Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

On 16 Jun 2011, at 17:31, Allen Pulsifer wrote:

> > Allen Pulsifer wrote:
> > As an experienced person in the open source world, I would think you know
> by now that
> > it is a lot easier to influence a project when have a seat at the table
> and are working from
> > the inside rather of the outside.  You could have also been one of those
> persons with a seat
> > at the table, and together, we would have had twice the voice as Rob Weir.
>
> > Simon Phipps replied:
> > Excuse me? What are all the contributions I am making on that list?
> Chopped liver?
>
> Pretty much, yes.  As a person who chose not to have a seat at the table,
> you are serving up chopped liver for the people at the table to taste and
> decide whether they want to eat it.  That's a fair analogy, I think, if it's
> the one you want to use.

Given I've showed up in both conversations at Apache and made actual tangible contributions of at 
least the same scale as yours, I honestly have no idea what you are getting at, Allen. 

Thanks,

S.


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