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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: koffice mission statement etc.
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-10-03 8:33:40
Message-ID: 200910031033.41086.jospoortvliet () gmail ! com
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On Saturday 03 October 2009 10:23:30 Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Tuesday 1. September 2009 09.02.55 Thomas Zander wrote:
> > On Sunday 30. August 2009 10.08.28 Andrew Dorrell wrote:
> > > I've been snooping the existing documentation on koffice recently and
> > > have not found anything that really motivates koffice development.
> >
> > I like the short and sweet, its impossible to do anything else for
> > something as huge as KOffice.
> 
> I'm thinking this was a good idea, but we didn't get to a conclusion on
> which fits us best. People focused on what was incorrect in various so I am
> wondering if we can pick one that people don't object to :)
> 
> The mission statement is a useful thing to help give some direction and let
> the world show we have a direction for our suite. Its useful to point to
> when someone asks if we are just here to destroy Microsoft or other silly
> questions. And last, its useful for us. Ideally we all agree on the
> direction we are walking in since if everyone is walking in the same
> direction we get there much faster. This also shows it should not be too
> detailed ;)
> 
> | "The KOffice team aims to provide a powerful and extensible set of office
> | and creativity components that are easy to use and that values open
> | document standards."

Wording (it's up to you guys to agree with content of course):

| "The KOffice team aims to provide a powerful and extensible set of office
| and creativity components which are easy to use and value (use?) open
| document standards."

>
> How does the above one sound to people?
> 
> As a reminder; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_statement
> 

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