Comments on: The size matters; especially in Romania :( http://cianblog.com/2008/03/27/the-size-matters-especially-in-romania/ Lucian Savluc - Blog Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:29:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lucian Savluc http://cianblog.com/2008/03/27/the-size-matters-especially-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Lucian Savluc Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:26:13 +0000 http://cianblog.com/2008/03/27/the-size-matters-especially-in-romania/#comment-829 <p>Hi Dorian, <br /> <br /> I strongly hope at eLiberatica this year, <a href="http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#LouisSuarezPotts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Louis Suarez-Potts</a>, who is the OpenOffice.org Community Manager, will put some light on the ODF/OOXML discussion. <br /> And I hope to have some Microsoft representatives at the event too, so each side will have the chance to present their opinions and have open and peaceful debates. <br /> <br /> Related to Open Source, I share again the same opinion with you: there is no way to avoid it - this is the progress - sooner or later all will understand why is necessary: it is for the good of all society not only for a few.</p> <p>Hope to meet you at the conference. Cheers, Lucian</p> Hi Dorian,

I strongly hope at eLiberatica this year, Louis Suarez-Potts, who is the OpenOffice.org Community Manager, will put some light on the ODF/OOXML discussion.
And I hope to have some Microsoft representatives at the event too, so each side will have the chance to present their opinions and have open and peaceful debates.

Related to Open Source, I share again the same opinion with you: there is no way to avoid it – this is the progress – sooner or later all will understand why is necessary: it is for the good of all society not only for a few.

Hope to meet you at the conference. Cheers, Lucian

]]> By: Dorian http://cianblog.com/2008/03/27/the-size-matters-especially-in-romania/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Dorian Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:39 +0000 http://cianblog.com/2008/03/27/the-size-matters-especially-in-romania/#comment-828 Dear Lucian, I've found your article absolutely true, since I live in Romania, and just as an observer, not as an IT specialist (because I'm not, I'm just one of those people who enjoy using Open Source software because they understood the meanings of it and the technical aspects, production, stability, customization and so on), and I've noticed without my microscope and glasses that people are pro ODF and actively use the standard, but they are not the ones to decide. This is not a premiere in Romania, many things have been rejected by people and yet they are still actively around. So, with all do respect for the creators of "Twilight Zone", that's just a simple kids' cartoon if we consider the FACTS in Romania. I looked at the list of members of this ASRO (http://aranea.zuavra.net/index.php/97/#ig-4), come on, half of them have contracts with Microsoft or are not-declared partisans, some of them already deliver notebooks and PC Desktops along with Microsoft operating systems, others are producing software for the same company (I hate repeating that name), others are just ready to be in a coalition with MS and so on, plus, of course Microsoft corporation itself. What result could we expect from that? And yet, my heart is warm for a fact: I know a lot of people who are into Open Source software, and I know what the communities want ODF as a standard and using it, which is important no matter what they will decide. Perhaps I'm an idealist, but it's a fact that most of the analysts say Open Source will take over soon or later (http://publicrelations.ro/analyst-admits-open-source-will-quietly-take-over/) Dear Lucian, I’ve found your article absolutely true, since I live in Romania, and just as an observer, not as an IT specialist (because I’m not, I’m just one of those people who enjoy using Open Source software because they understood the meanings of it and the technical aspects, production, stability, customization and so on), and I’ve noticed without my microscope and glasses that people are pro ODF and actively use the standard, but they are not the ones to decide. This is not a premiere in Romania, many things have been rejected by people and yet they are still actively around.
So, with all do respect for the creators of “Twilight Zone”, that’s just a simple kids’ cartoon if we consider the FACTS in Romania.
I looked at the list of members of this ASRO (http://aranea.zuavra.net/index.php/97/#ig-4), come on, half of them have contracts with Microsoft or are not-declared partisans, some of them already deliver notebooks and PC Desktops along with Microsoft operating systems, others are producing software for the same company (I hate repeating that name), others are just ready to be in a coalition with MS and so on, plus, of course Microsoft corporation itself. What result could we expect from that?
And yet, my heart is warm for a fact: I know a lot of people who are into Open Source software, and I know what the communities want ODF as a standard and using it, which is important no matter what they will decide.
Perhaps I’m an idealist, but it’s a fact that most of the analysts say Open Source will take over soon or later (http://publicrelations.ro/analyst-admits-open-source-will-quietly-take-over/)

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