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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:11:55 -0600
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Subject: Re: Have you been contacted via private email and discouraged from
 participating on the OpenOffice project?
From: Alexandro Colorado <jza@oooes.org>
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This should be a wake up call for the weak marketing effort it has
been going. Lack of connection with major information providers and
overal lack of PR. I hope this could change as we move forward. It
also puts new light on the discussion on marketing efforts/support,
funding and such.

On 11/1/12, jan iversen <jancasacondor@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1, what can I say apart from I am still here, and I mean to stay with AOO
> for a long time.
>
> Jan.
>
> On 1 November 2012 15:18, Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm hearing that some project volunteers, especially new ones, are
>> being contacted by certain external parties, who then try to
>> discourage them from contributing to the Apache OpenOffice project.
>> I'm hearing that similar notes have been sent out to those who
>> submitted listings to our new Consultants Directory, also discouraging
>> them from involvement in the project.
>>
>> This is my personal view on this matter, for what it is worth.
>>
>> I think we all would agree that such techniques are deplorable and
>> bring disrepute to the individuals involved, and to the project that
>> sanctions such techniques.  If you recall we had a similar wave of
>> such unprofessional behavior a few months ago, when certain external
>> parties were contacting journalists who mentioned OpenOffice and
>> telling them that it was no longer being developed and to link to a
>> different product instead.
>>
>> I any case, if you are receiving such FUD yourself, I'd encourage you
>> to simply post it to this mailing list, or to your blog, or some other
>> public website.  "Daylight is the best antiseptic" as they say.  I am
>> not a medical doctor, but I do believe that FUD exposed to public
>> scrutiny loses its potency.   But FUD ignored is FUD that spreads.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>


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Alexandro Colorado
PPMC Apache OpenOffice
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