Apology: OOo is not a copy of MS Office [was: ODF icons- possible compromise?]
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From: Lars Nooden on 20 Apr 2010 10:08 On 04/19/2010 11:39 PM, Dr. Bernhard Dippold wrote: > I thought my reply to your mail showed what I really meant. It might, it might not. > Now I used the word "copy" again ... Regardless of the string of letters used, copy by any other name has the same meaning semantically. So when you mean copy, it's not surprising that you use the word, again and again. Repeated use over time of the same semantic context shows the sincerity of the apparent wish to either copy or frame as a copy. The former is not appropriate for projects that wish to succeed and the latter is inaccurate (at best) and appears an effort at revisionism. The trick, "let's say one thing and do another" might work for kids or be funny on the playground at your school, but it does impare group work and does have other detrimental effects. /Lars --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: Lars Nooden on 21 Apr 2010 03:45
Thorsten, oh that's rich, coming from Novell staff. His apology is made of fine words, but the behavior repeats. Copying by any other name is still a semantically incorrect description of the project's status, history and, I do hope, goals. All that is a distraction from the problem of revisionism. It's been an issue several times before and that it's happening again only means that it needs to be dealt with again. Here are a few old articles that address the problem the time it came up with OOo 2 http://smallbusinessreview.com/technology/Free_Office_Software/ http://opennotes.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/8-simple-rules-for-switching-to-openofficeorg/ Regards /Lars --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org |