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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:16:31 -0600
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Subject: Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?
From: Norbert Thiebaud <nthiebaud@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@apache.org> wrote:
>
> --- Sab 17/12/11, Michael Meeks ha scritto:
>
>>
>> =A0=A0=A0 Sure - if it is easier for us to include
>> an existing feature, under an
>> acceptable license into LibreOffice why would we bother
>> re-writing it ?
>> conversely if it is easier to re-write, why not ?
>>
>
> And it's usually so much easier to take. Steve jobs
> had a famous quote about that that I don't remember
> very well ;-).

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=3Drevision&revision=3D1208206

an English proverb about stone and glass house comes to mind...

Norbert