> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:34 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Size of the Community > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Roberto Galoppini > <rgalopp...@geek.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Hans Zybura <hzyb...@zybura.com> > wrote: > > > >> Don't forget extension developers, please! I do think they deserve to > >> be a group of their own. Difficult to count, though. ;-) > >>
I wrote "difficult to count" with respect to those extension developers in homes/businesses/schools etc. who do not publish their solutions. I think that this group outnumbers the extension developers publishing on the extension website by far. In my view, unpublished extensions and templates are an important part of the material ecosystem because they make a large contribution to the present utilization value of OpenOffice for their respective user environments. Hans > > Good point. The ecosystem of those making templates, extensions for AOO, > or writing books or offering consulting services, is important to count. > > > > > > AOOE. Over 350 authors created over 700 extensions. > > AOOT. Over 700 authors created over 2500 templates. > > > > Thanks. I've started a wiki page for this "community census" and added your > numbers, as well as some others I've been able to find: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Size+of+Apache+O > penOffice+Community > > I'd encourage anyone who has some other figures to add them to the page. > Or, if you have an idea for something measurable, add that as well. > > -Rob > > > Please note that this is not incremental, but the total count. > > > > Roberto > > > > > >> > >> Regards, Hans > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] > >> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:06 PM > >> > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > >> > Subject: Size of the Community > >> > > >> > I came across this old post from the Django project, "Measuring the > >> Django > >> > Community: Circles of Django" > >> > > >> > http://jacobian.org/writing/django-community/circles-of-django/ > >> > > >> > It looks like an interesting approach and worth doing on a periodic > >> basis, once > >> > or twice a year, a census of sorts. > >> > > >> > Obviously participation in the project comes in various ways and in > >> various > >> > degrees of engagement. I think of it as a pyramid: > >> > > >> > Users -- at the based of the pyramid we have the users of OpenOffice. > >> > This can be estimated from our download numbers. > >> > > >> > Engaged users -- Next level of the pyramid are users who have > >> > engaged > >> with > >> > the project at one level or another. This might be by following us > >> > on > >> Twitter, > >> > by signing up for a mailing list, posting a question to the forums, etc. > >> These > >> > can all be measured. It is probably on the order of 15,000. (We > >> > have > >> over > >> > 9000 users signed up for our announcement mailing list, for > >> > example) > >> > > >> > Contributors -- These are those who have contributed to the project. > >> > This includes code contributions, obviously, but beyond patches > >> > also bug reports, translations strings, wiki edits, helping others > >> > on support > >> forum or > >> > user list, contributing logos and ideas on marketing list. These > >> > can > >> all be > >> > measured, though it is harder since it is spread across many > >> > systems and there is duplication across these systems. This is > >> > probably on the > >> order of > >> > 500. > >> > > >> > Committers -- those who have made sustained contributions of merit > >> > and have been voted in as committers. We have 122 committers. > >> > > >> > This could be visualized as pyramid, or concentric circles ("onion > >> > diagram") or maybe some other ways. Could make a good blog post. > >> > > >> > From a recruitment perspective, it also makes sense to consider > >> > what is required to encourage progress, e.g., converting users into > >> > engaged > >> users, or > >> > engaged users into contributors, etc. > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > -Rob > >> > >> > > > > -- > > ==== > > This e- mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) > > above. It may contain confidential and privileged information. If you > > are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > > dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any > > attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail > > in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this > > e-mail and delete the message and any > > attachment(s) from your system. Thank you. > >
