At the beginning of this month I left CollabNet, which I had been with since October 2000--
since the release of OpenOffice.org code to the public. I am pleased to announce that I've joined Sun Microsystems, whose Hamburg team I've been working with on a daily basis since that same October.
My role as Community Manager will not significantly change, at least not immediately. To the best of my abilities, I'll continue to represent the community, impartially and fairly, to all interested individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and to help manage and articulate community activity so that the entire project benefits. And I'll continue with my efforts to involve the world in developing and using OpenOffice.org, the product and the project, as well as the ODF. My goals will thus not change. In fact, I think they will be strengthened by my new affiliation, as it will give me the vantage point needed to act on behalf of OpenOffice.org and its interests within Sun as well.
How will this affect my relations with other companies, groups, individuals outside of Sun interested in OOo and the community? OOo is a large an inclusive project built by a community, and I will continue to represent that community. In this way, there will be no difference to the way I represented myself when I worked for CollabNet.
since the release of OpenOffice.org code to the public. I am pleased to announce that I've joined Sun Microsystems, whose Hamburg team I've been working with on a daily basis since that same October.
My role as Community Manager will not significantly change, at least not immediately. To the best of my abilities, I'll continue to represent the community, impartially and fairly, to all interested individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and to help manage and articulate community activity so that the entire project benefits. And I'll continue with my efforts to involve the world in developing and using OpenOffice.org, the product and the project, as well as the ODF. My goals will thus not change. In fact, I think they will be strengthened by my new affiliation, as it will give me the vantage point needed to act on behalf of OpenOffice.org and its interests within Sun as well.
How will this affect my relations with other companies, groups, individuals outside of Sun interested in OOo and the community? OOo is a large an inclusive project built by a community, and I will continue to represent that community. In this way, there will be no difference to the way I represented myself when I worked for CollabNet.
