to generate community spirit and a feeling
of belonging.
especially in persuading LibreOffice volunteers that their ultimate
> goals are also fulfilled at Apache, and that Apache has far greater
> means, and proven ability, to prevent control from a single
> corporation than TDF does.
>
Brute common sense from an individual perspective rarely realises its goal
and often has the opposite effect from that intended.
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