Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68DCB67BE for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:10:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 37707 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jul 2011 15:10:38 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 37627 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jul 2011 15:10:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 37610 invoked by uid 99); 12 Jul 2011 15:10:37 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:10:37 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of simon@webmink.com designates 74.125.82.43 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.43] (HELO mail-ww0-f43.google.com) (74.125.82.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:10:29 +0000 Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so4604567wwi.0 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.57.211 with SMTP id d19mr14660wbh.93.1310483022158; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:03:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.8] (172.79.2.81.in-addr.arpa [81.2.79.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gg16sm10932502wbb.51.2011.07.12.08.03.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:03:41 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog) From: Simon Phipps In-Reply-To: <5313BA2C-F262-431F-B3D8-CB90052CFB9B@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:03:39 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6F1A8A21-5B28-4514-8CE7-67A5ED410DEC@webmink.com> References: <4E182995.20203@btconnect.com> <1310382401.23340.203.camel@linux-krcc.site> <4E1AE1D5.9000709@khmeros.info> <20110711172123.GA11666@daniel3.local> <1310461169.2068.97.camel@linux-krcc.site> <4E1C3D35.3050204@wtnet.de> <4E1C3EDB.1060808@apache.org> <8638063B-C26B-436B-B9AE-84F6EF190037@webmink.com> <5313BA2C-F262-431F-B3D8-CB90052CFB9B@comcast.net> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) On 12 Jul 2011, at 15:38, Dave Fisher wrote: >=20 > On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: >=20 >>=20 >> On 12 Jul 2011, at 13:32, Kai Ahrens wrote: >>>=20 >>> Of course it makes a difference to ask our users instead of asking = some >>> deeply involved people on this list, having very subjective = interests in >>> one or the other direction. >>>=20 >>> And in the end, the user rules, not any marketing speech. >>=20 >> While that sounds good, I'm not sure it's the Apache way and I'd = welcome a comment from one of the mentors. >>=20 >=20 > See Daneese Cooper's emails. Did you have a specific one in mind? Naturally I read everything Danese = writes, but so far I have not seen her comment on the issue of whether = and how market research over-rides the interests of Apache members. S.