Michael Meeks

Michael is a Christian and enthusiastic Open Source developer. He runs Collabora's Office division.

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The Open Road to Freedom #68 – The board doesn't seem to care! – 🔗 https://t.co/prP40bmXte subsidiarity or subsidence

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The Open Road to Freedom #67 – Open Core – 🔗 https://t.co/O4IHW4OBxy illustrating Makers vs. Takers

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The Open Road to Freedom #66 – Mentoring – 🔗 https://t.co/zEHXRebWVb "encouraging volunteers" with thanks to Adrian Plass (link https://t.co/Wbb4GPlEWW) for his winsome humor.

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The Open Road to Freedom #65 – Conflicts of interest – 🔗 https://t.co/5YubeXUTTN "no do-ers, no conflicts ?"

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Had a wonderful time at HCL #Engageug in Ghent - lots of great software builders and new things to learn. I'm reliably informed that it is best described not as legacy but as legendary.

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The Open Road to Freedom #64 – Code of conduct – 🔗 https://t.co/5Z5ey3G8Ju "loosing the peace"

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The Open Road to Freedom #63 – Staff relations – 🔗 https://t.co/XmJ58EmJhz "who represents whom?"

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The Open Road to Freedom #62 – A Community Organizer – 🔗 https://t.co/SqbESzRUww “aligning the community”

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The Open Road to Freedom #61: Another tragedy of the commons 🔗 https://t.co/BhPy3rSpOX – “exploiting small gaps in the market”

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TDF ejects its core developers?!

In an exciting episode of the ongoing saga of The Document Foundation (TDF), their Membership Committee has decided that in order to grow the community and accelerate its mission – it would be fitting to eject from membership all Collabora staff and partners.

This is indeed April the 1st, but sadly this is really is a summary of where we are now at; a double April Fool as it were.

🔗 https://t.co/i5BbiYMypI

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The Open Road to Freedom #60: Enclosing the commons 🔗 https://t.co/wFWg6wyuKS - sustainable revenue on the cheap?

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The Open Road to Freedom #59: Parking Problems 🔗 https://t.co/lsNvhY68e9 - sustainable revenue alongside an open road?

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The Open Road to Freedom #58: Legal excitement 🔗 https://t.co/jteuB48nJ2

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The Open Road to Freedom #56: Public statements 🔗 https://t.co/uQKmi6Ew3y

[Collabora Online & Office @CollaboraOffice]

A few moments from last year’s COOL Days — full of ideas, learning, and great people 🦫

In April 2026, COOL Days returns — this time in Hamburg, Germany — and we’re now opening the Call for Speakers.

If you’ve worked on a Collabora Online integration, contributed to Collabora Office or LibreOffice, or have experience to share around open source, digital sovereignty, or document freedom, we’d love for you to be part of the programme.

📅 27–29 April 2026
🎤 Call for Speakers open until 15 March

🔗 Submit your talk and join us at COOL Days 2026: https://t.co/n2Hk6y89bf

#COOLDays #CollaboraOnline #OpenSource

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The Open Road to Freedom no. 55: Bike-shedding 🔗 https://t.co/M6pzhceH2l

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The Open Road to Freedom no. 54: The perfect is the enemy of the public good 🔗 https://t.co/q0RlsRFRTY

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The Open Road to Freedom no. 52: managing ORG staff 🔗 https://t.co/rgETb41dyY

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The Open Road to Freedom no. 51: the politics of envy 🔗 https://t.co/0ycPbAJYSK

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year from all of us at Collabora Productivity 💜🎄

We’re excited for everything 2026 will bring - and we can’t wait to keep building an open, secure, user-focused future together.

Take a look at what your support made possible.

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