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Subject: Re: OpenOffice Developer Room (devroom) at FOSDEM
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:50:48 +0200
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Hi,

On 2012-10-11, at 20:52 , Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@apache.org> wrote:

> Louis Su=E1rez-Potts wrote:
>> On 2012-10-11, at 24:24 , Rob Weir wrote:
>>> OK.  So we've said that we're happy to share a devroom.  This is
>>> good. Are we still waiting to hear from LO?
>=20
> Yes; apparently LibreOffice had not thought about this, even though it
> was clearly written in the guidelines that organizers would have asked
> to merge similar devrooms. So we'll need to wait. The organizers set =
Saturday as a deadline.
>=20
I spoke with Michael Meeks (hi michael) about sharing and he suggested =
that it may be best to have separate rooms and if it does seem logical =
and politically feasible to consider sharing on one or some subjects. No =
one likes politics but reality is what it is.

>> I'm in Paris now and will likely be either meeting with or dodging
>> (or both) LO entities.
>> I can ask. They may now know, however, as I would guess the relevant
>> LO person is Meeks? or Thorsten?
>=20
> Actually, at the moment we are waiting for a "yes" or "no" from =
LibreOffice, and I don't know how many people are involved in the =
decision and who (I didn't see anything on the LibreOffice developers =
list, but it could be the wrong place). If it's a "yes", then we will =
definitely have to talk, and your availability is very welcome.

I think we ought to propose our room directly NOW. And if LO wants to =
share later, then we can conceivably work with Tias and others to =
arrange that. Fosdem is fairly plastic.

I do think it reasonable to consider this occasion as an opportunity to =
come to a d=E9tente or understanding. AFAICT, the issues that could be =
resolved by some public collaboration could have more impact in their =
effect on the market--in that it would demonstrate to users that =
regardless of the flavour, the substance is, well, solid.

So, let's propose now, independent of LO and if they want then later to =
join up with us, fine--unless you end up with more current information =
than I--?

Louis=20=