On 3 December 2013 21:30, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 01/12/2013 Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >> >>> It is natural that private or public entities considering a migration >>> will >>> have their established consultants and ask them. But we should have >>> enough >>> "official" information available to anybody who is considering a >>> migration. >>> >> So the fact that migrations are occurring without contacting the >> project is a positive sign that the publicly available information, on >> the website and wiki, is sufficient, yes? >> > > Interesting interpretation! Well, maybe it's true, but then I wonder why I > still see the occasional blog post or technology news assuming that > OpenOffice is dead. > > But you may be right: indeed, if one makes the small effort to open the > official home page (search engines lead you to obsolete pages at times for > specific queries, but the homepage is OK) it's very clear to see that > OpenOffice is quite active. > > So I wonder if the reason could be that these bloggers/experts do not even > search for information. In that case, I don't think we can do much more. > > Small open source conferences can be >> fun, I'm sure. But are we really introducing OpenOffice to new >> people? Or are we "preaching to the choir"? Is this really the way >> to reach the 70% of computer users who have never heard of OpenOffice? >> > > I'm more interested in decision makers, at any level. For sure attending > local events won't spread awareness, but we have other channels for that. > But a small migration to OpenOffice is often done following word of mouth, > and influencers are often Linux users who have seen OpenOffice disappear. I > would like them to be properly informed. > > Getting OpenOffice back into distributions would be good to that aim. > Unfortunately, policy is rather complex and is the main obstacle (meaning > that a lot of work is needed and that our resources are currently focused > elsewhere). > Since I am one of those thinking (and not only thinking) about renewing our build system, it would be interesting to see these policies. I have (for ubuntu) tried to read through the policies which was a nightmare. If somebody can point at something specific, like a bullet-list or how-to for the distros we want be in, I would be happy to at least read through it, and see how it could be fitted. rgds jan I. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
