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Perhaps it's better to, instead of describing what you believe someone believes the underlying motivations were, describe what you know to be the underlying motivations. :)
Lotus Symphony code for OpenOffice coming soon
Posted May 17, 2012 12:08 UTC (Thu) by rcweir (guest, #48888) [Link]
I'm not going to go into details about why Apache was favored over LO other than to say it was not a decision based on only a single factor. To go into the full analysis would necessarily come off looking like I was beating up on LibreOffice and The Document Foundation, and I'm not going to do that.
There are probably over 1 billion people out there who need office applications. It is absurd to think that a single vendor, Microsoft, is producing the solution that is optimal for everyone. It is equally absurd to think that a single open source suite is optimal for everyone. There was a time, not too long ago, when we had choice in this market, and not just choice from 2 or 3 alternatives. We had true choice. You might want to refresh your memory here: http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/05/odf-5-years.html
I'd recommend this TED Talk as well, which is relevant to consumer choice and the non0optimality of thinking that a single variety will satisfy everyone: http://www.ted.com/talk/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sau...
This should not be about creating a single editor that is good for 1 billion people for all situations. The and combining efforts to create a massive hoard effort that creates the single one monster application that does it all. If I suggested that a single programmers editor should suit everyone (or even a single programming language) or a single Linux GUI should be created and existing efforts combined, I'd be laughed out of the room. We don't do that anywhere else in industry, so why should we do it here?
Posted May 17, 2012 12:40 UTC (Thu) by Thanatopsis (guest, #14019) [Link]
should work.
Posted May 17, 2012 13:24 UTC (Thu) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
At some point you will need to make an accounting for why you didn't join LibreOffice right from the start. When I add up all the pluses and minuses, it isn't even a close call, so I think it will be useful to document your thinking so that others can learn from it.
It is not absurd to think that you could have joined LibreOffice. It only still sounds absurd because you never gave it enough thought. Instead of helping LibreOffice, you are hurting it. You plan is as absurd as arguing you are going to fork the Linux kernel.
No one is suggesting we never have multiple versions of code. Just in this instance, with this 10M lines of code and given the fact that LibreOffice had just built everything you need and has a bigger and better team. You tend to justify your decisions in this situation by comparing it to other hypothetical situations. No one here is arguing for one GUI toolkit. You argue straw men rather than facts.
I wrote down a list of reasons why this Apache OpenOffice plan is a bad idea: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=2567
In general, there are a lot of naive people who don't understand what is going on, and so getting the facts out can help minimize the damage. IBM could have come up with a much better plan. Brains != common sense
Posted May 17, 2012 22:41 UTC (Thu) by ingwa (subscriber, #71149) [Link]
IBM wants the Apache License, the LibreOffice people can only accept MPL/(L)GPL. Right there is enough reason for them not to join the LibreOffice project. And if I may add a personal reflection, I would also be reluctant to join a project whose members have done nothing but trash talking me.
Your comment reeks of a sense of entitlement. You try to tell IBM that you know their motivations better than they do. Your sentence "you never gave it enough thought" shows that clearly. And "Instead of helping LibreOffice, you are hurting it" is another gem. What makes you think they care about LibreOffice? There seems to be some collective idea that people are out to hurt the LO project. I have no proof in any direction but I sincerely doubt it.
What I really wonder is why you think you have the right to comment the way you do about the other project. Live and let live is a cliché, but actually a good way to lead your life. Especially since we are all part of the bigger ODF community. The hostility that is shown in this comment and other similar writings is hurting the community much more. Instead of infighting we should join our forces in the ODF world.
Finally, may I suggest that "the community" is not only comprised of the LO developers? I know several other communities and part of the former OOo community is now working on LO; part of it is working on AOO. The "we are the community and you need to work for us" sentiment needs to stop. It is arrogant and damages the real community.
Posted May 18, 2012 0:02 UTC (Fri) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]
OK, but why? If IBM wanted the Apache licence so they could keep going with proprietary Symphony, that would make sense. It doesn't matter whether I like it or not, it does makes sense. There's a clear argument there for why it would be in IBM's interest, if not anyone else's, to take the hit of having two separate forks of basically the same codebase.
But they're not keeping proprietary Symphony, they've just freed the lot. So, once again - what's the need to insist on an Apache licensed project?
Posted May 18, 2012 0:25 UTC (Fri) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link]
I think the answer at this point is perfectly clear. Rob's reluctance to even discuss the origins of the decision to go with Apache over other projects makes the intent even more explicit.
They release OOo under Apache so that proprietary forks can be made. Then they release Symphony under the Apache license so that proprietary forks of their proprietary application can be made. This is for one reason and one reason only.
Only a proprietary fork can contain a back door that can be used for spying on users. Who would want to read all Symphony ODT documents badly enough for super-secret meetings with IBM to start all these wheels a-turning?
I'll connect the dots for you:
Aliens. Want. To Read. Your. Email.
Posted May 18, 2012 2:05 UTC (Fri) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
I don't claim to know IBM's motivations for why they didn't join LO right from the beginning. However, when Rob uses the phrase above "absurd" when talking about working together in other situations, it suggests that he at least sort of thinks that joining LibreOffice was instinctively a bad idea. Some good ideas sound absurd until they are thought through more. His choice of words and analogies suggests motivations and that things weren't thought through.
There is evidence that the OO fork is hurting LibreOffice. Not many people talk about it or think about it, but it is there. At the very least, I can say that this AOO project causes stress for the LO team. Does stress not hurt?
I agree we should be working together. However, forks and social engineering can prevent that from happening. Being nice is helpful, but creating situations that allow people to work together is also very important. This discussion is about the latter. The pleasantries were first exchanged many months ago.
I didn't suggest that AOO needs to work "for" LO. I want them to work "with" not "for". Having worked in Microsoft Office, and spent a lot of time in OO/LO I can say it will take a lot of you. Firefox and the Linux kernel are good enough for basically everyone. LO / OO are not yet, and it needs a lot of help, and to work effectively and efficiently.
Posted May 17, 2012 21:57 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]
When I try to apply the lessons back to office suites it doesn't suggest - to me - that we need multiple separate suites. The difference is the gap between the raw components and the finished product. Each spaghetti source is made from the same general ingredients, with some careful selection, mixing, cooking etc. However with an office suite there are multiple levels of abstraction between the system libraries (libc, widget library, etc) and the final product. Two independently developed office suites are likely to put a lot of effort into being much the same as everyone else before they have enough of a base to put their special-sauce on.
I think the variability you see in spaghetti sauce is more like the variability in skins that can all be put on the one core platform. So if we had one group creating the core office engine (call them the tomato growers) that every can use, and then different groups taking components from that and mixing into the perfect office suite for tech-heads, or CEOs, or mobile or web or ...., then that might follow the spaghetti sauce model quite well.
Linux provides core functionality that others can wrap into desktop, or server, or mobile, or stable, or hackable or whatever distributions and that seems to work rather well. X11 provides core functionality that multiple widget sets can use. I wonder if the same thing could be done for office suites.
Posted May 18, 2012 0:10 UTC (Fri) by rcweir (guest, #48888) [Link]
As you see, OpenOffice.org acts as something like a "core" application that is widely modified and/or repackaged. In some cases it was simplified (OOo4Kids) and in some cases it was extended (EuroOffice).
Getting Apache OpenOffice to be more modular, to support even more differentiated derivatives is something I really want to see. However the ancient & haunted code does not make this very easy. So most 3rd party customization is currently done via extensions.
Ancient diversity graphics ...
Posted May 18, 2012 8:12 UTC (Fri) by mmeeks (guest, #56090) [Link]
Posted May 18, 2012 8:11 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]
I am well known and on record as hating Word, and LO/OO writer by association (as a bit of a clone). So why do I use it? Because I feel I no longer have any choice. I'm a WordPerfect fan, and if I could get a paid-for copy that would run on my system (gentoo linux) I would buy it (if I could afford it, I'm currently unemployed :-(
And unfortunately, the feature that locks me in to WordPerfect is a feature that cannot be added to LO without *massive* engineering effort. Don't say "well, learn LO/OO better, then". That feature is also a *massive* *time* *saver* for me, and more experience with Word or Writer won't help. It's the feature that lets me look at a document - ANY document whether written by me or anyone else - and lets me work out, *in* *seconds*, WHY the document is doing what it's doing. How often have you had a document with odd formatting and you've been unable to fathom out why? That just doesn't happen in WordPerfect for me.
In case you haven't guessed that feature, it's called "reveal codes". I guess I could emulate it by dissassembling a Writer document and reading the raw html ...
Cheers, Wol
Posted May 18, 2012 16:45 UTC (Fri) by teknohog (guest, #70891) [Link]
I imagine this could be one reason why few people want reveal codes in word processors any more. Those who like to think in code will use LaTeX and other markup systems. (Thus enabling things like generating reports from simulation runs, which is hard to imagine if you are stuck with a word processor.) There are intermediate solutions like LyX, which is a GUI frontend to LaTeX, but as such it is not comparable to what we call word processors.
Re: "Reveal Codes"
Posted May 20, 2012 4:12 UTC (Sun) by ldo (subscriber, #40946) [Link]
No modern word processor has a "reveal codes" feature. You know why? Because no modern word processor does its formatting by embedding formatting codes in the text stream.
I've hit this in my brief dalliances with WordPerfect, where you might be deleting text immediately after a run of, say, bold text, and you start deleting into the bold text, and because you have deleted the "turn bold off" code at the end of that run, suddenly all the text from that point on to the end of the document has turned bold.
No modern word processor suffers from this problem.
Posted May 20, 2012 15:40 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
Posted May 21, 2012 16:04 UTC (Mon) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link]
In the past years, the html world stopped trailing word processing formatting and word processing is now trailing html world
Posted May 18, 2012 18:08 UTC (Fri) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
Malcom Gladwell might have some good ideas, but they don't relate to this situation.
Posted May 19, 2012 0:55 UTC (Sat) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
If you can't, then the spaghetti talk applies.
Posted May 19, 2012 14:43 UTC (Sat) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
The bug discussion you cite is exactly the sort of situation that could take place in AOO as well. Your solution of separate teams won't fix your problems. Your best hope for good behavior overall is to get lots of good people working together where the collective wisdom and size gives you the resources to do the right thing. If programmers upset current users, angry emails and bug reports will come in. Sometimes it takes a while to add a feature, and yet do it in a way that doesn't upset people who are used to some aspect of the old behavior. But it will usually get there.
I again repeat that comparing LO to spaghetti sauce is dangerously wrong. Malcom Gladwell isn't incorrect, only those who try to compare it to a reason for the OO / LO fork. It is scary that someone important would make this comparison.
Posted May 19, 2012 21:47 UTC (Sat) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
Maybe AOO will follow LO in imitating Excel for the empty cell behaviour or not. I wouldn't be surprised for either outcome. But the important point is that it's only one decision of many, and this is very much the spaghetti sauce lesson: a "one size fits all" product can never be as successful as a variety of competing products.
I fully expect that AOO and LO are going to diverge. AOO will start integrating Lotus Symphony code and possibly become more "enterprisey". LO has demonstrated a web frontend and collaborative editing which show a path in direction of the cloud.
Posted May 20, 2012 7:54 UTC (Sun) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
Your next argument is theoretical: that different teams will by definition diverge and therefore produce something that meets more people's needs. However, this idea is also flawed. What if someone wants a version with a mix of LO and OO functionality? Each place of divergence creates a potential for someone to become unhappy with either project. Instead of meeting more people's needs it can meet less. What you want is a version with the best work from everyone. You can work through these issues, adding options to allow for custom behaviors.
You also assume that both teams are healthy. What about the situation where one is a good, big team, and the other is new, small and floundering, mostly redoing the work of the older, bigger team, and never able to catch up? Would you not suggest in that situation those teams work together?
You continue not to realize that a codebase like LO is already deeply customizable. It has 10M of code which enable all manner of this. The whole point of this product from a user's perspective is to build custom documents. Every character you type and picture or formula you insert makes LO more personal. The best way to make it even more customizable is to add more code, not more teams.
You conclude by asserting new evidence for a good reason for divergence. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to ask such questions as whether LO wants more enterprise features like you imagine OO will add. Hint: here is a page from their wiki (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Enterprise...)
Posted May 20, 2012 10:01 UTC (Sun) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
But that bug was only one example. The developers must make decisions all the time, and many have the possibility to make the software more palatable to one group and less palatable to another group of users. It is inevitable.
In the Apache meritocracy model, AOO will likely be dominated by IBM and their business partners, and TDF/LO is dominated by Linux distros. It seems preposterous to assume that the two won't diverge.
By "enterprisey" I do not mean incessantly integrating features that companies are assumed to desire or that IT professionals demand. I mean meeting the checklists of business deciders.
You claim that a version with the best work from everyone is desirable. I don't think it is even possible to create. Much like a spaghetti sauce that is after everybody's taste or a single Linux distro for everyone.
Posted May 20, 2012 13:51 UTC (Sun) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
Furthermore, the problem with generalizing is that you assume that you won't get a situation where users want half of the differences from one suite, and half of the differences from the other. Each difference decreases the likelihood that anyone will be happy. Either an idea is a good one, or it isn't.
The reason AOO and TDF/LO will diverge is because they have separate social structures. They could work through their issues. Both want better UIs, better DOCX support, etc. You should try to consider divergence, and multiple teams re-doing each other's work, as a bad thing rather than something to be celebrated.
Your distinction between the two sorts of enterprise features is nonsense.
If you can't understand the difference in customizability between LO and spaghetti sauce, you are highly confused.
I'll note you didn't respond to a number of my other points. When you consider that the LO team is better and larger, and can grab any changes from AOO, but not the reverse, it really puts into question the point of these separate trees. Anyway, you need to really focus on efficiency issues. This isn't about freedom. This isn't about whether anyone inside LibreOffice is complaining about wanting to create a new organization. When you strip away all your hypotheticals and look at the actual facts, the situation is a lot clearer.
Posted May 20, 2012 15:37 UTC (Sun) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
The assumption was only to show the point that LO cannot and will not satisfy everyone fully. There is no checkbox for the particular feature, and while maybe possible it seems not a priority to implement it.
> Furthermore, the problem with generalizing is that you assume that you won't get a situation where users want half of the differences from one suite, and half of the differences from the other. Each difference decreases the likelihood that anyone will be happy.
I never said that two office suites will satisfy everyone. I just said that (according to the spaghetti sauce example) they have the potential to satisfy more users than a single office suite.
> Either an idea is a good one, or it isn't.
False dichotomy.
> Your distinction between the two sorts of enterprise features is nonsense.
If that is true, then you have vastly more insight into business reality than I have.
> I'll note you didn't respond to a number of my other points. When you consider that the LO team is better and larger, and can grab any changes from AOO, but not the reverse, it really puts into question the point of these separate trees.
Sure they can. But will they follow each of AOO decisions? If there is a decision that makes AOO better for IBM's Windows customers, but makes it worse for everybody on Linux, do you really think that LO will grab this change?
> When you strip away all your hypotheticals and look at the actual facts, the situation is a lot clearer.
If you look at popular open source projects (Linux distros, desktop environments, text editors, programming languages, ...) you will see while superficially they seem to do the same - after all you can code Perl in vim running KDE on Debian as nicely as you can code Ruby in Emacs running LXDE on Slackware - there is a lot of diversity and there are very few high-profile exceptions where one project was able to fulfill the needs of everyone. There is no reason to assume that office suites are different.
Posted May 20, 2012 17:30 UTC (Sun) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
Again, you revert to generalities. I'm not going to argue there is never a reason for a fork. LibreOffice itself is proof that forking make sense sometimes. However, each situation is different. One interesting note is that there is no effort inside LibreOffice where people are complaining and wanting to fork. This is the sort of evidence that is relevant that I doubt you have considered.
You don't seem to understand my point about spaghetti sauce. With two divergent office suites, you could get a situation where people want bits from both suites. This situation can't happen with spaghetti sauce, but it can happen with software. When a software fork happens, it could make both products worse.
You don't need separate teams to add new features. Any good feature can be done in LO. You call this a false dichotomy, but I'm just trying to get you to understand the basic point that software is infinitely malleable, which is why the spaghetti sauce analogy to OO / LO is dangerously wrong. In any case, it is so fricking silly to compare tomato sauce to office software.
Another point you don't seem to realize is given that LO can take anything good from OO, but not the reverse, it will create a situation where LO will in general be provably better than. OO + LO > OO This is simple math. This is already true because LO has a head-start, a bigger and better development team, and the support of the community, but it will remain true over time because of the license agreement. It appears that this is also ignored by you.
You conclude with a totally irrelevant list of other "forks" as proof that this one is a good idea: LXDE vs. KDE, etc. Each situation is different.
In order to believe your ideas, you have to ignore a lot of specific information and think only in irrelevant generalities. You have an interesting perspective and method of reasoning. Your last sentence is illustrative:
"There is no reason to assume that office suites are different."
In other words: Assume I am correct.
Posted May 20, 2012 21:45 UTC (Sun) by rcweir (guest, #48888) [Link]
Software is absolutely nothing like how you describe it. You cannot just take an application and say it can be extended to do anything and to meet all user needs. Only someone with no practical experience in software development would claim that.
Sure, at a theoretical level you could say that all features could be included and exposed to users who want them, in an infinitely extensible model. But what about opposing priorities? One group wants to add Mono dependencies to LibreOffice while removing Java dependencies, but another wants to remove Mono dependencies and use Java for extensibility? Sure, do it all. It is only an "if" statement, right?
Another group wants to make the product be light fast, with only core features. But maybe another group wants to add new features. No problem, it is only code. We'll do everything.
The problem is doing A+B is not really cheaper than doing just A or just B. And even if you have more cooks in the kitchen to do A+B jointly this will necessarily come at increased complexity, and that increased complexity is the bane of quality, performance and schedule.
Remember, software reuse (and working together on one application is just a form of software reuse) is never free. It always comes with integration and coordination costs. The benefit is not always worth the cost.
If this were not true, then everyone would just be working on LibreOffice. Not just me, but everyone from AbiWord, Gnumeric, Calligra Suite, even Microsoft Office.
Posted May 21, 2012 1:12 UTC (Mon) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
You make a theoretically valid point that it would be hard if one group of people wanted to add Mono and remove Java, and another group wanted to do the reverse. However, that example is a dumb one for many reasons. The codebase is C++ and will stay that way for some years. Mostly development is about adding little features here and there, and there won't be such diametrically opposing interests. Consider a feature to support a new DOCX keyword. Or make it startup faster. Some users might want the former, and some might want the latter, but you can do both.
Here is a data point: Go through LibreOffice changes and find out how many AOO does *not* want. This is real data as opposed to the made-up reasons you offer. This is something you should have done at the beginning. If you find you want 99% of LO code changes, what does that tell you?
To understand why one team can meet all user's needs, learn about Wikipedia or the Linux kernel. The kernel supports many filesystems, and many other methods of extensibility, but the code is shared. Some want to run it on cellphones and some want to run it on supercomputers, and they've done it in one codebase. Stop me if you've heard any of this before.
Part of the reason why those products worked out so well is because lots of people worked together so the product could be the best of everyone's ideas. Your experience apparently ignores the existence of Linux and Wikipedia.
However, you are actually making a bigger mistake. You are giving made-up reasons for why the AOO project should exist. You are one year into this, and you still can't list actual reasons for what you are doing. Otherwise, you'd have come up with a better one than Java vs. Mono.
Compare your fork to the Ubuntu one. When Mark created Ubuntu, he did it because he wanted features that Debian didn't support. We can argue whether he could have added those features to Debian, but he at least *had* reasons. You apparently still do not.
I have never argued that people working on AbiWord should be working on LibreOffice. This is only about AOO versus LO. You like Chithanh bring up irrelevant facts. You also didn't sufficiently consider all the minuses to your plan. You also didn't retract and refine it when people objected.
The current AOO plan helps Microsoft and hurts LibreOffice. I know you work hard, but unfortunately it is basically a waste of time. It is something like building a house out of sand instead of concrete. You can spend a lot of time working on your sandcastle, but it will still be flawed at the end.
Posted May 21, 2012 13:42 UTC (Mon) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
I already mentioned previously in this thread "there is a lot of diversity and there are very few high-profile exceptions where one project was able to fulfill the needs of everyone."
Linux kernel is almost an exception, though not even fully. Or why do you think that Debian GNU/kFreeBSD exists? Of course GNU/kFreeBSD does not satisfy everyone either. Some people call it a toy OS[1] even.
Wikipedia is the largest online encyclopedia, but that doesn't mean it satisfies everyone. Their crowdsourcing model is great for accumulating information. It is not so great if you depend on the correctness of a particular piece of information.
[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-Ma...
Posted May 21, 2012 14:49 UTC (Mon) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
Of course Wikipedia doesn't meet all needs yet. It is only 11 years old. And Wikipedia will not be the only resource. But the point is that it was able to incorporate diversity you care so much about.
You argue diversity is a good thing and therefore AOO should exist. It is an analysis so simplistic, it is possibly a tautology.
Posted May 21, 2012 13:16 UTC (Mon) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
You claim that I said "Any good feature can be done in LO" is a false dichotomy. That is misrepresenting what I said. Saying that an idea is either good one or not it is is a false dichotomy. This is what spaghetti sauce producers have been doing before: trying to achieve some platonic idealism of "best spaghetti sauce". Since being proven wrong, they have embraced diversity.
The problem that people want bits from two different spaghetti sauces does exist and is also described by Malcom Gladwell. Some people like plain and other prefer spicy. Some people large chunks and others like small chunks.
So if you increase the chunk size you make the spaghetti sauce more palatable to some consumers and less palatable to others. This does not mean that the idea "increase chunk size" is good or bad per se.
Then you say that "you could get a situation where people want bits from both suites. [omg! a generality] This situation can't happen with spaghetti sauce". Of course this can happen in spaghetti sauce too. With the two parameters spice/chunk size you can divide consumers into four (let's assume non-empty) groups according to preference:
1. spicy/chunky 2. plain/chunky 3. spicy/non-chunky 4. plain/non-chunky
With one brand of spaghetti sauce you can only satisfy one group fully. The classic platonic-idealism approach is that you should just go with the largest group.
With two brands however, you can satisfy two groups fully.
The fact that there remain users who are not fully satisfied by either does not disprove the point at all. On the contrary, it indicates that there might be an audience for a third office suite! (call it RedOffice, BROffice, OOo4Kids or whatever).
Whether the trade-off is worth it is a different issue. Your "OO + LO > OO" inequation suggests that you think it is not worth it. The sheer number of decisions that are made during development, and the fact that tastes are clustered according to Mr. Gladwell, makes me think that on the contrary diversity is preferable.
Posted May 21, 2012 14:33 UTC (Mon) by keithcu (guest, #58738) [Link]
You seem to think that with 2 products, you will make more users happier. You therefore don't understand the idea that people could want some of the AOO unique features and some of the LO. Unfortunately, in the real world of software, it is not possible. This is perhaps the biggest reason why comparing spaghetti to software is a bad idea. Another big reason is that the challenge with LO is not whether it needs more salt, but how are they going to get done everything they want to do. There isn't time to sit and taste the sauce. There are many reasons why I think the spaghetti sauce analogy is confusing you.
It also causes you to not recognize that you can add new features in a way to make the product more customizable. I remind you that Linux supports many file-systems. They don't bother trying to unify them, but they didn't need to make a separate team. You seem to pretend this scenario is not possible either.
Another reason it can be confusing to compare to spaghetti sauce is that people can customize LO to a massive extent already. The major point, however, is that you are arguing about spaghetti sauce because you don't have any real features. You might be able to explain the spaghetti sauce analogy very well, but you appear to be missing many more relevant facts about your own situation. I recommend becoming more curious.
"Whether the tradeoff is worth it" is actually a very big issue. Everything has tradeoffs. Do you believe considering the negative trade-offs is somehow an optional part of decision making? If you consider that your plan has lots of minuses, and that you are building a house of sand, it can also help you realize that thinking about spaghetti sauce isn't helping you.
Posted May 29, 2012 1:40 UTC (Tue) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
It seems you are still struggling to understand the results from the spaghetti sauce experiment. The premise is the following: A product has certain properties that are decided by the manufacturer and not customizable by the consumer. Some consumers prefer one outcome, and others prefer another outcome.
The hypothesis is that several products, each taking the decisions to meet a different consumer preference cluster, can lead to greater total satisfaction than one product that tries to accommodate everybody.
The data gathered from the spaghetti sauce experiment, and a number of follow-up experiments, supports this hypothesis.
In particular, the following are totally inconsequential (ie. not part of the premise): 1. Whether the products have other unique features 2. Whether any given number of products can fulfill the desires of everyone 3. Whether the decisions are discrete or continuous 4. Whether the products are customizable in other regards
Don't forget that "customizability" itself is a decision that can attract or repel users.
That the premise applies to LO was shown by pointing to the bug about empty spreadsheet cells. That AOO can make the same decision does not invalidate the premise.
If you want to argue against applying the spaghetti sauce results to office software, you have to either say that Mr. Gladwell introduced additional premises that don't apply here, or that the spreadsheet cells behaviour is actually customizable, or that everybody prefers the same behaviour. (For the latter two cases, the counter-argument would be pointing to the next bug of that kind.)
Posted May 17, 2012 23:05 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link]
Thanks for the presentation. It doesn't, however, address the core question.
> I'm not going to go into details about why Apache was favored over LO other than to say it was not a decision based on only a single factor.
That's your call, but until you do you're not answering the question I posed either. Let alone providing a sound reason for choosing AOO over LO. In the absence of data, rumors and FUD will abound.
> It is equally absurd to think that a single open source suite is optimal for everyone.
That's fine, but you're not elucidating your reasoning for choosing AOO vs LO (i.e. the question I posed).
> This should not be about creating a single editor that is good for 1 billion people for all situations.
Except that a) that's not what this is about and b) that's still not the question I posed.
On the lighter side...
> If I suggested that [...] a single Linux GUI should be created and existing efforts combined, I'd be laughed out of the room.
You must be new to every Linux discussion about Linux' desktop marketshare. Ever. :)
Posted May 17, 2012 23:59 UTC (Thu) by rcweir (guest, #48888) [Link]
Remember, just because you can grammatically form a question does not mean the question is logical or that it has an answer. For example, I could demand to know why the town of Gary, Indiana, did not vote for a particular candidate for town council in a 5 person race. The question is grammatical, but does it make sense? It errs in the reification of the town, as if it was a unitary mind with a single preference and a single choice. It also errs in thinking that the vote was against a particular candidate rather than a voting process in which one candidate had the greatest support, and the others, by logical necessity, lost.
The decision to support OpenOffice at Apache was not made by a single person and it was not a decision between only two alternatives. So it is incorrect to say that anyone made a decision not to go with LibreOffice other than by the logical necessity that making any choice eliminates the alternatives not chosen.
Posted May 18, 2012 0:20 UTC (Fri) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link]
The full question was
>>>> what would you describe IBM's motivation for creating *Apache* OpenOffice instead of collaborating with the already-extant LibreOffice?
Which you explicitly dodged by saying
>>> I'm not going to go into details about why Apache was favored over LO other than to say it was not a decision based on only a single factor.
And now you say
> The decision to support OpenOffice at Apache was not made by a single person and it was not a decision between only two alternatives.
Yet *something* "favored" and made a "decision" to use your explicit, reifying words. The ensemble of particular actors is completely irrelevant to the decision you explicitly mention.
I'm asking what the reasoning (that you clearly possess since you must have such knowledge from you quote above) was for the decision to go with Apache and not with the already-extant LibreOffice. If you find it to be relevant, please feel free to add the other alternatives that existed. Mentioning two options explicitly does not preclude the existence of other options.
Posted May 18, 2012 0:32 UTC (Fri) by rcweir (guest, #48888) [Link]
This is my last word on that question.
Anyone have questions on Symphony? Or are we going to listen to the same tired old whining? Sometimes it feels like I'm being stalked by some jilted old girlfriend....
Posted May 18, 2012 0:44 UTC (Fri) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link]
Fair 'nuff. I will say that I completely disagree with what you said prior to this particular thing and then I'll end it too. :)
> Anyone have questions on Symphony?
Sure. Why now instead of back when it was at Sun?
Will this just be a code drop, or will you continue to work closely to get it integrated into AOO?
Will you be willing to help the LO group integrate it as well?
Do you have a reply to Michael Meeks' posting on this (http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-05-17-symphony...)?
Posted May 18, 2012 1:06 UTC (Fri) by rcweir (guest, #48888) [Link]
Again, you make the fallacy of assuming there was a positive decision not to do that rather than simply the lack of a positive decision to do that,
>Will this just be a code drop, or will you continue to work closely to get it integrated into AOO?
What happens to the code is a community decision, not something IBM unilaterally decides. My preference is certainly that we combine the best improvements of Symphony with the great work already ongoing with Apache OpenOffice. There are several technical approaches and ways of doing this. That will be decided among the Committers in the project.
>Will you be willing to help the LO group integrate it as well?
I look forward to receiving requests for help from LO.
>Do you have a reply to Michael Meeks' posting on this
His blog does not seem to allow replies. Regardless, I don't see anything new in his post. He is mainly complaining about past event, right?
Posted May 21, 2012 17:27 UTC (Mon) by simosx (subscriber, #24338) [Link]
You can use your own blog, by writing a new blog post, in order to reply.
Posted May 23, 2012 2:39 UTC (Wed) by Zizzle (guest, #67739) [Link]
And that there is the biggest reason why AOO will fail.
Weasel words from the head honcho in response to a straightforward question.
Not knowing the motivations of the corporate overloads, and seeing them squirm when asked direct questions, does not exactly inspire one to contribute.
Posted May 19, 2012 0:44 UTC (Sat) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
To my knowlegde, the only concern on public record against joining LibreOffice is that freedesktop.org (which cared for the project before TDF was founded) is decidedly Linux-centric.
There are many more reasons one could imagine (Copyleft, domination by Linux distros, developer egos, ...) so everybody is free to make his own version of the truth here.
Posted May 21, 2012 20:37 UTC (Mon) by simosx (subscriber, #24338) [Link]
You do not have a 'money' reason in your list. If I were IBM, I would like to have the option to eventually make money out of the office suite. The Apache license allows for a fully closed-source office suite. The MPL license (offered in LibreOffice) does not allow for a fully closed-source office suite.
Posted May 21, 2012 23:06 UTC (Mon) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]
Which is why there now seems little purpose to insist on the Apache licensed version of the codebase, which is where we came in. If IBM were keeping Symphony closed then AOO would all make perfect sense, but they're not, and it doesn't.
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This summer another Toy Story movie is playing in theaters, yet another animated ode to the nostalgia we associate with the playthings of our youth. It's also prime flea market season and toys will migrate from old homes to new ones; although certain pieces may find their way to eBay where they'll fetch a pretty penny, which was the case with an Atari video game that netted over 30 grand earlier this year.
But do toys mean more than money and memories? "Toys From the Attic," a new display at the American History Museum, says they do. "Toys reflect changes in our society and culture, as well as technology," says Kathy Dirks who co-curated the show with Jennifer Stoebel. "In the last two hundred years," Dirks says, "we have gone from toys that represented horse drawn wagons to automobiles, to rocket ships, and toys that sat on wheels and were pulled with a string to those powered by batteries and micro chips, just as items used in adult society have."
In the 19th century, the American middle class was on the rise and more children were being sent to school instead of into the workforce. Playtime was no longer the stuff of the upper crust. This social shift prompted a collective "a-ha" moment and childhood began to be recognized as a special time of human development that demanded to be nurtured. This created a demand for toys to stimulate little kiddies' minds and to prepare them for adult life—as evidenced by the toy vacuum cleaner, stove and tea set on display. And frankly, the color combinations of the home goods are a lot of fun. Wonder why Suzy Homemaker didn't make ovens and what not for big people. Well, you know, ovens that didn't use light bulbs to cook food.
"Toys reflect changes in men's and women's roles in society as seen in the evolution of dolls." Dirks points out. "Where once they had no particular occupation, today dolls come dressed as doctors, astronauts, constructions workers and military figures."
Now, we could have the "it's not a doll, it's an action figure" argument until the cows come home. But honestly, the difference between a girl toy like Barbie and a boy toy like Captain Action seems negligible when you consider each one's terrific selection of saucy outfits. Moving on…
An educational medium and a mirror of trends in our popular culture, the sentimental value we invest in toys accounts for a large part of why they're so much fun. "We wanted to create a feeling of nostalgia and warmth," Dirks says. "We want visitors think back a generation or so, and consider their own childhoods, as well as those of their parents and grandparents."
What toys defined your childhood? Tell us in the comments area below! And be sure to visit the American History Museum and check out "Toys From the Attic," which will be on view until June 2011.
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I am 86 years old, so of course my toys were dolls and everything that went with them. One was named Miriam, after my closest girlfriend. I still have a complete set of small dishes, white with gold band that my father gave me. At about 8 years old, my mother introduced me to the sewing machine, where I have been since! It's my big-girl toy. I do remember a wooden rocking duck or goose I used to sit in and rock like mad. And my little rocking chair I got for Christmas when I was about 2 or 3 years old is right on front of me now. Don't know why, but as a child I always wanted an erector set! Those were boys' toys!! Maybe that's why I like to watch "How It's Made" and other like shows now on TV.
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So old habits die hard and even though I can now afford whatever I want (within reason)I still seek out a bargain.
Aldi's veg section is simply unbeatable value especially on their top offers, and its all(or mostly?) Great British produce by smaller growers. Whenever I stroll through Tossco's and see the same stuff at twice or three times the price it makes my Scottish blood boil.
I also pop into other stores like Sainsbury's to see how Jamie's getting on
Posted 12 May 2010 - 08:08 AM
Aldi's veg section is simply unbeatable value especially on their top offers, and its all(or mostly?) Great British produce by smaller growers
Now - is that true? Seriously, I had no idea - one opened near me about a year ago, and I had a quick (and vain) look for some interesting bargain euro-type tinned food/charcuterie, but didn't even think to look at the fresh produce. I walk past it very day with barely a glance. And now I feel stupid.
And ate an awful pie
Posted 13 May 2010 - 03:46 PM
Ah, you'd enjoy Waitrose then.I also pop into other stores like Sainsbury's to see how Jamie's getting on
Piccies of St Delia everywhere - that's the Delia who, when slated over her "Cheat" book, said she had never taken money for "sponsoring" a product.
Of course, that was then and now is now. Big difference. Innit.
Posted 13 May 2010 - 11:59 PM
And ate an awful pie
Posted 14 May 2010 - 01:59 AM
I like the strongly flavoured fish soup. I'd not seen it in the UK before, but have bought jars from Carrefour in Calais when we've been passing through the port.
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Posted 15 May 2010 - 01:21 PM
Yep. There used to be crab soup that we got in Carrefour that I think was from the same people, but I havnt seen it on the last couple of trips. Bloody lovely, it was (IMO, of course). I'm planning a photographic trip "over there" in the autumn and think we might base ourselves at Le Touquet for a couple of days.It's from Le Touquet, innit.
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Posted 15 May 2010 - 04:43 PM
absolutely crap loads of asparagus round worcestershire, but still the supermarkets insist on serving the crap from else where. ah well, least every tom dick and harry arent robbing my asparagus!!!
Posted 16 May 2010 - 01:15 AM
I really think the supermarkets should say the date/time the asparagus was picked, as this makes a huge difference to the taste.
Or just buy them it from farm shops where you know it will be just picked, and eat it same day.
Posted 16 May 2010 - 03:55 AM
In today's paper I saw an advert from Tesco claiming that their asparagus takes 48 hours from farm to shop.I really think the supermarkets should say the date/time the asparagus was picked, as this makes a huge difference to the taste.
For some reason that doesn't make me want to rush out to visit Tesco, I think I'll continue going to the local farm shop where not only is it picked the same day, but once picked the bunches spend their time upright in water (or they also do PYO for the purists).
For some definition of 'recent'
Posted 17 May 2010 - 02:56 PM
the farm is called Red Top Farm and is run by The Robinson family. its in harvington near kidderminster on the A450 just before the dog pub, which i do not recommend on any occasion!!!
£2 a bunch i thinks
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Posted 07 June 2010 - 05:50 AM
I know the pub you mean I think - isn't it called the Dog Inn - which conjurs up various images... I think if you continue in that direction you get to Bakewells Farm who did our Xmas duck and also can sell you duck hearts by the dozen, always a welcome treat!
Posted 07 June 2010 - 05:52 AM
Edit: hmm, I realise I went to the wrong place, I should have gone to ALDI not LIDL .. my bad!
Edited by nickloman, 07 June 2010 - 05:53 AM.
Posted 07 June 2010 - 07:05 AM
And by the way, to show that I am open-minded, I popped into LIDL. There was some sparrow grass for £1/bunch with a UK flag on, so fair enough. But the veg was generally in a sorry state (mould on the rhubarb) and the selection very limited.
Edit: hmm, I realise I went to the wrong place, I should have gone to ALDI not LIDL .. my bad!
The Lidl £1/bunch stuff that I've had was really pretty damn good on the taste front. Better than I expected from its slight floppiness when raw - which I think is probably due to an excessive effort to to stop it drying out.
But very good cooked.
Generally, the veg in my local branch isn't exceptionable - either way. But this might vary from branch to branch. When things go on silly cheap special offer, they sell out fast. And as with a market, the time of day that you shop may make a significant difference!
I'd advise being very selective when shopping at Lidl. You simply cannot generalise. There's some best-of-breed stuff, and some real dross. But at least its hard to make an expensive mistake !
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Posted 07 June 2010 - 08:58 AM
Agreed - but we always seem to do much better there than Aldi.I'd advise being very selective when shopping at Lidl.
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I think its probably one of those things these days best eaten in Jersey, supplied by a local trusted farmer. The stuff I've had from supermarkets doesn't seem to justify the massive price tag.
That's because the supermarket ones are pre washed and not covered in loam and it takes all the flavour away http://forums.egulle...ls#entry1806630
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"Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius."
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"Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense"
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What type of facilities does WSU have?
- Wayne State's main campus covers approximately 200 acres in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood and includes more than 100 buildings totaling 10.8 million gross square feet.
- The School of Medicine campus, the nation's largest single-campus medical school, is adjacent to the Detroit Medical Center.
- TechTown, a 12-block, 43-acre research and technology park located adjacent to the main campus.
- Six student residence halls and apartment complexes, housing more than 2,600 students.
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Wayne State has five extension centers: Three in Macomb County and one each in Wayne and Oakland counties.
The Wayne State University Library System comprises the following:
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General libraries
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The new labour standard is the first human rights instrument to focus on HIV and AIDS in the world of work, and was adopted - by an overwhelming majority - by governments, employers' and workers' representatives from ILO member States at the International Labour Conference in June 2010.


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Econsultancy's mammoth Internet Statistics Compendium has just been updated, so I've been rounding up some recent stats on e-commerce...
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by Graham Charlton 05 November 2010 12:16pm 4 comments
One of the challenges of e-commerce is international expansion, and how exactly one goes about it. There are complications around websites, language, SEO, tax and how to integrate with back end systems.
We have spent a lot of time working it out here at Flowers HQ, as we now service not only the UK flower delivery market, but also those of France, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. Here are three of the key areas to think through before you embark on your international roll out:
by Will Wynne 04 November 2010 10:35am 10 comments
I'm reminded of a definition of e-commerce I read years ago when I first considered getting into the business. It goes like this:
"The concept of e-commerce is all about using the internet to do business better and faster. It is about giving customers controlled access to your computer systems and letting people serve themselves. It is about committing your company to a serious online effort and integrating your Web site with the heart of your business. If you do that, you will see results!"*
I remember thinking that the ʻserious online effort' sounded important, and quite simple.
by Sofie Moulin 18 October 2010 10:52am 4 comments
Martin Newman is the author of Econsultancy's Internationalisation of E-commerce Best Practice Guide published this week.
Here, he introduces the report, with tips and recommendations for those retailers wishing to sell online in other countries.
by Linus Gregoriadis 15 October 2010 10:30am 8 comments
Providing alternative payment options can be a useful tactic for online retailers to appeal to as many buyers as possible, and many now offer PayPal along with credit and debit card payments.
For some retailers looking to cater for as many shoppers as possible, there is also the option of cash payments. Is this a tactic worth pursuing for online retailers?
by Graham Charlton 23 September 2010 11:13am 6 comments
Gap, one of the last high street chains to sell online in this country, finally launched an e-commerce site this week.
I picked out ten well known retailers that didn't sell online two years ago, so I've been reviewing this list to see if any are still any that are missing out...
by Graham Charlton 26 August 2010 11:19am 12 comments
Could you be losing sales because users cannot make a decision? The chances are the answer is yes.
Fortunately, there is something you can do about it...
by Paul Boag 23 August 2010 11:34am 11 comments
I've come across a few interesting stats on e-commerce this week, so I've decided to gather them together in one handy post.
I've also added a selection of e-commerce stats from our most recent Internet Statistics Compendium...
by Graham Charlton 13 August 2010 10:48am 2 comments
Stationery brand Ryman recently launched its redesigned website, which is a big improvement on the previous version.
We've been talking to Ryman's E-commerce Director Andy Harding about the thinking behind the new website, and the retailers plans to expand its multichannel offering.
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Why does the experience of luxury e-commerce never quite live up to it's promise?
After some big-name e-commerce launches, we've yet to properly deliver a luxury e-commerce experience, so what can differentiate a luxury e-commerce site from any other?
What separates a luxury e-commerce store from an e-commerce store selling luxury goods?
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I've been testing some great budget lipsticks lately and it gave me the idea to do this post. The Indian market has many great affordable lipsticks that offer excellent quality in great shades, all priced under Rs 300. Some of these like Maybelline Colorsensational My Mahogany, Avon Mango Mania and Colorbar Velvet Matte Bare are cult favorites!
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2011-12 Indoor: Finished first in the high jump at the Indiana State Dual (Jan. 14), hitting a season-best mark of 5-04.25 ...took third at the Boilermaker Invite (Feb. 18) with a jump of 5-03.00 ... finished eighth at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Fed. 25) in the high jump with a clearance of 5-03.75. Outdoor: Finished third at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11) in the high jump with a personal-best leap of 5-08.75, earning All-Valley honors ... qualified for the NCAA Division I West Region Preliminary Round (May 24) in the high jump where she finished 39th with a mark of 5-05.25 ... posted a second-place finish at the ISU vs. SIU Dual (April 7) with a mark of 5-05.00 ... named a MVC Scholar-Athlete (May 30) ... named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team (July 25). 2010-11 Indoor: Set a new career-mark of 5-06.00 in the high jump at the EIU Friday Night Special to finish second ... finished seventh at the MVC Indoor Championships in the high jump with a height of 5-05.75 ... part of the fifth-place finishing 4X400 relay team at the Redbird Invite. Outdoor: Recorded a height of 5-04.00 in the high jump to secure a first-place finish at the Gateway Classic ... jumped 4-11.00 at the MVC Outdoor Championships to finish 15th ... finished fifth at the Lenny Lyles Invitational in the javelin with a toss of 108-06.75 ... ran a 1:01.95 400-meter dash at the Lee Calhoun Invite to finish 17th ... a member of the 4X400 relay team at the EIU Big Blue Classic and Lee Calhoun Invite. 2009-10 Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Tied for second place in the high jump at the EIU Big Blue Classic with a mark of 4-11.75 ... set a new season-best jump of 5-02.25 in the high jump at the Lenny Lyles Invite. 2008-09 Indoor: Struggled with injury ... was only able to compete at the first meet of the season where she cleared 4-11 in the high jump to place ninth at the Redbird Open. 2007-08 Indoor: Placed sixth at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships, clearing a personal-best height of 5-6 in the high jump. Outdoor: Cleared a season-best height of 5-5 at the Valley Championships to place fourth. At Prospect High School: Named cross country and track and field team captain junior and senior years ... state qualifier all four years ... tied for seventh at state in high jump as a junior ... was a member of the basketball team all four years. Personal: Born 6/23/89 ... daughter of Curt and Jan Anderson ... has one brother, Craig ... her brother played basketball at Youngstown State and Wisconsin Whitewater ... major is elementary education. |


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Sanchita shuns make-up in 'Pizza 2: Villa'
Chennai, Oct 27 : If Sanchita Shetty dolled up for her role in Tamil crime-comedy "Soodhu Kavvum", she has shunned make-up for her upcoming Tamil horror-thriller "Pizza 2: Villa".
"Since I played an imaginary character in 'Soodhu Kavvum', I got to wear a lot of colourful costumes and make up. However, it's the exact opposite in 'Pizza 2: Villa', in which I play a very responsible character and I'm mostly seen in salwar-kameez with no make-up," Sanchita told IANS.
Sanchita essayed Shalu, a manifestation of the hero's imagination in "Soodhu Kavvum".
In Deepan Chakravarthy-directed "Pizza 2: Villa", she is paired with Ashok Selvan.
"It's a completely different role in 'Pizza 2: Villa'. My performance in the film is very refined vis-a-vis my last film, where I could do anything I want because I was an imaginary character. It was challenging to change because people still call me Shalu whenever they see me outside," she added.
The transformation from a vivacious character to a reserved one was difficult, said Sanchita.
"Firstly, there is a lot of expectation from the film because it carries the 'Pizza' franchise. Secondly, with a role so different from my last one, I had to work very hard to pull it off in the film," she said.
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quote:Originally posted by SG SteelheadHow are you doing on stations thus far? I reserved an empty but mostly in the interest of leaving full stations open for those flying and such. If there are a lot of full stations remaining, I'd rather upgrade to full and not have to travel with all of my stuff.
quote:Originally posted by FafhrddDren and I are wondering what we did wrong where no one wants to set with us?
quote:Originally posted by Fshguyquote:Originally posted by FafhrddHold on there is no freaking way Fish picked that seat. Change his room to the white room.Careful, I might chain you to your seat until you learn how to give out badges... :) I was thinking I could have a great view of the fools at the Kinect station, but hopefully not close enough to smell them!
quote:Originally posted by FafhrddHold on there is no freaking way Fish picked that seat. Change his room to the white room.
quote:Originally posted by BoZackSo funny, everyone keeps spreading out in their own rooms.I will be back from vacation Monday night and then get started on the volunteer list. I wish it was July already!


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KET Program: Teaching English in Kawagoe, Japan
Important Note: Application deadline is Monday, February 18th, 2013 at 4 p.m. A complete application package must be submitted to the Office of International Education in the Matthews Center for Intercultural Learning. Incomplete application packets will not be forwarded for consideration!
Kawagoe, Japan is the sister city to Salem, Oregon. It is the home to Tokyo International University, the partner university of Willamette University. Many people are familiar with the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) program, but there is also a KET program that is based in Kawagoe and that prioritizes hiring WU graduates to teach English. The contract year for the KET program is August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014. This year the City of Kawagoe Education Center is planning to hire one (1) assistant English teacher (AET). To qualify, you must be a graduating student from Willamette University by May 2013. WU graduates who graduated in prior years are eligible to apply.
The Office of International Education DOES NOT hire persons selected for the KET Program. We are simply coordinating the application materials for the Kawagoe Education Center. Following the WU deadline, materials will be forwarded to Kawagoe for review and selection. Applicants will be notified (typically no later than early May) by the Kawagoe Education Center of the results of their application.
BEFORE APPLYING, please download and read the KET Program Explanation document (click here to download) which outlines the parameters of the contract. You should only apply if you agree with all of the conditions outlined in this document.
To apply, please submit the following as one application packet (in one envelope) to the Office of International Education:
- Application form (click here to download)
- 6 photographs (passport size, formal/professional photos) taken within the past 6 months (attach to the application form in an envelope)
- Self-Assessment Medical Report (last page of the application)
- Letter of Reference (1 letter is required)
- Official transcript for all college/university courses (you must submit from all universities you've attended)
- Certificate of graduation from college or university. If you have not already graduated, you must submit a letter from the registrar's office confirming your expected date of graduation.
Remember the deadline to submit materials is Monday, February 18, 2013 at 4 p.m. to the Office of International Education (Matthews Center for Intercultural Learning).
** If you are currently abroad, you can mail your complete application packet directly to Kawagoe (address is in KET explanation, linked above) but the materials must be received no later than February 18, 2013. **
NEW!!! A helpful guide to Kawagoe was recently created by students in the School of Language Communication (SLC) at Tokyo International University in Japan. You can link to it here.
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MDT Honors Rosa Parks
Miami-Dade Transit Honors Rosa Parks for Black History Month:
"A permanent memorial to Rosa Parks will be on display above a designated seat behind the bus driver's position, to honor Park's refusal to give up her seat to another person. The decal reads, "Seat dedicated in honor of Rosa Parks" and is written in three languages."
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So great, as a British visitor, seeing this on every bus. Thank you to Miami-Dade Transit.
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Durant informed us that the script along the right side of his lower back next to Jesus' face is Scripture, specifically James 1:2-4, and suggested we "look it up." So we did:
"Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way."
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Around the Horn: September 9, 2010
(1) Drew Stubbs is a fantasy ace.
(2) Jose Valverde right elbow tenderness.
(3) Bobby Jenks has ulner neruitis.
(4) In my By the Numbers piece today, I gave a bunch of interesting numbers. Here is a review of a few including history possibly being set by Mat Latos, Dan Uggla and Carlos Pena.
(5) Carlos Gonzalez on fire – but poor on the road this season.
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